miCRo: “Benevolent Ruler” by Mary Ardery
An essay in which the quotidian overlies concerns about women’s health
miCRo: “The Red Negligee” by Jenny Molberg
A poem about a honeymoon and a stranded giant Pacific chiton
miCRo: “A Village Tries On Her Skin,” by A. A. Balaskovits
In this Shirley Jackson-like fable, A. A. Balaskovits gives us a glimpse into collective cruelty and our age-old fear of, and fascination with, difference.
miCRo: “Sonnet As First Words” by Elane Kim
An internally expansive sonnet about the interplay of language, family, and country.
miCRo: “The News” by Laurie Blauner
From the very first line of “The News,” we’re plunged into an absurdist reality that we slowly come to realize is just reality as we know it.
miCRo: “Lion” by Nandini Bhattacharya
A tight and powerful piece about a lion and its violent transgressions.
miCRo: “The Eco-Audiologist, After Hearing” by Haley Bossé
A meditative eco-miCRo that asks us to slow down and witness the missing.
miCRo: “The Violet Hour” by Radian Hong
This prose poem captures a modern relationship hollow from within, echoing T. S. Eliot.
miCRo: “May the circle be broken” by Bob Hicok
A masterful poem that moves from harm to care
miCRo: “Push-Pull” by Robert Warf
In Robert Warf’s “Push-Pull,” driving yields a kind of oppositional syntax.
miCRo: “(FG+FD+FM+FB) = ” by M.E. Macuaga
Projectile motion as we knew it. The calculable, imaginable universe.
miCRo: “Aspen” by Michael O’Ryan
Michael O’Ryan’s cinematographic poem is imbued with a sibyllic mood.
