The Maze by Steven Monte The hero finds himself within the maze:the minotaur awaits him. He’s pulled stringsto get this far. And since he has no wings,he must stay grounded, thinking of the waysto make sure, even down the paths he strays(all the wrong turns and false imaginings),he’s moving forward in the scheme of things—which, … Read More
Walking with My Daughter After a Funeral When she asks me if trees live a long time,I tell her longer than a person lives.She says that she won’t die. We start to climbour hill and she brings up the relatives who wheeled the casket on a squeaky bier:Am I as strong as them? Her stroller rocksas … Read More
“When my heart fills up and I can’t hold something in there anymore, I write,” Kai Coggin says in an interview with Billy Lezra for Rough Cut Press. “When my heart breaks for some cruel injustice, I write. When my heart longs, I write. When my heart is bursting with love or sex or joy … Read More
