Tag: writing
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“Cupid Undone” and More Poems by D. Grubb
David Grubb, a retired Coastguard Warrant Officer, has creatively written since childhood, yet career/family always came first. He’s changing that aspect of life and loving every minute. His work appears in Touchstone, Toasted Cheese, 1:1000, Sixfold.org, The Elevation Review, Every Day Fiction, The Abstract Elephant, The Bookends Review, Wingless Dreamer, In Parentheses, Havik, Novus, Ab…
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Contributor List: In Parentheses (Volume 7, Issue 1)
The Summer 2021 Edition of In Parentheses is now available on print and digital platforms! This is the First Issue in Volume 7. Click here to view the entire edition for free and compatible viewing at our MagCloud marketplace. You may choose to also purchase digital or print editions in various formats. In any case, we thank you…
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“Green” Poems by K. L. Merrifield
Karla Linn Merrifield has 14 books to her credit, and is currently completing a new full-length poetry collection to be published in December 2021; it’s titled My Body the Guitar, from Before Your Quiet Eyes Holograph Series, which includes a long tribute section of poems about the “mighty guitar gods.” Artwork by Edward Michael Supranowicz
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Why Modern American Racism Will Exist for Another Few Hundred Years by M. Pitter
The murder of Michael Brown and the police intimidation and brutality that followed has pulled today’s mainstream discourse back into ascertaining how this country’s race problems could be resolved. Resolution of this historically American issue implies a sort of eradication of racism from American society. But how could this be achieved? Modern racism (as we…
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Carcinogen by L. Breen
As he watched her through the window, the man noted that she was not particularly beautiful. Yet he knew that if he could be anything in the world, he would be her cigarette. He would be her brand. She wouldn’t settle for anything less than him – his particular blends of tobacco and menthol, the…
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I am with you in Allston – by Phillipe Chatelain
i am with you in allston – poem by phillipe chatelain Phillipe Martin Chatelain is a hoodlum from the Bronx, New York. He writes poetry and is founder and Managing Editor of In Parentheses Literary Magazine. A recent graduate of Boston University, his first chapbook taking shots alone has been independently released and his poetry can…
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Spring Procession – Curtis Emery
Curtis Emery is a recent finalist for the Marjorie Sparrow poetry award, garnishing critical assessment from poets such as Brian Turner. Obsessed with the natural world and mysticism of existence, Curtis aims to continue a dialogue with the ever present challenge of poetry: to sketch the abstraction of the self. Spring Procession I came across…
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Outside of Eden with Jennifer Collins
Jennifer Collins is a tattooed poet and animal lover who’s been reluctantly transplanted from the south, and now lives with her husband and creatures in Pittsburgh. Her poetry has been published in various journals, and she spends her summers teaching creative writing and drama at the Cardigan Mountain School. later than before In disassembling love,…
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If I Were Young Again – ML Johnson
Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era. Today he is a poet, freelance writer, photographer, and small business owner in Itasca, Illinois, who has been published in more than 750 small press magazines in twenty-five countries, he edits seven poetry sites. Michael has released The Lost American: From Exile to…
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Tumblr Flash Poetry – Phillipe Chatelain
Here are the poems I wrote for those who participated in my Tumblr poetry project for National Poetry Month. Each reblog of the promotional post counted as another blog that inspired the corresponding 20-word poem. For the full details please click here. Enjoy!
