Under the Bell Curve
Under the Bell Curve With all apologies to both Ms Plath and Mr Cobain The Bell curve may not be quite the right term, though it...


Why Affirmative Action Must End, NOW!
If those in power never cede any of their power to the oppressed, enslaved or disenfranchised, why do I, and others of the “entitled...

Three Things, at Least
One, as you may have noticed, we are featuring the interview with Michael R. Burch for a second issue in a row. This is dues to a couple...
Hard Copies and Hard Times
This month I am actually writing about something important instead of just rambling about the human condition, as I see it. Two...
About Editing Poetry – Mine and Yours
Years ago, I first started publicly reading my poetry in 1994, and in just over a year, I started publishing other people’s poetry, I had...
Its Not my Brother, Oh Lord (Standing in the Need)
Recently I was scrolling through Facebook, as I probably too often am, when I noticed a post my wife had shared from the Southern Poverty...
A White Man Lost in America originally posted August 2, 2016
A White Man Lost in America August 2, 2016 | Anthony Uplandpoet Watkins No, this is not another story of an angry white man threatened by...
A Few Thoughts on Rules, or English as a Second Language originally posted August 30, 2016
A Few Thoughts on Rules, or English as a Second Language August 30, 2016 | Anthony Watkins Okay, I have a few confessions to make. Have...

October's Rant Brought to You by Matthew... or Not
I have scrambled, with the help of my great new staff to get an issue out on time. I have been through nearly a dozen hurricanes. Some,...
I Still Love to Sing
When I was small, and my mother was alive, and young, we had a piano. It was an upright grand her father had bought for her when she was...