Index of Poets
- Austin Alexis
- Collin Barber
- Yota Daniil
- Gil Fagiani
- Donna Gagnon
- Rachel Green
- Lois Marie Harrod
- Ruth Holzer
- Hank Kalet
- Steadman Kondor
- John Lambremont, Sr.
- Gill McEvoy
- Karen Neuberg
- Joan Page-Durante
- Mandy Pannett
- John Joseph Petrolino III
- Doug Pugh
- Christine Redman-Waldeyer
- David Romanda
- Nancy Scott
- Ivan Sun
- Levi Wagenmaker
- Lonnard Dean Watkins
- Mark Arvid White
- Wolfiewolfgang
Nancy Scott
The wretched house is doomed
to hear its miseries. Conversations
scuttle days searching for an argument.
At dusk, they settle near the hearth, nattering
like biddies - lipsticked mirror
before she slashed her wrists, the boy limp
in a closet, scuff marks on the door.
When he found them, he cursed
the house, torched it before the sirens.
On gusty nights, if you happen by,
you can hear charred rafters groan.
Bio
Nancy Scott is the author of Down to the Quick (2007) and One Stands Guard, One Sleeps (2009) published by Plain View Press; and A Siege of Raptors (2010) by Finishing Line Press. She is managing editor of U.S.1 Worksheets, the journal of the U.S.1 Poets' Cooperative in New Jersey. Her work has appeared in Journal of New Jersey Poets, Exit 13, Poet Lore, Slant, Mudfish, and many other literary journals. www.nancyscott.net