Jeff Mark — The Royal Blue
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition The Royal Blue by Jeff Mark Slowly, quietly, controlled, and bold. A shirt inflates like a balloon but it covers my chest filled with cool breath. Heighten every sense of perception; right now. To the bank and remove clothes— lay back onto the river and it will take you. It [...]
Joanna Grim — Take Me, For Example
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Take me, for example by Joanna Grim Take me, for example. I keep my curtains drawn during the daytime to stop the sun from heating the room. I keep the curtains drawn until sunset, when I pull them back and watch pink and orange clouds form and fade in the chemical Blog [...]
Jeffrey Ethan Lee — Almost Summer’s End
almost summer’s end by Jeffrey Ethan Lee it’s almost summer’s end. the sun shears through metallic blue sky— under my palm my little son’s head toddles side to side. ———-and I’ve been in a house exploding ———-for years Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]
Elizabeth Langemak — When the Doctor Recommended the Gene Test
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition When the Doctor Recommended the Gene Test by Elizabeth Langemak She said maybe, and think about it, she said mammograms too in a plain voice, slap-less Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a [...]
Shane Daniels — Word
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Word by Shane Daniels In the beginning were words And words were with God And on couches, and in left hands Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Lia Mastropolo — To A Child
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition To A Child by Lia Mastropolo Things will be different she tells you in the doorway you were coming home from soccer ————–the house ——————-the sun ——–burning down to the quick. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet [...]
Lee Huttner – O
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition O by Lee Huttner o who can tell these at the first he asked, gave, denied Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Paul Siegell — 06.02.07 – Roger Waters – Wachovia Center, PA
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Paul Siegell is the author of three books of poetry: wild life rifle fire (Otoliths Books, 2010), jambandbootleg (A-Head Publishing, 2009) and Poemergency Room (Otoliths Books, 2008). Paul is a copywriter by day, a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly by choice, and more of his work can always be [...]
Jackson Denton III — Dining Room Scene
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Dining Room Scene by Jackson Denton III Sunlight hemorrhages through an open window, coalescing into a thousand yellow oxalises that fall upon your back, dance down your spine and gather about your feet in the shape of an offering. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit [...]
Alison Hicks — The Daughter as Mermaid
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition The Daughter as Mermaid I didn’t want to walk, but to float in bed and dream. Hot air blew my body. Eyes closed, an ocean. I swam with currents. They carried me. * Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet [...]
Elijah Gleaves — High School Virgin
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition High School Virgin Everyone in class was talking about it. Julius boasted how he snuck out at night Like Sam Fisher to meet up with Dawn. Kris showcased the gold wrapping in his pocket. An act similar to cocking a gun to let everyone know What he was packing. Blog [...]
Jacob Staub — Other Side
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Other Side You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Deuteronomy 1:6 by Jacob J. Staub If we had stayed a little while longer things would have been different. The last of the Goshen flocks slaughtered, blood splattering on blinking faces of newborns, once destined to be delivered on the [...]
PHILLY’S FAVORITE POEMS – POETRY MONTH 2013
Happy Poetry Month, Philly! We’re spending our favorite month of the year celebrating your favorite poems, one at a time. If you want to join in the festivities, see our guidelines and submit your favorite to web@apiarymagazine.com. Name: Gregory T. Walker Bio: Gregory T. Walker started as a Community Organizer in 1987 in the presidential campaign of Rev. [...]
John Gery — Descant on Pennsylvania
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Descant on Pennsylvania By John Gery Pennsylvania has never had an earthquake in my lifetime, nor massive starvation, nor a plague to kill more than the legionnaires — nor has its west fallen victim to forest fires yet, nor its southeast to secession by farmers, nor its northeast to anarchic [...]
Amy Barone — Poets at Work
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Poets at Work By Amy Barone At lunch a social worker who counsels recovering addicts Dashes to the nearest coffee shop And immerses himself in writing of the barrio’s music and characters Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about [...]
Vincent Salvano — The Writer’s Room
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition The Writer’s Room contains nothing apart from my thoughts and the thoughts of others, clashing with one another crafting the idea. There are no radios or comfy chairs or even the buzzing of a TV Just time. Time to take a deep breath Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on [...]
APIARY MIXTAPE
A brand-new video adventure, APIARY MIXTAPE is an intimate look into Philly’s teeming literary families. Writers invite us in to the places they find inspiration; we record their poems, stories, and thoughts on craft and community. Follow us from living rooms to swingsets, riverbanks to rooftops. We’re on a quest to record Philly and the words it [...]
Sean Ward — The Springhouse
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition the springhouse By Sean Ward The Virginia meadow stretches out and rises in strips of treeshadow, and the bones of a cherry grasp at passing blue. The last of its leaves have long since found the least circuitous route to the ground and melted into the green grass and passing [...]
Hanoch Guy — Silkworms
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Silkworms by Hanoch Guy In 1950 the yellow red striped hairy silkworms I Collected all day off the mulberry tree scattered all over the eastern porch. My aunt shoots me a sick glare. Dying lime tree sighs. Golden quinces have haloes. Hunger unhinges the door to my Mother’s compote. [...]
Poetry Jawns: Memento Mori Edition
Welcome to APIARY’s monthly column, Poetry Jawns with Alina, curated by our resident poetry expert, Alina Pleskova! Alina is an editor at an academic publisher by day, always wins the contest for who’s wearing the highest heels at APIARY staff meetings, and has made it her mission to deliver to you, dear readers, exactly the poetry your [...]
Emily Yoon – Grandfather
w w w w w w w w w w The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Grandfather by Emily Yoon We ate dinner together, me on his tough thigh, four years old, and with his chopsticks he would open the grilled mackerel’s stomach feed me the dark flesh of the abdomen that I called [...]
Ayah Joice and Mama Misty – Stars
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Stars by Ayah Joice and Mama Misty – Ayah: How many stars do you have in your hair mama Mama: 1 million stars my love 1 million stars Ayah: when i look above me and see the stars i always have them near me everywhere in my room and [...]
Janet Fishman — River, Burning
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition River, Burning by Janet Fishman Structure hovers, stilts. Village curves by river. Muddy water, steer boat Through ferns. Meet tiger, hunt for mangos. Order bomb. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Natasha Cohen-Carroll — Dinner Conversation
The Hive: APIARY Digital Edition Dinner Conversation by Natasha Cohen-Carroll I remember not understanding love between two married people until being in that green kitchen. The old captain was imposing even on land, Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later [...]
