https://adelaidemagazine.org/jeremiah
henrythevamp:
This is a link for three of my poems (Hiroshima Bonsai, Jeremiah. Low Rent) that were recently published by The Adelaide Literary Review.

I have been reading Anna Karenina and, in my opinion no one is better at fleshing out characters like Tolstoy.

The Best Part

2026 by Michael Walker

The best part of summer

Was jumping over a sprinkler

Tied to a green hose

In our backyard

And the best part of that

Was a little rainbow

The spray would make

A little rainbow

Seeded there

Among the lilac bushes

And the dog turds

We got to jump

Over and over

Somewhere over the rainbow

Little leprechauns...
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Jack Lalanne

copyright 2026 by Michael Walker

Jack Lalanne is here

The man

Who can pull boats around

With his teeth

And you're supposed to say

How big and strong

That is

Bigger and

Stronger

Than the harbor

And you're supposed to say

How handsome you look Jack

In your ribbed trunks

All lotioned up

Your cock

About to pop out

And you're supposed to...
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Having Donald Trump as president is like hiring an eight-year old to be a nuclear physicist. In his first term there were career politicians and generals who put the brakes on his stupider and baser instincts. Not this time around. And because of that we are all pretty much fucked here in the US.

nebula:
Unfortunate that the consequences of Trump’s admin have spread well beyond the US :( I’m afraid we’ll be recovering from this, globally, for a long time….