When I get home
things will be the same.
I haven't changed.

The sling 
comes off the day
I get on the plane.

I'll be able 
to cut the grass,
rake the leaves,

shovel the snow,
all the stuff I did before.
And every morning

in summer, fall,
winter and spring, 
when we wake up, 

I'll draw rosettes
with the tip 
of my tongue

on your nipples,
await your orders to 
bivouac elsewhere.

Nothing has changed.
I'm feeling fine. 
We'll cleave again.


Author Bio:
Donal Mahoney has had work published in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of his work can be found at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html

I would rather be
days away from here,
slowly inching out across the water
toward a solitary place.
This time, 
the water’s full of whispering sounds,
and something tells me
the mist beneath the rain has ended.
I can finally feel myself returning.


Author Bio:
Sarah Rehfeldt lives with her family in western Washington where she is a writer, artist, and photographer. She is the author of Somewhere South of Pegasus, a collection of image poems, which can be purchased through her photography web pages at www.pbase.com/candanceski

Time to talk to strangers
Gotta make the grade
Time to ace the interview 
Gotta land the job

Try to find the keys to this love's heart
Gotta smile at the party
Make them feel you're a part

But apart you feel
Can't find any traction grinding through the friction
So you're sliding down the wheel

Grinning from ear to ear
behind the fear
is a man
who needs
to be left
with his love
in a field depending on his own
and living by his yield


Author Bio:
Conor Michaud is originally from a small town south of Boston and has been living in Philly for just over a year. He holds a BS in Environmental Science and primarily focused his education on biology and literature while at the University of Massachusetts. He spent the summer building hiking trails in Alaska and it's from his Alaskan journal that he pulled this poem. The writing is a reflection on all the enormous decisions and social intricacies to come once he left the Alaskan woods for a new city. Although he had to move back to a big city to make a living, his deepest desire was to live off the land in a quiet beautiful space with his love. He is still working on that.