BLUEPEPPER

Breaking off a piece of the willow I say goodbye to my friend. He will take it and plant it. A tree will grow by the river And the...

Sol/iloq/uy after Williams S. O God of Battles, the raven is hoarse! Is this a dagger? Send the nurse ...

TO OUR SON -IN-LAW RETURNING FROM IRAQ: APRIL 2003 That you were a writer and not a soldier Made you no l...

pre-collapse confession you’re right I’m talking too fast a bouncy-ball red for her lipstick ...

KITCHEN LESSON Fishing in a knife drawer A finger slips. The thin line, invisible At first, broadens ...

DOMINION “Fill the earth and subdue it,” Genesis 1:28 Grocery bags tumbleweed through a valley, greened by beer ...

Others Will they appear silently on our horizon’s doorstep heralding their sudden arrival with flashes of Alessi chrome ...

Cotton Everything went into this — the needle and thread of our mothers, the thimbles, their dextrous fingers and soothing voice...

At the Synagogue Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him – Psalms 37:7 A Festival of Lights, of D...

While Bluepepper is slowly building a reputation north of the line, its reception Downunder has been fitful at best, a little prickly-...

Credimus Every poem – don’t be fooled – is trying to convert you to its own small god. Every poe...

BY THE KIOSK Sensing warmth in the earth a young widow spider climbs up the rose bush sunshine devouring everyone dazzled...

Te Rerenga Wairua The wind was whickering from the west the afternoon I came to the cape, keeping the sun high in the ocean's ai...

DFW The Night Before The Morning He Hangs Himself Finishing his prandial grub, Wallace lays recumbent on ...

stretched to the ceiling legs spreading even wider sleek as forked lightning - Bill Wolak 2012 only nakedness deepens wher...

Cesar  When they killed Cesar uptown it came about by sheer dumb luck and a lie. His wife had not wanted him to go to work that ...

Contradiction Lauren is exactly the student who apologizes then asks a question she should know the answer to ...

According to a report just released by the Australian Treasury, two centuries of Western global  fratricide and hegemony came to an ine...