Latté Archives

Poetry

December 1999 Issue

No Insect by Steve Westbrook

He spread poison in the yard:
snailbait and tanglefoot.
Sometimes he made me taste the pellets.

July 1999 Issue

A Fairy Tale Dream by Kay Sloan

On the fence sits a cat with a cracked eye
staring down from its moony perch, inviting
the dreaming children down a path

May 1999 Issue

Domestic Policy by Amy Lemmon

Peanut butter coats three of the good spoons;
a quarter-inch of cold Earl Grey stains the white insides
of my favorite mug[...]

December 1998 Issue

Four and Twenty Blackbirds: Resurrection Pie by Jane Character

Curse the invisibility of piemakers,
they’re obscured by modest aprons, tarty
bakery cases and the grandmotherly virtue
of being dead.[...]

November 1994 Issue

C’mon Pigs of Western Civilization
Eat More Grease.
by Allen Ginsberg

Eat Eat more marbled Sirloin more Pork ‘n
gravy!
Lard up the dressing, fry chicken in
boiling oil