"Milonga for a Blind Man" by Lois P. Jones (poem)

"Borges’ blindness lives in a dappled corner of this labyrinth."

"You're Dead Joe" by Jadon Rempel (poem)

"Joe is dead and the dynamic between mentor and apprentice takes on a new form in his passing."

"Cruise Control Memory on I-65" by Megan Roth (poem)

A poem that embraces visual fragments of youth, a mashup of images that fly by like highway scenery when one looks back on the devastatingly gorgeous span of time called childhood.
R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008.

"The Obituaries" by Tim Mayo (poem)

"What dark reasons lurk behind the habit of reading the obituaries?"
R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008.

"Owl" by Chris Crittenden (poem)

The raw dark majesty of the owl devoured me, making this perhaps the best I've written.
R&T Best of the Net (Sundress Publications) nominee for 2008

"Survey Crew" by M. Frost (poem)

"Calculate where some poems begin—"
The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2006. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Fall06/SurveyCrew.html

“Draeger’s” by Michael J. Vaughn (poem)

The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Winter04/Draegers.html

“Portrait” by Nicholas Manning (poem)

"...there are flowers (hidden) in your regard: there are centuries"
The Rose & Thorn Pushcart nominee for 2005. Read the poem at
http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Fall05/portrait.htm

“Lakeside” by Jacqueline West (poem)

This short lyric poem braids the themes of place, time, and memory.
The Rose & Thorn Pushcart Nominee for 2005. Read the poem at http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Winter05/Lakeside.htm