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A rhyming rant in the time of Corona

Max Blagg

I want this poem to become as curvy as the hottentot Venus's posterior I hope it's worthy of your serious survey you can see I'm rather nervé, nervous in the service but tonight I discard my corona fears so open your e...

Russians in Milan

Genna Rivieccio

The Russians have taken over Milan. They of the hearty stock and with their unflappable physical and emotional essence. It didn’t take them long to infiltrate in clusters and then droves. Now that no one else is left to vi...

RINGED

Rebecca Weiner Tompkins

I wear the heaviness of my mother’s rings: the deep shaded carnelian--burgundy slab--and the veined malachite--oblong green. I don’t usually favor silver, plus they’re huge even on my own large long hands. My si...

I Held Her Like a Pencil Drawing

Anton Yakovlev

That was my first mistake. Whoever expected us to become the best movie of the decade needs to go home and become a better person. The rain stayed right where it fell. Even shadows failed better than we. Perhaps I coul...

Sensitive Skin Beer Virus Reading # 5 – Gerald Nicosia, Emily Carter, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Bob Holman

The Editors

Here's the fifth Sensitive Skin Beer Virus Reading live via Zoom! Readings in the time of quarantine, featuring work by: Gerald Nicosia (MEMORY BABE) - 2:11 Emily Carter (GLORY GOES AND GETS SOME) - 13:57 Jeffrey Cypher...

Some Thoughts on Party Crashing

Neil Martinson

At this stage of my life, I don’t crash nearly as many parties as I used to. Free time is at a premium, and there’s simply less wandering to do now that I live in Los Angeles. While my two decades in San Francisco proved...

Talking Alligator Therapist Puppet™

Sharon Mesmer

I read there’s a talking alligator puppet that doubles as a therapist. He is realistically rendered, with velour ruching and soft plastic teeth. Sliding pole action enables his mouth to open up and down, and his head...

Wasps

Osip Mandelstam

In an interview from 1976, Nadezhda Mandelstam, the widow of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, was asked if she had any favorite poems. She mentioned two, both written in the winter of 1937: “Verses about an unknown ...

Sensitive Skin Beer Virus Reading #4 – April 16, 2020

The Editors

An online Zoom reading presented by Sensitive Skin magazine featuring work by: Mia Hansford (Chattanooga, TN) Liza Béar (NYC) Jose Padua (Washington, DC) Tony DuShane (Los Angeles) Online readings every Thursday for...

Poem for Gregory Corso’s Ashes in the English Cemetery in Rome

Gerald Nicosia

Dear Gregory, as long as I knew you They were throwing you out of places I watched Bob Levy Normally a kind man Give you the bum’s rush out of City Lights Yelling, “We want your books here But not you!” (There w...

Walking with Steve to the Book Party

Linda Kleinbub

I picked Steve up at his apartment his was door’s ajar, when I arrived I don’t remember if I rang or knocked but he yelled, Come in. Steve was sitting on his sofa, wearing shades. He began telling me his stories h...

Lucky, Lulu, and a Cat Named Bo (Cold Turkey)

Phillip Giambri

Thanksgiving, 3:00 PM Sixth floor walk-up in an old tenement building next to the Ukie funeral parlor on 7th Street. Black and white TV on, rabbit ears up, sound off. Thanksgiving Day Parade is over. Santa’s bee...

Sensitive Skin Beer Virus Reading #3

The Editors

On April 9, 2020, we had another terrific show via Zoom, featuring readings by: - Puma Perl (NYC) - Larissa Shmailo (NYC) - Marc Olmsted (Portland, OR) and - Joshua Mohr (San Francisco) Vinnie Zangrillo (Strong Isla...

Sensitive Skin Beer Virus Reading #2

The Editors

A virtual reading presented by Sensitive Skin Magazine, on April 2nd, 2020, featuring: - John J. Trause (New Jersey) - Marguerite Van Cook (New York) - Rich Ferguson (LA) - Bonny Finberg (New York) - Erika Schickel (LA)...

Sensitive Skin Beer Virus Reading #1

The Editors

Sorry, no April Poetry Month this year - but we've still got plenty of poetry coming your way (and prose too!). We'll be running virtual online readings for the duration of the shelter-in-place order (so...September 2021?). ...