This is an online journal that takes submissions for poetry, fiction, and essays. It looks like this issue is completely composed of poetry.
The poetry in Vol. 1 Issue 2 is full of vibrant images ranging from the oil soaked cogs and wheels that keep everything moving in Nathan Moore’s Machine II to fish hooks in Fishing from Memory and Playing by Ear by Will Brulé.
The poem that I enjoyed the most was Nathan Moore’s Machine II. It is full of gears and grease. It is full of the necessary dirt and grime that keeps the machine moving. I think that poems should raise questions and make a reader think. This poem does just that. After reading it, I had to stop and ask myself, “Is forward momentum the end all be all of life? Is it all just up the hill and then your done?” I guess it is.
Another poem that I’d like to mention is (UN)Earth by Mg Roberts. It is spread out over several pages and has some fun formatting. However, what I like about this poem is the sense of creation but with some undercurrents and subtext that is worth pondering. Or maybe I have that backwards, perhaps creation is the subtext. Anyway, you should read it for yourself.
I enjoyed the short issue of Asphalt Sky. I was able to read it in just under 20 minutes. Faster readers will likely zip through it. What I’m trying to say is that if you have time to read my posts, you have time to enjoy a few poems. Go read it.
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