Taste the Edge

CHICKEN BOT is an unknown artist who lives in an alternative reality with five taxidermist squirrels, a small bonsai named Steve and a group of potted plants who whisper life’s secrets to her each morning. In real life, Chicken Bot…

(after Richard Krech)   The poppies that they gather only grow in blood soaked soil under dark mountain ranges. Every thing crumbles under the weight of these white washed walls and burned history books. No one remembers the call girl’s…

It sprung up overnight. Unexpected, it stood there as we all opened our curtains, bleary-eyed, in the morning. A divider line. A wall in solid bricks and mortar, tangerine and crimson. The road was carved in two by it. Unthreatening…

I. Protesters hurl organic tomatoes and craft IPA bottles at riot police. Several protesters hold their young aloft, miming the Lion King. They wear furry ears and black bandanas and Guy Fawkes masks dipped in rainbow paint. One protester has…

Click the link below to read Brennan DeFrisco's incredible poem, "How A Bridge Is Built." How A Bridge Is Built by Brennan DeFrisco     Brennan DeFrisco is a poet, spoken word artist & educator from the San Francisco Bay Area.…

She is lavender and daffodils finding strength in their stems on a day that the wind has heavy breath. She is an intermediary between generations weaving songs into patterns of light and spreading hymns through a stained-glass window. She is…