Category: Original Lit
The Ploughman
Hoof beats echoed through the gentle rain and brought the ploughman to his senses. He sighed and let the soil…
Little Miss Perfidious and the Sad, Old, Pervert Hiding in the Corner
I sometimes forget my true love is the contents of the bottle, not those who pour it. But it is…
Poems by Jonas Sidell
Jonas Sidell returns to Gadfly with two more poems: lamenting, peering inward, a reflection on the stripped down feeling that…
Waiting
I was tried. I was sentenced. A charge of murder had been brought against me. The Dueling Laws had, unknown…
Shani’s Boobs: A Poem
What was once an embarrassment can occasionally become a source of pride, though perhaps still a distraction in most cases.…
Killing Tuesday: A Poem
President Obama's Kill List, a compendium of people targeted for assassination, has led anti-war activists and civil libertarians of all…
Fiction: The Rib Children
It waits in the darkness. Looking on with hungry-greedy eyes, tasting the air with a thick, grey tongue. It is…
The Huntress and the Chasm: A Poem by Ari Margolies
Gazing into the abyss, the abyss gazes back also, inviting and enticing. The chasm and the huntress tease our narrator…
A Poem by Thomas C. Burgess
Thomas C. Burgess included a note with today's poem. He said, "This poem is meant to raise questions about society,…