fine poetry to turn your world around
Welcome to the Summer 2026 Issue of Gyroscope Review. We’re happy to have you here and hope you enjoy reading all the fantastic poetry in this issue. Free verse to forms, we have it all. Find a favorite and relax with your beverage of choice while you explore the wonderful poems on offer. Let the […]
The Spring 2026 Issue arrives with an intersection of tradition and transformation. This issue moves beyond the surface-level imagery of the season to explore ‘renewal’ in all its complex forms: the shedding of old skins, the persistence of survival, and the resilience of the human spirit. These poems celebrate a diversity of thought, proving that while […]
Cleaning Your HandsTaking your hands in mineI am shocked that theyare covered with grime,that the aides didn’t notice how dirty they were.To love is to go beyond whatone imagined what love was.The hand sanitizer I hadin my cloth bag couldn’tdilute the color stuck tothe cuticles of your nails, the backs of your hands, your palm […]
How heavy it was my mother’s dead body in my arms wet wool limbs dangling like ball chain with bent back I heaved her onto the oak plank rolling her poundage flesh sinew fat. In my hand today dense hunk of lard– animal fat to melt in the griddle I peel the potatoes and quarter […]
