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  • Note to Self

    Note to Self

    2016. Notes. January 23, 2016. 10:47 PM. … When I write this note, I have spent twenty-seven years thinking of myself as a closed circuit…
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    Jackie Hedeman
    May 12
    Even by Dave Barrett

    Even by Dave Barrett

    He parks his shiny red Jeep Cherokee behind the wife’s Subaru, blocking my old rust-bucket Dodge pickup where it’s parked on the lawn …
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    May 10
    Three Poems by Carolyn Adams

    Three Poems by Carolyn Adams

    Three Poems: Mother of the House, This Poem is Sleeping, and The Five Songs
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    May 8
    Two Poems by Anne Paterson

    Two Poems by Anne Paterson

    Two Poems: Dignity and Sea of Beds
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    May 6
    Three Poems by Jeffrey Zable

    Three Poems by Jeffrey Zable

    Three Poems: The Rejection Slip, The Best Part, and For All Eternity
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    May 1
    Old Hollywood by Alan Swyer

    Old Hollywood by Alan Swyer

    Years ago, when I was still relatively new to Los Angeles, and newer still to the film business, I was walking to lunch one day …
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    Apr 28
    Three Poems by jck hnry

    Three Poems by jck hnry

    Three Poems: “waves lap the shore of the Hudson River,” “primetime Jesus,” and “innocent sun.”
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    Apr 24
    The Right Note By John Darling

    The Right Note By John Darling

    “You play the Cello, don’t you?” Sandra whirled around to see who was making the inquiry of her. She found herself looking at a short man …
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    Apr 22
    TP-82 by Aaron Sandberg

    TP-82 by Aaron Sandberg

    I ejected from the womb and State with toy rockets in my fists / and did what needed to be done. / And years later, Mother issued a gun …
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    Apr 21
    I Miss Our Talks by Larry Smith

    I Miss Our Talks by Larry Smith

    Usually when I asked him what he had for dinner last night, Walter would gleefully answer, “Pepper steak, Wilson! Pepper steak!” He’d…
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    Mar 31
    The Hypnotic Danube by Pam Munter

    The Hypnotic Danube by Pam Munter

    I am standing in front of the microwave with its door open, ready to insert the bag of popcorn that I’ll have for dinner…
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    Oct 31, 2021
    A Responsibility to Plant Yellow Flowers

    A Responsibility to Plant Yellow Flowers

    When we put him to sleep, will it hurt?
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    Katharine Valentino
    Oct 28, 2021
    Connected That Way by J. Adams Oaks

    Connected That Way by J. Adams Oaks

    I had a baby. Mary came out me, and we’re together always, riding the bus, eating, walking side-by-side, bussing tables at the Nite ’N’…
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    Oct 16, 2021
    Soul Brother by Alan Swyer

    Soul Brother by Alan Swyer

    “Baby, mind doing me a favor?” asked the prettiest of the Soul Train dancers as she approached in a skimpy bikini. “What do you need?” …
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    Oct 10, 2021
    Three Poems by Jeffrey Zable

    Three Poems by Jeffrey Zable

    Three Poems: The Adventure, The Transformation, and A Pig’s Pig.
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    Oct 3, 2021
    Three Poems by Luigi Coppola

    Three Poems by Luigi Coppola

    Three Poems: The Eyes of Cows, The Raven’s Born, An Italian Learning French in England
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    Sep 26, 2021
    Margaret (Called Peggy Once) Gets That In Sink Feeling by Jon Fain

    Margaret (Called Peggy Once) Gets That In Sink Feeling by Jon Fain

    When she stays with her grandparents she has to stand at the kitchen sink to have her hair washed…
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    Sep 18, 2021
    I Lived with My Ex after We Broke Up by Christine C. Hsu

    I Lived with My Ex after We Broke Up by Christine C. Hsu

    My sister was paying for lunch at her prestigious law firm cafeteria, and I broke the news to her that I was moving in with my boyfriend …
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    Jun 17, 2021
    Be Still by William Cass

    Be Still by William Cass

    Mark had a good life. He had a good job: he taught strings and theory in the music department at the same university he’d attended …
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    Jun 8, 2021
    Two Poems by Carol Casey

    Two Poems by Carol Casey

    Two Poems: First Touch and Metamorphosis
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    May 31, 2021
    Three Poems by jck hnry

    Three Poems by jck hnry

    Three poems: Or a tom waits love song, Meager, and Sinister Moth.
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    May 25, 2021
    Three Works by Merridawn Duckler

    Three Works by Merridawn Duckler

    Three pieces: The Reiki, Those Who Come from Circumstance, and Mouth
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    May 20, 2021
    The Apple Pickers by Steve Carr

    The Apple Pickers by Steve Carr

    There’s only one street and it has no name. Unpaved, the street is light brown dirt that hardens and cracks when the sun bakes it …
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    May 14, 2021
    Lawyer Assisted Suicide: A Brief for the Bar by Fred McGavran

    Lawyer Assisted Suicide: A Brief for the Bar by Fred McGavran

    Once confined to veterans’ hospitals and institutions for the criminally insane, physician assisted suicide (“PAS”) has entered…
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    May 11, 2021
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