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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…
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?
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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