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Three Poems by Karla Linn Merrifield
Three Poems by Karla Linn Merrifield
“1842: US Army Expedition — 58 Days, 85 Soldiers, One Native Guide, One Woman,” “Angina,” and “Indian Summer”
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Oct 9, 2023
Three Poems by Jeffrey Zable
Three Poems by Jeffrey Zable
The Void, Virtually, and The Picture
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May 24, 2023
Three Poems by Jck Hnry
Three Poems by Jck Hnry
“vagrant’s sun,” “a man on a corner with a cup in his hand,” and “a woman in church in a tight linen dress”
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May 24, 2023
Three Poems by Wilda Morris
Three Poems by Wilda Morris
“Workshop Words”, “I Am Not Writing about Daffodils. I Am Trying to Make Them Bloom Again” and “Searching for My Dutch Ancestor”
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May 24, 2023
His Text Messages in March by Suchita Senthil Kumar
His Text Messages in March by Suchita Senthil Kumar
It’s sad You told something yesterday I just thought we could talk over the phone for a little while But you are done …
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May 24, 2023
Child by L Maristatter
Child by L Maristatter
Your father opened his arms and let you go, forsaken. / Sixty feet an eternity to wonder why / (or perhaps you already knew)…
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Mar 28, 2023
Three Poems by Douglas Bales
Three Poems by Douglas Bales
Lost Angels, Sell Me to the Winter, and Poetry in Motion.
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Mar 28, 2023
Big Bang by Renate Wildermuth
Big Bang by Renate Wildermuth
Married ten years, and I am still surprised / each night by your reappearance. / Like the earth towards the sun, / I turn … to greet you
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Mar 27, 2023
Three Poems by Irene Eberling Marsh
Three Poems by Irene Eberling Marsh
Ruben’s Dream, Smitty’s Dream, and Coat with a Velvet Collar
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Mar 25, 2023
Three Poems by Geoffrey Aitken
Three Poems by Geoffrey Aitken
“heightened state,” “a flippant bird?” and “backpacker.”
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Mar 23, 2023
Two Poems by John Wojtowicz
Two Poems by John Wojtowicz
Maintenance and Road Apples — Poems by John Wojtowicz.
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Mar 22, 2023
A Little Choir Girl Contemplates Sin by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
A Little Choir Girl Contemplates Sin by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Repent in Lent is what you do, transfixed / On misery, if you’re good. I’m bad, / Kick-starting my imagination where / Angelic notes reside
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Mar 19, 2023
Cheer Up — Christmas is Coming! by John Dorroh
Cheer Up — Christmas is Coming! by John Dorroh
I don’t want to see you at Christmas when you’re full of artificial sweetener and cheer and good will toward mankind…
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Mar 18, 2023
Three Poems by Frank De Canio
Three Poems by Frank De Canio
Erotic poems titled Prisoner of Sex, Black Widow, and Purple Heart.
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Mar 18, 2023
Jesus on Acland Street By Allan Lake
Jesus on Acland Street By Allan Lake
King James Version. Jesus was loitering in St Kilda this morning, idle by the tram stop, smoking, watching trams unload/load, come and go.
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Mar 16, 2023
Winter! Early Winter by Nayanjyoti Baruah
Winter! Early Winter by Nayanjyoti Baruah
Afloat sounds of grouping reaper, / They are going to trim the plants. / Sunrise and noon, / Afternoon and sunset…
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Mar 8, 2023
Standing By, Poetry by Elaine Schear
Standing By, Poetry by Elaine Schear
Tart and sulky the girl pulses through the middle days of her child life. She is ten and longing for the single digit time…
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Mar 5, 2023
Three Poems by Carolyn Martin
Three Poems by Carolyn Martin
“10 Variations on the 50 Most Quoted Lines of Poetry,” “Dear Type-A Friend,” and “Superannuation”
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Feb 4, 2023
Eskimo Pie Poems
Eskimo Pie Poems
Four poems titled Appendix, Black Out the Light That Shines Through the Fog, Notebook, and The Quest
Richard Puglisi
Jan 19, 2023
Three Poems by Ben Nardolilli
Three Poems by Ben Nardolilli
Poems by Ben Nardolilli: The Lama of the Frying Pan, Flyer Guy, and The Absence of Psychosis
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Jan 16, 2023
To Live, Love, Leave & Die Like My Favorite Hollywood Movie Characters by Karlo Sevilla
To Live, Love, Leave & Die Like My Favorite Hollywood Movie Characters by Karlo Sevilla
… convinces suicide prospect in the middle of merciless sea that life’s always worth living and love, and love alone, doesn’t sink.
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Oct 23, 2022
The Jay by Elaine Russell
The Jay by Elaine Russell
There he sits that crazy Jay On the banister outside my door. Every morning, he speaks, in his own special way…
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Oct 6, 2022
Three Poems by Mark J. Mitchell
Three Poems by Mark J. Mitchell
Poems titled “The Gospel of Pier Paolo,” “The Missing Poet’s Lounge,” and “Financial District”
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Sep 25, 2022
Two Poems by Oleg Semonov
Two Poems by Oleg Semonov
Two poems: “Behind the Front Line” and “In memory of James Joyce”
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Sep 25, 2022
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