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  • Variation on Old Couple in a Seaside Bistro

    Variation on Old Couple in a Seaside Bistro

    Tenderness coarse as mending twine
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    Theodore McDowell
    May 15
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    Vérité▪︎

    Vérité▪︎

    I know these halls
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    Dorothy “Dee” Umoh
    May 15
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    The Appointment

    The Appointment

    Someone always cries
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    Susan Sagarin
    May 14
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    Maypop

    Maypop

    Fruit of the passionflower
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    Jim Dutton
    May 13
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    Aimée Gramblin
    May 13

    Photograph of splatter paint covered man smoking a cigarette

    Pizza Place Poetry Reading

    An evening suspending in time, circa 2004

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    Go to the profile of Theodore McDowell
    Theodore McDowell
    May 13

    Old Couple in a Seaside Bistro

    Grief within love

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    1 response
    Go to the profile of Victor Sarkin
    Victor Sarkin
    May 11

    ‘Genius in a Bottle’ Prompted Writing Challenge

    Closing the Door

    GiaB writing prompt…

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    Go to the profile of Víctor O. Álvarez Torres
    Víctor O. Álvarez Torres
    May 11

    Snow covered field and forest

    Silence

    Valuable silence

    In silence you do help yourself.

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    2 responses
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    Carolyn Hastings
    May 9

    Poetry | Women’s Roles | Humour

    A Woman’s Work is Never Done

    GiaB prompt #2–18: work

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    Gregory Cody
    May 8

    Ninja Stars and Dreams

    Tasting the fruits of thievery: a new story from “Chasing Crazy”

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