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Running on the Beach
Running on the Beach
Away from pain toward dreams
Roman Newell
Jul 23
Prank Call
Prank Call
Long before Caller I.D. or moral decency, we’d pick on those unlucky enough to be sitting within stabbing distance of the phone. There…
Maria Nazos
Jul 23
Feeling the Explosion
Feeling the Explosion
On the ground
J.D. Harms
Jul 23
Growing Up
Growing Up
Prose poetry
Idris Jimoh
Jul 23
The Shard
The Shard
Removing a bitter barb
Stephanie Wilsey
Jul 23
Parking Lot Faces
Parking Lot Faces
The day I learned I don’t trust happiness
Roman Newell
Jul 22
The Perpetual State of Becoming
The Perpetual State of Becoming
I embraced the chaos
Ani Eldritch
Jul 19
Make Your Bed
Make Your Bed
Every day and wait for them to come back
Roman Newell
Jul 19
Landmarks
Landmarks
Needs and hurts
Roman Newell
Jul 18
Deserted Highway
Deserted Highway
A walk along the wagon wheel of human reality
Roman Newell
Jul 17
We Don’t Hang Crosses Above Our Closet Doors
We Don’t Hang Crosses Above Our Closet Doors
Free verse poetry
LIN
Jul 17
Goodwill
Goodwill
It’s just one word, though it could be split into two, like a cell in the early stages of mitosis. But when two people slam together like…
Maria Nazos
Jul 17
The Last Hope Crumb
The Last Hope Crumb
Keep Your Cool, It’s Only Burnout.
Catrina Prager
Jul 17
All the Tangents
All the Tangents
I’ve collected
J.D. Harms
Jul 17
Water Roots
Water Roots
A torso in the basement filled with flowers
Roman Newell
Jul 16
Anticipatory Grief
Anticipatory Grief
A poem of inevitability and the paradoxical nature of grief.
Booboo
Jul 16
Instructions on how to Survive Basorexia
Instructions on how to Survive Basorexia
The overwhelming desire to kiss
Nicole Paton
Jul 16
The Search
The Search
Writing when it’s hard
Roman Newell
Jul 15
I Flew a Kite Around the Eiffel Tower
I Flew a Kite Around the Eiffel Tower
Reaching for light
Roman Newell
Jul 12
A Ticket to Ride
A Ticket to Ride
Morning reflections, waking lights
John Hampton (MaggotsX)
Jul 12
If I Was The Abuser
If I Was The Abuser
A lyrical prose
Javeriah Khalid
Jul 12
Writers and Drinking
Writers and Drinking
The great myth
Roman Newell
Jul 11
Coffee Shop
Coffee Shop
I never made it
Roman Newell
Jul 10
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Reminiscences from Masum Ghar
Roman Newell
Jul 9
Contemplation
Contemplation
I think I want to not think
J.D. Harms
Jul 9
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