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Two poems by Mark Madigan
Follow Lourdes When I first saw her standing at the edge of the open grotto the old black woman was just reaching up, touching the lip of...
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Broadkill Review
Jan 27, 20203 min read
Two Poems by Stephen House
ready after lunch my eighty nine year old mother asks me to hold a pillow over her face and not take it off until she is dead even if she...
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Broadkill Review
Jan 27, 20202 min read
"Portrait of My Father in His Dress Uniform" by William Ogden Haynes
Everyone thought he would retire from the Air Force as a major. After all, he had been at that rank for over twenty years and only had a...
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Broadkill Review
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Nina Bennett reviews David Graham's newest collection
"In “At Sixty-Five,” the speaker says “on my birthday I want nothing but/ more of everything.” Spot on- I want more David Graham poetry. "
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Jamie Brown
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Michael Glaser's Threshold of Light Shines
If I were still teaching, I would assign this not only to my poetry workshops but to my freshman composition classes as well.
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Broadkill Review
Dec 8, 20191 min read
"A Tribute To Moss Hart's Aunt Kate" By Vern Fein
Let's toast the Kates of our families,
the odd among our kin..
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Broadkill Review
Dec 8, 20191 min read
Two Poems By Roger Singer
he left behind
his favorite hat
a pen for writing
a few books
and a cat and dog
that still look for him
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Broadkill Review
Dec 8, 20194 min read
Five Poems by Joan Colby
The Lazy Eye The lazy eye slides inward Learning to see aslant. A nuanced vision where no surprise Is unwelcome. The solution is...
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Dec 8, 20192 min read
Three Poems By James Reynolds
A poet will sing how
13 is an unlucky number
(no feat of the imagination there).
She may even pull out her license
and irrationally rhyme
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Broadkill Review
Dec 8, 20192 min read
Two Poems By Jack Mackey
I stare at the passenger seat, I want to reach
across and squeeze your hand, lead your peach-juice fingers to my mouth.
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Dec 8, 20191 min read
"Passing Down" By Gayle Ledbetter Newby
I wonder how we leave.
How we exit…….
this grinding, weeping place?
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Dec 8, 20191 min read
"Night Sky" By Ed Krizek
The night is stark and black
like the mysteries of the subconscious.
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Broadkill Review
Dec 8, 20193 min read
Four Poems by Carol Clark Williams
Today I reached toward
a stranger's shoulder blade,
your name behind my lips;
caught myself,
wondering if you still walk
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Broadkill Review
Dec 8, 20191 min read
"5:42 AM" By Bob Brussack
A cool, empty dark,
Untouchable for the moment.
The mourning doves
Still, dreaming. A wind
Turning in its sleep.
Bleached light of a
Shoeles
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Dec 8, 20191 min read
"That Day" By Alice Morris
the day the yard filled with cowbirds, martins and grackles
the day I watched the red-headed woodpecker
without a mate
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Broadkill Review
Nov 2, 20192 min read
Two poems by Leah Browning
American Housewife Go back to 1952 or ’54— your choice— and plug your state-of-the-art vacuum cleaner into the wall. There are the...
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David Wyman
Nov 1, 20191 min read
"Irish Laughter"
For my mother Irish laughter, breaking glass, and where you are now. Perhaps in this book? In the words ‘a figure glided quietly from bed...
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Lucinda Marshall
Nov 1, 20191 min read
"prologue to a poem"
observe with hungry wolf eyes, surveil. interrogate. bolt upright 3am experience smell | see | taste | touch | hear process. ...
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Lee Lubarsky
Nov 1, 20191 min read
"But Still" (with apologies to Stephan Jenkins)
I never really listened to Third Eye Blind in high school or college. They were that band that played in the background at dorm parties...
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Joyce Brown
Nov 1, 20191 min read
"American Pastoral"
“But the turmoil they experience isn’t who they are; the PTSD invades their minds and bodies.” ― Robert Koger, Death's Revenge I wish I...
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