Two Poems
* Shielding your lips this stone knows all about winds living in caves, began as dust then kept in place neither mornings or kisses...
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Marie-Andree Auclair
Dec 14, 20182 min read
Three Poems
Orbits We pedal our three-wheelers in concentric circles on home lawns and parents applaud. We grow strong calves, balance and speed, and...
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Christian Sammartino
Dec 11, 20182 min read
"Homecoming"
Kevin returns from his deployment by walking out of the fields wearing his favorite flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up — he strolls...
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Mark Defoe
Oct 31, 20181 min read
"Husbandry: The Old Widower at the Corner House"
Husbandry: The Old Widower at the Corner House The thing, perhaps, is to plant flowers and not be afraid His days with his wife fade...
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Martin Willitts
Oct 31, 20182 min read
Three poems
The Serenade A cow lies on her side, panting and heaving. Her tongue slides out uncomfortably. She wheezes. It won’t be long now. It is a...
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Milton P. Ehrlich
Oct 31, 20181 min read
Two poems
A LOYAL MENTEE THANKS HIS 3 MENTORS Life is short. The craft so long to learn. Chaucer Who taught him how to live— the 2 Henrys— Miller...
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Nina Bennett
Oct 31, 20182 min read
Two poems
Boulder Colorado, June Aubade A doe and two fawns, still spotted, amble into the back yard, browse flower beds, pass over portulaca,...
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Ron Riekki
Oct 31, 20181 min read
After the V.A. (With each line’s final word from a poem by Gregory Orr)
“hungry ghost the night” --Gregory Orr, from “After the Guest” The day departs quiet as hell, the briefest last moments of light. I have...
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Vern Fein
Oct 31, 20183 min read
Three poems
ABE LINCOLN NEVER MADE IT TO THE NBA Honestly, 6’4” Abe would have been a superstar center in Dale, Indiana, which is what that little...
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Konstantin N. Rega
Oct 31, 20182 min read
Two poems
Fire Nocturne Fire as the eyes of a dark crow that sits ...
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Alice Morris
Oct 31, 20182 min read
Three poems
Walking and there at my feet a dead bird newly fallen poised on its belly, its beak stuck into the grass as though this unblemished bird...
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DS Maolalai
Oct 31, 20181 min read
"Morning"
he wakes when the sun gets in his face like an animal looking for attention. 8am and the day is baking. on the floor bottles settle like...
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J.L. Wall
Oct 31, 20181 min read
Three poems
David Cameron Sings the Brexit It’s envy of the past that does us in. High school promise unfulfilled: most likely to succeed, or sing,...
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Jake Cosmos Aller
Oct 31, 20185 min read
"Snarling Cup of Coffee"
I like to start my day with a hot cup of coffee I pound down the coffee First thing I do every day as the dawning sun Lights up my...
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Kenneth Pobo
Oct 31, 20182 min read
Four poems
WANDAWOOWOO LOUD I’ve trained my face to look calm, especially when fraught. My last lover said I’m peaceful. It’s funny how people can...
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Keith Moul
Oct 31, 20181 min read
"A Private Vocabulary"
My father acceded to death after certain miscalculations. He received inferior instruction in an earlier mathematics, the same as all of...
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John Grey
Oct 31, 20181 min read
"After a Dry Spell"
The rain, at first, sounds like there’s someone tapping at the window, but the only one out there wanting in is my half of a reflection...
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Charles Webb
Oct 31, 20181 min read
"Suburban Bosk"
Silence roused us from our sleep, Once the blackout killed the clock And hushed the strangely soothing hum Of everyday appliances. We got...
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Courtney LeBlanc
Sep 1, 20181 min read
"Guilty" by Courtney LeBlanc
Guilty I look like an unloved wife – brilliant diamonds circle my finger promise vows my heart is still trying to keep. In hotel bars men...
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Daniel N. Nelson
Sep 1, 20181 min read
Daniel N. Nelson, two poems
When Pat Boone bought in a fit of urgent love between an old man and old machine a Fairlane sedan still wore original mint green with...
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