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brown sparrow perching on gray branch at daytime
Poetry

Ghosts

Martin Rae Veil -
Poetry

Weekend In Paris

Niall M Oliver -
Art

In the Deep Blue

Hang Mai -
Art

The Night Rescue (oil on linen)

Syra Larkin -
two white doves flying
Poetry

UNFINISHED CONVERSATION WITH GOD

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

.this.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

Sound of the Organ

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

To look for yourself

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

His Coat

Obed Ladiny -
Fiction

What else goes on that I don’t know about?

Sherry Cassells -
sliced avocado fruit on brown wooden table
Poetry

When I Am Old

Hugh Lemma -
a pile of twenty dollar bills sitting on top of each other
Poetry

That one time I made money off of poetry

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

This Order vs Disorder

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

In the red corner

Obed Ladiny -
gray and red feathers
Poetry

do the dead write poetry?

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

transporter malfunction near the indiana border

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

bicep tattoo

Rob Breeding -
underwater photography of hermit crab
Poetry

A Familiar Place

Nathalie Spaans -
person touching the tree's trunk
Poetry

A Touch of Lace

Barbara F. Schutz -
construction frame
Poetry

Exotic Materials Haiku & Industrial Manhood

james stephen -
Fiction

Enough

Sherry Cassells -
window curtain open wide
Poetry

Nothing but White

Dale Patterson -
leaf design coffee latte on mug
Poetry

Coffee & Podcasts

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

As it Was in the Beginning, Is Now and Ever Shall...

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Solstice

Hugh Lemma -
stainless steel framed green chairs
Poetry

I Ask You

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

People

Andy Posner -
Poetry

log pile

Michael Ashley -
overlooking city buildings and trees
Poetry

Penthouse

Sherry Cassells -
man in white chef uniform cooking
Poetry

Myrna in the Checkout Lane

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

30 mph and Henry Cain

Julie A. Dickson -
gray fish near rock
Poetry

Mississippi Catch and Release

Tom Strong -
clear glass bottle with yellow liquid inside
Poetry

Piña Colada

Ann Kammerer -
sleeping baby on white textile
Poetry

A Tyre Changer Can Earn £350k per year

Niall M Oliver -
Poetry

Petrichor

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Now, at Almost 80

Palline Plum -
Animation

nudity and that sort of thing

Chris Daykin -
Art

no title

Tiko Lewis -
black and red round fruits
Poetry

BURNING BLACKBERRY BUSH

Daniel J. Flore III -
Art

self portrait #2

Tiko Lewis -
Poetry

yet again

silent lotus -
grayscale photo of bare trees near city buildings
Poetry

Wonderful

Matt Dennison -
Art

Side effect

R. jones -
droplets on glass panel
Poetry

Opening Line

Andy Posner -
Art

Abstracted River Realism

Patrice Cameron -
Art

The Spotlight Effect

Davey Do -
Art

adjust, course correct, then flow

Patrice Cameron -
black typewriter on brown wooden table
Poetry

since the reading

closeup photo of green Converse high-top sneakers
Poetry

i remember the last time

yellow daffodils in bloom during daytime
Poetry

grey goose retrospective (email #12)

Ron Sardino -
the nativity scene figurine
Poetry

Skeptic’s Crèche

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

.coast.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

Inmates

RC James -
text
Fiction

The Turnaround

Sherry Cassells -
gray and black Kodak camara
Fiction

My Lies Small

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Adrian

Niall M Oliver -
Poetry

Avalon

Hugh Lemma -
Blog

Free Broadside: Leeza Simmons Sikes’ Bitchy Poems

Open Arts Forum -
text
Poetry

THE TOME OF THE UNKNOWN POET

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

2069 is going to be sexy!

Ron Sardino -
women's wearing white top
Poetry

FUZZY TREE

Jefferson Carter -
Art

I hang around rivers and paint what I perceive to remember...

Patrice Cameron -
Poetry

as sacred as Happenstance

silent lotus -
Poetry

.equinox.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Photography

As Yellow as Fall

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
black textile on white textile
Poetry

11 Million Buttons

Tom Strong -
Photography

light shadows….

A.L. Waddell -
Poetry

STORIES ARE EMPIRES WAITING TO COLLAPSE

Nathalie Spaans -
Art

The Gorgon – Stheno, Euryale, Medusa

Jenn Zed -
Poetry

..here..

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Photography

Captive

Mimi Bordeaux -
Art

Happy Thanksgiving- Turkey Trot

Dale Patterson -
Poetry

Elegy at Antelope Canyon

Sara Clancy -
Art

..little scar..

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

Every Night

Dale Patterson -
Art

External Gratification

Davey Do -
Art

growing up rough

Tiko Lewis -
four children standing on dirt during daytime
Poetry

The First Lesson

Cameron McClure -
Art

Too Sexy

Davey Do -
person reading book
Poetry

The Book of Unknowing

Richard Oyama -
grayscale photography of piano
Poetry

Reinbert plays Satie

Nathalie Spaans -
white 3 bladed ceiling fan
Poetry

Alone

Raymond Huffman -
Poetry

this poem is called three boys were shot dead in a...

Jill Winkowski -
Poetry

Still I Cry

Kaci Skiles Laws -
brown tree trunk on green grass
Poetry

Near Stone Creek a Mile from Imagination

james stephen -
white ceramic mug with coffee
Poetry

Regret

Andy Posner -
Art

The Self Portrait

R. jones -
Art

Wabbit with isographs

Tiko Lewis -
Poetry

.untitled.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
persons left hand on black textile
Poetry

Pain of the sex

Nathalie Spaans -
Art

In this life, we met

Hang Mai -
Art

do you like majik ?

R. jones -
Poetry

The black rose of poverty

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Makeup

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

Mm, Mm, Good

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Li Po Embraces the Moon

RC James -
Poetry

No one died when the house burned down

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Poetry

Back Cover Blurb

Daniel J. Flore III -
shallow focus photo of washing machines
Poetry

The Color of Color

Tom Strong -
Art

Black History Month – Sketches

Tiko Lewis -
Poetry

Us

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

unceremoniously

Michael Acker -
Poetry

Touch (a Ghost addresses her Medium)

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Yes, I know I am dying

Nolcha Fox -
Poetry

.noted.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Art

Sleepless Nights

Elina Ghanbari -
Art

mer.made # 1D

A.L. Waddell -
Art

no title

Tiko Lewis -
Poetry

Thuggery

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Shrewing

Tom Strong -
shallow focus photography of books
Poetry

MY BOOK COSTS 7 BUCKS

Daniel J. Flore III -
yellow flower field during daytime
Poetry

Us

Robert Stastny -
man and woman in bathtub
Poetry

There are mornings when

Jay Dougherty -
white and purple button up shirt
Poetry

Lost in a Small Closet

Dale Patterson -
Art

Mannequin Series #3

Joe Shelton -
Poetry

Maureen and The Redeemer

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

I CAN’T BURY THE CORPSE OF YOUR MEMORY

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Upon My Return

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

It Never Changes

Dale Patterson -
Art

Intense Emotions

Elina Ghanbari -
Poetry

.her sister.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Photography

Aggregate States

Mark Preier -
Poetry

He Is That Sun (For Tut ’22)

Paul Brookes -
clear blue body of water
Fiction

Freedom is a game of loss

Nathalie Spaans -
brown chicken on green grass field during daytime
Poetry

Poultry Competition

Allan Lake -
woman standing inside room
Poetry

RED HOT

Daniel J. Flore III -
close-up photo of patches
Poetry

Places my hands don’t reach

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
grayscale photography of short-coated dog
Poetry

It’s A Good Thing You Are Not Here

Mike Casetta -
woman in white top wearing eyeglasses
Poetry

her mouth

Poetry

Migration

Dale Patterson -
grayscale photo of leopard
Poetry

Being human is ridiculous

Jordan Trethewey -
black metal dog tag pendant
Poetry

Statement Piece

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Instinct

Sara Clancy -
brown lion lying on green grass
Poetry

“Son…

Matt Dennison -
black and yellow bee on brown stem
Poetry

New Year’s Eve Countdown… and I Can’t Wait!

Obed Ladiny -
black metal framed glass window
Poetry

He says I’m too good

Kaci Skiles Laws -
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EXPLORE

I’m Heading South

John Austin -
As the days draw in I will head south, past the lake’s glacial blue, up the curving road where the mountain shines, beyond the musterer’s hut on whose walls names...

ancient roadblocks

BUTTS

the imposter

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New Muses for a Posthuman Age

Ian Badcoe -
Late last year I wrote a 10 sonnet sequence entitled New Muses for a Posthuman Age, the idea being to update the goddesses and answer...

Melon Man

A Christmas Card from Charles Bukowski *

Jordan Trethewey & Jenn Zed Present: SyncWorld

The Miki Collection

Line Breaks and Commas and Colons, Oh My!

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Art

All you see can’t be holy

Marcel Herms -
_____________________________________________________________________ Mixed media on cardboard. 17.7 x 25.3 cm. 

Merry Xmas 2025

Shooting Rats with Buddha

As Ash Falls

The Recurring Red Scarf

Bravery

a statue of a woman sitting in the snow

What Do You Call This?

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