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February Remnants
Hugh Lemma
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April 8, 2026
where are all the stars?
Michael Ashley
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April 7, 2026
Poetry
Today is going to be my peaceful day
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April 3, 2026
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The Cartography of Rain
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Smooth-talking serpents
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A Fall Can Be a Little Thing
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My blood wants out
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Sous les pavés, la plage
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Creed
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January Suite
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The Pipe
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Majnūn
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Narratives
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x
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Lab Rat
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March 12, 2026
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Here I am reading your sucky poetry again
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March 11, 2026
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Full Contact Cold Wrestle
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March 9, 2026
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Probability of Precipitation
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March 8, 2026
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Clapham Rick
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March 7, 2026
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(post 37-38) – Rehearsal for Reversal
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Bangs
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March 5, 2026
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That Summer in Oz
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February 26, 2026
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Disturbing
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February 25, 2026
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Fear
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February 24, 2026
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Thinkers
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February 23, 2026
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Now & Again
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February 22, 2026
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Verlaine’s Bride Boards a Train
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February 21, 2026
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When the Wind Whistles
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February 20, 2026
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One Hundred & 15 Words
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February 18, 2026
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HAVING A CRUSH ON THE LINDA RONDSTADT OF 1977
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February 16, 2026
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Famous River at Night
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February 15, 2026
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What am I going to say—
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Picking Apple from an Oak
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February 12, 2026
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christmas counts
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February 10, 2026
Poetry
Excavation for burial
Susan Kostick
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February 8, 2026
Poetry
A Touch of Doubles
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February 7, 2026
Poetry
Jotting down the outline
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February 4, 2026
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The Spider Weaves
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January 31, 2026
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Intrusion
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January 30, 2026
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Auld Lang Syne
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January 28, 2026
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Telos
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January 27, 2026
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On the shore of a radioactive sea
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January 26, 2026
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Slippers
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January 25, 2026
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The Bridge
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January 24, 2026
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Five Cinquains
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January 22, 2026
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The Rooftops of Kyiv
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January 21, 2026
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Inscription
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January 19, 2026
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So Much, So Many, So Few
Dr Padmashree RP
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January 18, 2026
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In a Wooden Town
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January 17, 2026
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Magnets of Faith and Knowing
Matt Dennison
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January 16, 2026
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Hedgehog in Winter
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January 15, 2026
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Hologram Eulogy
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January 14, 2026
Poetry
before we reach our sunless seas
Jan Harper
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January 12, 2026
Poetry
Be Wary of Sadness in Dark Times
Andy Posner
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January 11, 2026
Poetry
America legalizes murder
Lance Watson
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January 9, 2026
Poetry
At Least Yours Had a Song, Buk
Sharon Leigh
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January 7, 2026
Poetry
Three more humble attempts at bussokusekika.
Jason Ryberg
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January 6, 2026
Poetry
There goes Brian they say
Michael Ashley
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January 5, 2026
Poetry
Redwing
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January 4, 2026
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The intimacy of others
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January 3, 2026
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Status Quo Ante
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January 1, 2026
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Insects in the cupboards
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December 29, 2025
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ONE HELLUVA CHRISTMAS
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December 25, 2025
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merry fucking christmas
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December 23, 2025
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Shooting Rats with Buddha
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December 21, 2025
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Bravery
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December 18, 2025
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What Do You Call This?
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December 17, 2025
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The Ancients
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December 16, 2025
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The Architect of Ash
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December 14, 2025
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CULTURE YOU BASTARD
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December 13, 2025
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The End of the World
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December 11, 2025
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A Fall Night
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December 10, 2025
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autumn in the rain
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December 9, 2025
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The brine
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December 8, 2025
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Evening Drives To Andromeda
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December 7, 2025
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my chesapeake
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December 6, 2025
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First Light
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December 5, 2025
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MONSTERS
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December 4, 2025
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Hosanna
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December 1, 2025
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Toad Flax Leaf Beetle: The Life
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November 30, 2025
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I suppose resilience
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November 28, 2025
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Indelible (Thanksgiving)
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November 27, 2025
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St. Mercy General
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November 25, 2025
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Green tea
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November 24, 2025
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NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
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November 19, 2025
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Reciprocal
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November 17, 2025
Poetry
Hear The
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November 16, 2025
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Sunrise Serenade
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November 15, 2025
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Hurry!
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November 13, 2025
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Sestina for a Wider Music
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November 12, 2025
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A NEW DAY
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November 11, 2025
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Portrait of Old Man in Camo Hat and Bermuda Shorts
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November 10, 2025
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Exile (To the Homeland)
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dinner with friends
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November 8, 2025
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Blissed-out by exhaustion
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November 6, 2025
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His name means ‘far-seeing’
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November 5, 2025
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5786
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Listening to Foliage, 72. Mirabilis
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October 30, 2025
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October 29, 2025
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Precision Lost
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October 28, 2025
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Apology
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October 26, 2025
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Chandelier Spider
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October 23, 2025
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My Mother’s Ghost Is Tired
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October 21, 2025
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apologies to the cat
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October 15, 2025
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Every Daily Mass
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October 14, 2025
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home is a flower farm
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October 12, 2025
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Spoilage (to burn or rot, that is the question)
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October 9, 2025
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Through Time
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October 7, 2025
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I’m awake. Are you awake?
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October 5, 2025
Poetry
The Indolent Magician
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October 4, 2025
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statistical error
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October 3, 2025
Poetry
Alone
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October 2, 2025
Poetry
Disorder
Mike Casetta
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September 30, 2025
Poetry
Half Ginkgo
Matt Dennison
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September 28, 2025
Poetry
Not to Love
james stephen
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September 27, 2025
Poetry
Train
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September 25, 2025
Poetry
What can anyone do to me here?
David Belcher
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September 23, 2025
Poetry
The Language Of Rain
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September 22, 2025
Poetry
Art class
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September 20, 2025
Poetry
A Slightly More Manageable State
Jason Ryberg
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September 19, 2025
Poetry
Five Anxious Haiku
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September 18, 2025
Poetry
What the Hill Remembers
Dr Padmashree RP
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September 16, 2025
Poetry
To My Replacements
Elizabeth Dunn
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September 15, 2025
Poetry
A Dream of Nether Stowey
Marc Woodward
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September 12, 2025
Poetry
She is in the jungle. She cannot see the sky.
Nathalie Spaans
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September 9, 2025
Poetry
My country
David Belcher
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September 5, 2025
Poetry
Your Mouth
james stephen
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September 3, 2025
Poetry
Speaks Louder Than
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September 2, 2025
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Dilettante
Randi Cramer
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August 31, 2025
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Pool Hall
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August 25, 2025
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WHEN THE BOMBS DROP
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 21, 2025
Poetry
“best corn in the county!”
Jan Harper
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August 16, 2025
Poetry
A Memory of the Boy
Cameron McClure
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August 13, 2025
Poetry
Marigolds
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August 12, 2025
Poetry
Bagpipes In The Park
Tom Strong
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August 11, 2025
Poetry
Ode to the Forgotten Hour
Mohit Saini
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August 9, 2025
Poetry
Eulogy For a Fish
John Gurney
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August 7, 2025
Poetry
good guys
Lance Watson
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August 5, 2025
Poetry
Last Call
Dale M. Tushman
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August 4, 2025
Poetry
smoke rings
Larry Houston
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August 2, 2025
Poetry
unhallowed ground
Rob Breeding
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July 30, 2025
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Not ‘Digging’ (the only poem Heaney’s father ever wrote)
Niall M Oliver
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July 29, 2025
Poetry
Hush
Hugh Lemma
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July 27, 2025
Poetry
Broken Lock
Rich Glinnen
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July 26, 2025
Poetry
An unenlightened response to a bully
David Belcher
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July 24, 2025
Poetry
i found god behind a gas station dumpster and he owes...
Lance Watson
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July 22, 2025
Poetry
More Than She Should
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July 21, 2025
Poetry
The Ashes
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July 17, 2025
Poetry
Green
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July 15, 2025
Poetry
Eh!
Michael Acker
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July 14, 2025
Poetry
Grief
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July 13, 2025
Poetry
If I Lived In England
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July 11, 2025
Poetry
spectral cannibalization
Ron Sardino
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July 6, 2025
Poetry
I Almost Lied
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July 4, 2025
Poetry
“I Once Was Lost…”
RC James
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July 3, 2025
Poetry
TBone
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June 29, 2025
Poetry
Tonight This Night
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June 28, 2025
Poetry
she believed she could, so she did
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June 18, 2025
Poetry
Death Is
Paul Brookes
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June 17, 2025
Poetry
The weight of quiet things
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June 16, 2025
Poetry
Avon, NC
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June 14, 2025
Poetry
Twilight Cinema
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June 13, 2025
Poetry
Woodswoman
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June 11, 2025
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Il Faut Imaginer Sisyphe Heureux
Grady VanWright
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June 10, 2025
Poetry
Instead of doomscrolling
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June 9, 2025
Poetry
Ars Poetica #1
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June 7, 2025
Poetry
Seen from a ship
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June 5, 2025
Poetry
You can fly
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June 3, 2025
Poetry
Ode to a Worn Rug
Bob Bradshaw
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May 31, 2025
Poetry
Quintains of the Red Death
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May 30, 2025
Poetry
Drift the Corners
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May 29, 2025
Poetry
Mad auntie Pauline was right
Niall M Oliver
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May 28, 2025
Poetry
Wheelbarrow
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May 27, 2025
Poetry
Confinement Upgrade
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May 26, 2025
Poetry
The Hush, the Hush, the Knowing Hush
Grady VanWright
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May 23, 2025
Poetry
To Not Be That Guy
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May 17, 2025
Poetry
Townies
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May 16, 2025
Poetry
New Dishes
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May 11, 2025
Poetry
I’M GOING THROUGH A CAR REPAIR WHETHER I LIKE IT OR...
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May 10, 2025
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The Gilded Moth and the Iron Maw
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May 9, 2025
Poetry
Not Unlike…
Michael Acker
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May 6, 2025
Poetry
Hope
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May 5, 2025
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Earthquake
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May 2, 2025
Poetry
The Carrot of Believing
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April 30, 2025
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What If We Did Everything Right?
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April 25, 2025
Poetry
riding the front
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April 24, 2025
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Wedding Tree
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April 22, 2025
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un-christmassed
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April 19, 2025
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Attitude In Blue — for Carlene
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April 16, 2025
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0% Containment
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April 9, 2025
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Origin Stories
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April 8, 2025
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Precious Cargo
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April 5, 2025
Poetry
The world as I know it ends
Nathalie Spaans
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April 4, 2025
Poetry
To Dart Along
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April 2, 2025
Poetry
Calling All Editors
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April 1, 2025
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A Blood Moon
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March 31, 2025
Poetry
Visions of a Teacher Come to Mind
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March 29, 2025
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Night Watch
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March 27, 2025
Poetry
transition home
Rob Breeding
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March 26, 2025
Poetry
A Stone A Flame
Grady VanWright
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March 25, 2025
Poetry
Moonshine
Tom Strong
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March 24, 2025
Poetry
A Patch Of Old Snow
Hugh Lemma
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March 21, 2025
Poetry
While Waiting To Be Inspired
Mike Casetta
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March 20, 2025
Poetry
What Is This Graveyard
Bob Bradshaw
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March 19, 2025
Poetry
The Moon So Close
Trish Saunders
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March 15, 2025
Poetry
Earthly Remains
Wim Coleman
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March 12, 2025
Poetry
Cancer is a window into death
heidi selig
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March 11, 2025
Poetry
WATCHING PORN ON AN UNFORTUNATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
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March 11, 2025
Poetry
Forget Your Password ?
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March 10, 2025
Poetry
I Broke Up With The World
Hugh Lemma
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March 9, 2025
Poetry
TOMATO SOUP WAITING ON THE STOVE
Trish Saunders
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March 6, 2025
Poetry
Decades Lapping at My Feet
james stephen
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March 5, 2025
Poetry
Seeking Submissions
Matt Dennison
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March 4, 2025
Poetry
Accidents All the Time
Mary MacGowan
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March 3, 2025
Poetry
Desert Wonder
Julie Desmond
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March 2, 2025
Poetry
Mountain Hymn
Skyler Kimock
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February 28, 2025
Poetry
Pilot Knob Breakfast
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February 26, 2025
Poetry
The Music of Another Place
D. E. Kern
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February 24, 2025
Poetry
Maybe You Remember
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February 23, 2025
Poetry
A Winter Morning
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February 20, 2025
Poetry
What do you mean by a blue horse
Sara Clancy
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February 18, 2025
Poetry
School’s Out
Robert Stastny
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February 17, 2025
Poetry
Now that you’re no more
Jay Gandhi
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February 14, 2025
Poetry
Improvements
Matt Dennison
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February 11, 2025
Poetry
thanksgiving, next year
Rob Breeding
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February 10, 2025
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