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Icarus reincarnated

Mike Casetta -
dog looking out the window

Designated Drivers

Tom Strong -
people standing on street during daytime
Poetry

To My Dearest Whore (City)

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

An ode to Billy C.

Ken Tomaro -
man holding luggage photo
Poetry

Rearrangements

Mike Casetta -
purple and yellow abstract painting
Poetry

pixelated

Michael Acker -
scenery of a grassfield during sunset
Poetry

A Season’s Change

Michael Acker -
Poetry

Her Mother’s Dishes

Dale Patterson -
man's portrait photography
Poetry

97.8% Impotent

Lance Jencks -
Art

..humans..

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
blue concrete storey house on top of building at daytime
Poetry

Apologies, but this is how i feel tonight

Jill Winkowski -
Poetry

Nomads & nomenclature

silent lotus -
woman with blonde hair holding her face
Poetry

A Pretty Face

Sharon Bartshe -
tilt shift lens photography of gray and black turntable
Poetry

Billy Joel

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

Dear Charles Bukowski,

Sarah Stoltzfus Allen -
woman's face
Poetry

4 a.m.

Larry Houston -
snowman with red and white hat
Poetry

Snowmen

Ray Miller -
Poetry

No Memory of the Wind

Raymond Huffman -
white flowers on black ceramic vase
Poetry

Sour Moon

Starr -
brown leather Chesterfield sofa
Poetry

Things I Said to My Therapist

Dale Patterson -
man playing arcade machine
Poetry

At the Casino with No Money

Daniel J. Flore III -
huge wave at daytime
Poetry

Missing (for my grandparents)

Nolcha Fox -
grayscale photo of person wearing white and black hat
Poetry

BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COVID

Daniel J. Flore III -
closeup photo of cannabis plant
Poetry

three exes

Larry Houston -
Poetry

Ketchup

Ann Kammerer -
red strawberry fruit on green leaves
Poetry

Strawberry Panic

Jenn Zed -
boat on ocean
Poetry

cool air warm water

Dale Patterson -
Poetry

High Life

Starr -
white duck with yellow beak
Poetry

Duck

James T. Stemmle -
white ceramic toilet bowl
Poetry

Passing the Buk

Scott Douglas -
man in black suit holding bouquet of flowers
Poetry

Mourners

Andy Posner -
Art

.news.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

Fears of Trees

Raymond Huffman -
woman sitting on rock near the beach
Poetry

Sara

Mike Casetta -
grayscale photo of woman with hand on her face
Poetry

Hips like there’s no water near

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

MY MOM’S BOYFRIENDS

Daniel J. Flore III -
grayscale portrait photo of man
Poetry

Don’t Wake Daddy

Mélissa Gustafson -
Poetry

I think of you, I shake

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

For the Next 19 Children

Jordan Trethewey -
person lying on chair and facing on body of water
Poetry

When We Were Poets

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

The Final Love Poem

Cheryl Leverette -
woman sitting on stairs
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10 TIPS FOR WRITING POETRY

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

his nails trimmed short

Jennifer Wilder -
woman in white long sleeve shirt and black pants standing on brown dried grass during daytime
Poetry

If you let me I’ll change my room into woods

Nathalie Spaans -
close-up photography of grasses
Poetry

Desiderata

Mark A. Murphy -
Poetry

he read

John Yamrus -
man and woman in bathtub
Poetry

NETFLIX

Jefferson Carter -
blue, yellow, and brown wall decor
Poetry

Poetry Happens

Wim Coleman -
grey canoe on calm body of water near tall trees at daytime
Poetry

Post Op for Richard Brautigan

Mike Casetta -
dry leaves on black concrete pavement
Poetry

Small Talk

Sara Clancy -
yellow and black smiley wall art
Poetry

I’ll text you back anyway

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

killing the root

Jennifer Wilder -
selective focus photography of person riding teal car
Poetry

Liberated Me

Lance Jencks -
taper candle on cupcake
Poetry

On my 44th birthday

Daniel J. Flore III -
brown and black typewriter
Poetry

HEY BUK

Lance Jencks -
side view of man's face
Poetry

Zayda in Memory Care

Sara Clancy -
person in red and black shirt
Poetry

The Wicked Walk

Douglas Goodwin -
silver and brown metal tool
Poetry

Later will be time to talk about a family killed on...

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

Leningrad Ghosts

Mark A. Murphy -
two person walking near person riding horse statue
Poetry

The year of the tyrant’s final spring

Trish Saunders -
shallow focus photography of puppet toys
Poetry

The Matriarch of the sidewalk

silent lotus -
Poetry

Ukraine

Andy Posner -
Fiction

Traveling West

John Gurney -
Poetry

A Sad Tale with No Moral

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Sonnet for Leni

Miya Ko -
beer can on brown boat with ropes
Fiction

Go Fish

Sherry Cassells -
man and woman embracing
Poetry

The Business of Life and Death

Andy Posner -
Poetry

I watch the cartoon cat eat the cartoon fish

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

I’m going to go look for a job tomorrow

Robert Stastny -
pair of brown leather oxford dress shoes
Poetry

The Whole Day Went Dark

james stephen -
silhouette photography of person
Poetry

No Sky for an Atheist

Sherry Cassells -
damselflies
Poetry

Dragonflies

Mark A. Murphy -
man grayscale photo
Poetry

COUNTRY LIFE

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro -
grayscale photo of person running in panel paintings
Poetry

City of peace

David Belcher -
black sailing boat digital wallpaper
Video

Quadrant

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Americarnage

John Gurney -
person looking out through window
Poetry

Accept no substitute

Rob Thomas -
shallow focus photo of red single-cab truck
Poetry

Parking Space

Ann Kammerer -
white duck on green grass field
Poetry

The Duck Had Me

Palline Plum -
person holding blue and brown map
Poetry

Who Will Find Us?

Alison Hicks -
selective focus photography of brown rabbit
Poetry

averse

Tiko Lewis -
Poetry

The body of Christ

KIMBERLY McNeil -
Poetry

Three Doors

Alison Hicks -
two children standing near cliff watching on ocean at daytime
Fiction

A Difficult Character

Sherry Cassells -
man wearing long-nosed mask and black hat
Poetry

WHERE THERE’S VANITY, THERE’S HOPE

Jefferson Carter -
people in white shirt holding clear drinking glasses
Poetry

Radiation Oncology

Lance Jencks -
red white and green floral textile
Fiction

Parcheesi

james stephen -
woman leaning against a wall in dim hallway
Poetry

THE CLEANER WHO HATES MEN

Mark Anthony Pearce -
grayscale photo of woman drinking from cup
Poetry

After Seeing You in Sullivan’s

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

the yesterdays before tomorrow

silent lotus -
gray concrete road and green leafed trees
Fiction

Road Trip

Dorthy LaVern McCarthy -
Poetry

.shelter.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

I’d Rather Have My Ass Slapped Than My Ribcage

Starr -
red cinema chair
Poetry

Candy Box Kazoos

Barry Burgess -
silhouette of tree with full moon background
Poetry

He’s probably sleeping now

Jill Winkowski -
Poetry

The Spirit of Christmas

Andy Posner -
Poetry

of Moments that loiter

silent lotus -
black and white dog with disguise eyeglasses
Poetry

Receipt

james stephen -
time lapse photography of water hitting left palm
Poetry

When the storms arrive

Michael Ashley -
white wooden chairs on white floor tiles
Poetry

Convent

Matt Dennison -
person's feet on seashore
Poetry

how it used to be

Emily J Vieweg -
Fiction

I Was in Love Here

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Born

Julie Desmond -
Art

Chigguns’

Glenn Richardson -
Poetry

My Name

james stephen -
Poetry

TIM THE TAPPER

Mark Anthony Pearce -
Poetry

Mores of the morning

silent lotus -
Poetry

all dog, otherwise

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Jelly Filled Powdered Donuts

silent lotus -
Fiction

Marvins

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Séance for One

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

OFF SEASON AT THE SHORE

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Scrape

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

YESTERNOW

Jefferson Carter -
Art

.white.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

The Fog of Anger

Andy Posner -
Poetry

No Machine

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself Multiply

james stephen -
Poetry

Sleeping with Dana

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

the imposter

Rob Thomas -
Poetry

and turn it back on him

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

just one more

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Blood Oranges / ice cubes & straws

silent lotus -
Poetry

mom’s haiku

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Tonight, I Am Grieving for a Mouse

Palline Plum -
Poetry

End of October

james stephen -
Poetry

Their Final Words

Miya Ko -
Fiction

More Two Sentence Horror Stories

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Poetry

Give Me a Pen, Give Me a Pencil

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
Fiction

The reviews are in for my poetry …

Eliot Jacobson -
Poetry

Sisters Coffee

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

Harvest

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Dew

Tom Strong -
Poetry

The Hall Closet of Your Childhood Home

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

copper coil

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

this train rides through dusk

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

The Remember Tenure

Tom Strong -
Poetry

THE BODY BODY

Jefferson Carter -
Music

Done Gone Wrong

RC James -
Poetry

On the Phone with Zayda

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

The Long Letter That I Wrote You

Jill Winkowski -
Poetry

Ode to a Hummingbird

RC James -
Poetry

before Hip-Hop

silent lotus -
Poetry

BOB SUCKS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Prendere lucciole per lanterne (‘to take fireflies for lanterns’)

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

song to myself

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

The sounds a sick man hears in bed

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

THIRTY

Douglas Goodwin -
Poetry

死亡

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

he who fears bees, fears flowers

Dana St. Mary -
Poetry

last night death sat

Milner Place -
Poetry

EVICTION

Daniel J. Flore III -
Art

.ghosts.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

The Right Kind of Babies

james stephen -
Poetry

Autobiographical Coffees

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Cycling Dhyana

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Instead of sleeping I walk

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Woman with Dog

Lance Jencks -
Poetry

The Asshole’s Final Love Song

Eliot Jacobson -
Poetry

I guess they’ve read enough Dan Flore poems

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Hot Wells Hotel Ruins

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Unsolved Mystery #101

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

The Manner of Leaving

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

McDonald’s Sunday night visitation rights

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Blanks

Tom Speaks -
Poetry

At the corner of something and something

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

Iris

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Poetry

Hum Along

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Visible Memory Punctuation

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

Unamused

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

This is how the world ends

Eliot Jacobson -
Poetry

Fingering out…

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

.precious.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

MY WHOLE DAY IN A STUPID NOTEPAD

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

What Little I Know About Lunacy

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

The Witness

silent lotus -
Poetry

Me and Faranelli

Anthony Hughes -
Poetry

Sunday, you rotten bitch

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Doggerel

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

the Mathematics of Elbowroom & Hearsay

silent lotus -
Poetry

Some Stories We Don’t Want to Tell

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

What Happens When You Forget to Close Your Bedroom Window

Andy Posner -
Poetry

The Insect Sonnets: Grasshopper

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

DEADMAN

KIMBERLY McNeil -
Music

Booda Wot Doddy

RC James -
Poetry

learning to read again

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

Meditation on Nothing

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Neanderthals All

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

The Artist

Jenn Zed -
Poetry

Forgotten faces

Sheela Mamidenna -
Poetry

formicarium 

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

After Visiting You, I Return to My Life

Andy Posner -
Poetry

The Danger

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

State of the Art

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

.gravel path.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

on getting accepted by a mag

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Where I go from here

David Belcher -
Poetry

Donny’s viral photos of wild horses

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

junk in corners

james stephen -
Poetry

Retired

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
Poetry

AVIDECO

Mark Anthony Pearce -
Poetry

Pigeon religion

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

I give back all your kisses

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

WAITING FOR BUKOWSKI TO DIE

Douglas Goodwin -
Poetry

Existential Angst

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Sojourns

silent lotus -
Poetry

Digital Revenge

Jay Gandhi -
Poetry

sausage poem

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Trauma Hamster Wheel

Jordan Trethewey -
Poetry

Low Hanging Fruit

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

variety is a variation of similarity (email #409)

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

Today I Need Your Best Poems

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

Mirage

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

OkCupid

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

unintended for this world

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

Canary Diamond

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

I don’t want to make $ anymore

Lawrence George -
Poetry

I think I died

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Poetry

Wendy and the flowers

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Woman with Cigarette

james stephen -
Poetry

Links

Martin Pedersen -
Poetry

strange town, familiar smell

Anthony Hughes -
Poetry

pinned under a washing machine (spin cycle)

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

Troubles

Chloe Zumbrun -
Poetry

Sweet Pea

Chloe Zumbrun -
Poetry

the first time I slept

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Homage to Wong Kar Wai

Miya Ko -
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