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Hiding from the sunPoetry

Hiding from the sun

Michael AshleySeptember 3, 2019

there’s only a few stupider things to waste your time on like avoiding death or praying

Toby, Tobias DogPoetry

Toby, Tobias Dog

Doug FlahertySeptember 2, 2019

He mouths a left-over thigh, whines a new path in the grass, tries to tell himself about bone, tongue-licking the marrow to taste of…

A Man, a Banana, Panama!Poetry

A Man, a Banana, Panama!

Edmund ContiAugust 29, 2019

(Just so you know, I usually take a walk after breakfast. And as I leave the dining room I may take a banana with…

You’re Fired, PsychoPoetry

You’re Fired, Psycho

Lawrence GeorgeAugust 28, 2019

i fell in love with my former employer in the East Village, NYC he owns a Testudines sanctuary in central California after termination and…

u&mePoetry

u&me

tiko lewisAugust 24, 2019

. . . 1. . it's not like we'll be here foreverwe must give thanks for the blistersthanks for the tarps we hide underfor…

Hidden RiddlesPoetry

Hidden Riddles

Maria MazzengaAugust 19, 2019

A quest for spiders might lead to entrapment in silk threads Palm reading: infinity is embedded in the ice crystals of hand-shaped clouds Music…

StubblePoetry

Stubble

Cameron McClureAugust 10, 2019

usually I wear tweed like the ageing bachelor I am carry a pipe in an inside pocket behave politely give thanks and compliments about…

ErasuresPoetry

Erasures

Joan ColbyAugust 8, 2019

Begin redacting. Blacking out Until what’s left is cryptic With knowledge only you can Penetrate. Choreographer of Significance. The words pirouette At the barre.…

This fierce year pacesPoetry

This fierce year paces

Sara ClancyAugust 7, 2019

behind every plan to bring her home. Like the burning bush landmark on Tiger Mountain Road, she is a bright detail withdrawn by the…

Jennifer HarleyPoetry

Jennifer Harley

Lawrence GeorgeAugust 6, 2019

you’re insane she says you’re just another one of those assholes who falls in love one of those fools who rides motorcycles through big…