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EARLY CHRISTMASPoetry

EARLY CHRISTMAS

Daniel J. Flore IIIDecember 13, 2024

I work (slave) at a dollar store they put the Christmas shit out in fucking August instead of a star there should be a…

The Purpose of FloorsPoetry, Poetry

The Purpose of Floors

Matt DennisonDecember 12, 2024

The slow and sullen wind that lingers in the corners of my room, compact, brooding, breathes in, breathes out, sighs and shifts, rises, falls,…

The Price of EggsPoetry

The Price of Eggs

Andy PosnerDecember 6, 2024

I dreamt I was a kelp forest swaying in pitch- -black waters. Above me moonlight fluttered like confetti and seagulls roosted on cliff-sides and…

The Poem I Didn’t Want To WritePoetry, Poetry

The Poem I Didn’t Want To Write

Grady VanWrightDecember 4, 2024

In twenty twenty-eight, light narrows, ink falls silent in the streets. Words shaved of edges, poetry a lost shape, a forgotten voice in fog.…

MotherFiction

Mother

Kaci Skiles LawsNovember 30, 2024

I was seven when an aneurism grew like a rotten berry inside Mother’s brain and burst. Everyone said, at least her suffering is over, the…

this poem is for every drunk who is sober todayHumor, Poetry

this poem is for every drunk who is sober today

Mike CasettaNovember 21, 2024

I told this to a waiter taking my drink order. “I don’t drink when I’m sober.” He stared at me for a long moment.…

Pantoum: American RecessionalPoetry

Pantoum: American Recessional

Wim ColemanOctober 25, 2024

For frantic boast and foolish word—​ Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!​ —Rudyard Kipling​   The City on the Hill is turning out its…

ASSHOLEPoetry, Poetry

ASSHOLE

Daniel J. Flore IIIOctober 23, 2024

I scrubbed out my asshole today it’s clean and shiny hell, I might even get it bleached it could use it after 46 years…

googling for hopePoetry, Poetry

googling for hope

Rob BreedingOctober 13, 2024

i can’t find all my friends today where they live inside my phone but i pray they find the blankets i am sending ~…

Night WalkFiction

Night Walk

Pat PerrinOctober 12, 2024

She finds her way down the hillside in the late night dark, making no use of a flashlight habitually held in one hand. If…

When I got freePoetry

When I got free

Anisa MosaiebiniyaOctober 4, 2024

  ________________________________________________________________________ Oil on canvas. 90 cm x 90 cm. 

The HitmanFiction

The Hitman

Michael AckerOctober 2, 2024

"Seat open?" I asked the guy sitting next to an empty stool at this small town's local hangout. "Yup! You're welcome to it!" he,…