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Old SpicePoetry

Old Spice

Bob BradshawOctober 16, 2026

Dad would have turned ninety nine this year. Days spent with Dad in his later years always felt like we were cruising above the…

Rapunzel FallsNon-fiction

Rapunzel Falls

Sherry CassellsOctober 16, 2026

I remember Baltimore. There’s something about the syllables in that sentence. I remember Baltimore. Like if you said it over and over it would…

Once the Sun DepartsPoetry

Once the Sun Departs

Bonnie DemerjianOctober 16, 2026

Now come the bitter days when we seek an ardent animal to breath life into our flickering fires. There’s the foxy carmine flames of…

“Hello” to the MoonPoetry

“Hello” to the Moon

james stephenOctober 15, 2026

this poem is a second-hand market toothbrush a kind of makeshift relation as if you were going to college in the 40’s to dodge…

The CyclePoetry

The Cycle

Alicea ContrerasOctober 15, 2026

Used and abused Is that my motto The haunting words that continue to follow As I wander the depths This strange world of dating…

To an Old RoommatePoetry

To an Old Roommate

Sara ClancyOctober 15, 2026

I just saw your photo on Instagram and fifty years have barely touched you. Sure, you have shorter hair, but you could be sitting…

Writer’s BlockPoetry

Writer’s Block

Andy PosnerOctober 14, 2026

Whatever touch I had is gone. Maybe I never had it. That would be better. One can’t throw away a non-belonging. Can’t chase after…

HallmarkPoetry

Hallmark

Ann KammererOctober 14, 2026

Dad went out when I went to see Mom. He said he was going to celebrate some raise or bonus he and his co-workers…

Coming of Age as an ExpatriateFiction

Coming of Age as an Expatriate

Rick MerrimanOctober 13, 2026

“Wow. How big are they?” “Those probably have a wingspan of four, maybe five feet. They’re short-nosed fruit bats. The Bogor Botanical Museum has…

always youPoetry

always you

Jennifer Pratt-WalterOctober 13, 2026

always you i loved in english but there in the love of all things you, i love in spanish and parlez-vous too in a…

Where a Neck BeginsPoetry

Where a Neck Begins

Arrash JalaliOctober 13, 2026

I will meet a boy from Ethiopia, or Eritrea I do not know the distinctions well but guess it must be about religion or…

LOCHIELPoetry

LOCHIEL

Jefferson CarterOctober 12, 2026

Driving around town, I mistook a young saguaro for a girl in a green jumpsuit, hitchhiking. Fuckin’ geriatric eyes! I don’t believe in the…