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nobodyPoetry

nobody

John YamrusOctober 23, 2023

knows the last time is the last time until it is.  

the hurtPoetry

the hurt

John YamrusOctober 22, 2023

was worse than anything he could have imagined, but he didn’t want to dull it, so he put aside the glass... walked out in…

i’ve been shit on…Poetry

i’ve been shit on…

John YamrusOctober 21, 2023

this time by a bird whose aim was more direct, on target and effective than any of the critics who dislike me, my poems,…

Wind & TreesPoetry

Wind & Trees

james stephenOctober 20, 2023

I mean, put my car in your pool you know we are never going to forestry school together no food, no water Omaha Beach…

PresencePoetry

Presence

HughLemmaOctober 19, 2023

There are no words, only eyes in a silent world where your presence is enough; there is no time, only pure promise, memories like…

the ringmaster never takes off his hatPoetry

the ringmaster never takes off his hat

Jan HarperOctober 18, 2023

too busy directing the marches he'll watch you fall smile as the nets fail the audience gasp and all that's left when the clowns…

.settings.Art, Poetry

.settings.

Sonja Benskin MesherOctober 17, 2023

you mean it was the settings that were wrong yes. so, it was all your imagination? yes.

Death Did Us PartPoetry

Death Did Us Part

james stephenOctober 16, 2023

I toss my hat onto the empty chair next to me

Leda was a dancer.Poetry

Leda was a dancer.

John YamrusOctober 15, 2023

i think it was 1969 and we were sitting on the floor in the front room of her house, playing records on the stereo.…

you aren’t meant for regular peoplePoetry

you aren’t meant for regular people

Lawrence GeorgeOctober 14, 2023

if you're reading this, you've already felt it: a tingle an itch, an ache you exist in a kind of hollow agony orbit: the…

Every night it’s GothamPoetry

Every night it’s Gotham

Jan HarperOctober 13, 2023

When the city's in trouble beware the brooding hero whose beacon burns inside his chest to throw designs on nightly skies to dazzle unprotected…

Known by Many NamesPoetry

Known by Many Names

Julie A. DicksonOctober 12, 2023

Gaia speaks as Mother Earth, whispers softly to her child Child answers Isis, goddess of trees and forests wild Pachamama swaddles babe and holds…