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AnomalyPoetry

Anomaly

HughLemmaOctober 11, 2023

I drive the same route daily, flip through the same stations, but today all my radio presets were phonemes and static. I ruled out…

AddictionPoetry

Addiction

james stephenOctober 10, 2023

I'm addicted to the abandoned rail trestle over Grindstone Creek it's far enough away to be romantic and it's in the woods I go…

Carry MePoetry

Carry Me

Raymond HuffmanOctober 9, 2023

After this pestilence is over if we are free again and I am still young enough We will go back to my birth mountains…

New HaikuPoetry

New Haiku

Jerry RatchOctober 8, 2023

The next time I have ringing in my head I’m not gonna answer it

Sleepless Again and AgainPoetry

Sleepless Again and Again

Nolcha FoxOctober 7, 2023

I think I’m tired when I retire, I know I fall asleep. Something’s wrong, I don’t know what. I sit up wide-eyed wondering. I…

Tat Tvam AsiPoetry

Tat Tvam Asi

Tom StrongOctober 6, 2023

A painting called Life on a museum wall after hours hangs lifeless. The museum opens people stroll down the aisle pause at Life give…

PatiencePoetry

Patience

Mike CasettaOctober 5, 2023

Early May plums the size & color of green olives are well hidden among the emerald leaves. In the next months as they enlarge…

Valid TitlePoetry

Valid Title

james stephenOctober 4, 2023

Awake and voracious ... I feel like if I must violate the peace then so be it jump in the word pile give off…

aqueousPoetry

aqueous

Michael AckerOctober 3, 2023

the peace is as plentiful as the water surrounding this city moving away from its bays into its heart blue-gray permeates and the eyes…

Reflections IIPoetry

Reflections II

Mike CasettaOctober 1, 2023

I tell myself I am not as fat as I look & it’s true I do tell myself that— because I am a liar…

One Possible ReasonPoetry

One Possible Reason

Mike CasettaSeptember 30, 2023

If I were an Orca off the coast of Portugal near the Straight of Gibraltar I’d try to sink your sailboat. How would you…

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silent lotusSeptember 29, 2023