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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

If Only I Could Undo My One WishPoetry

If Only I Could Undo My One Wish

Tom StrongSeptember 28, 2023

I wished to be forever happy. It was granted. Now I don’t know what it means anymore.

The CatFiction

The Cat

Kaci Skiles LawsSeptember 25, 2023

Klint rubs his knife clean against his dingy shirt. He thinks I never notice blood, metallic taste that lingers from a kiss, or his…

ChallengedPoetry

Challenged

Michael AckerSeptember 24, 2023

The New PlacePoetry

The New Place

Sara ClancySeptember 23, 2023

You were dead, I'm certain. I knew from the way we all looked away from your bed and into our phones. You sat up…

HaphazardlyPoetry

Haphazardly

Michael AckerSeptember 22, 2023

It was always in cluttered antique shops that my wife and I could get our fill of nostalgia: where a 100-year-old typewriter may sit…

SassPoetry

Sass

james stephenSeptember 21, 2023

I admire the fit of the monkey into the alarm & the women who drive their obscene sofa trucks from mailbox to church ...…

GoosebumpsPoetry

Goosebumps

Feyisayo AnjorinSeptember 19, 2023

We had goose bumps on our chocolate skin because we weren't well dressed for the weather We didn't think about clothes when we fled…

I WON’T BE RETURNING ANY CALLSPoetry

I WON’T BE RETURNING ANY CALLS

Daniel J. Flore IIISeptember 18, 2023

I sit on the balcony like a droopy shirt and hope that I get assassinated the green SUVS and white mini vans pass by…

She looked around my placePoetry

She looked around my place

Sara ClancySeptember 17, 2023

and said "Maximalist" as if it explained everything. I gave her muffins with cranberries, pine nuts, rooibos tea and dark chocolate. I warned her…