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What The Spiders KnowPoetry

What The Spiders Know

Raymond HuffmanJuly 27, 2023

They go where nothing does not even moonlight Finding a way to slice the air and ride the wind If you see one bow…

Writing Poems for Gullible ReadersPoetry

Writing Poems for Gullible Readers

Dale PattersonJuly 26, 2023

Start with a comfortable room, perhaps a warm kitchen, then add something odd, a clock running backwards, a drawer with a chicken bone wired…

BlurPoetry

Blur

james stephenJuly 25, 2023

the window admits light into the dark room an empty couch against the wall a book open on the table you raise your hand…

Mad SkillsPoetry

Mad Skills

Sara ClancyJuly 23, 2023

Nothing new. Messy room. Mismatched. Teacher dull. Hair tangled. Lunch room balk. Cigar box full of broken chalk. Missed assignment. Deadline passed. Theme obscure.…

that realmPoetry

that realm

Michael AckerJuly 22, 2023

there is a realm I'm often transported to when reading great poetry it's one in which the common becomes more refined and the simple,…

ElementaryPoetry

Elementary

Ann KammererJuly 19, 2023

Mom wanted me and Janie to start school at the same time, both be kindergarteners, to take the bus to and from, almost like…

Moon Song #2 for Milner PlacePoetry

Moon Song #2 for Milner Place

Mark A. MurphyJuly 18, 2023

Hardly a slither in the half-light yet still gleaming as if to restore our faith in shackle and shank, mast and boom No harm…

I Ain’t No MonsterPoetry

I Ain’t No Monster

Michael AckerJuly 17, 2023

Had I seen the sweat pouring down the face or the abject fear in the eyes, or if I'd heard the screams of terror…

The Dark WatchersFiction

The Dark Watchers

Lawrence GeorgeJuly 16, 2023

Last weekend I went to this wedding in San Luis Obisbo, and I didn't even get laid. It's a funny thing how at every…