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GuestsPoetry

Guests

Julie DesmondJuly 15, 2023

We call it the cabin this home of ours Tucked in between the lake and a snaking Half mile driveway we call a road…

1969, with Music & a HorsePoetry

1969, with Music & a Horse

Sara ClancyJuly 14, 2023

At age 14, I hauled alfalfa hay for a big bay mare, mucked her stall while a Philco radio back in the tack room…

now that I’m oldPoetry

now that I’m old

Tom StrongJuly 13, 2023

arriving early is being on time being on time is being late being late a disgrace and waiting in the clinic lobby for my…

head nodPoetry

head nod

Mike CasettaJuly 12, 2023

i’ve lived long a desert denizen surrounded by saguaros in lower elevations than these northern hills where wheat grasses grow where pronghorn graze &…

PLEASE HELPPoetry

PLEASE HELP

Daniel J. Flore IIIJuly 11, 2023

my house has been invaded by maintenance men it’s not their fault but I’m a prisoner here the bars of social anxiety keep me…

i am not the melting snowmanPoetry

i am not the melting snowman

Mike CasettaJuly 10, 2023

on your front lawn. i do not puddle. i am no slouch. i did not relish the enchantment of your touch when you gave…

best forum poetryPoetry

best forum poetry

Michael AckerJuly 9, 2023

strut your anorexic poem down the page like a Gucci model down the runway both pretending they don't give a fuck

Brief Encounter of Another KindPoetry

Brief Encounter of Another Kind

Michael AckerJuly 8, 2023

At the edge of the sidewalk, looking like a black blotch against the snow with two small sticks for legs and a stubborn beak,…

Tic-TocPoetry

Tic-Toc

Sherry CassellsJuly 7, 2023

I have heard people say they think in shapes and some in colours and one time a guy told me he thinks in hurricanes…

Banishing RainPoetry

Banishing Rain

StarrJuly 6, 2023

In memory of N. "Rain" Dailey, Salem, Massachusetts, 1998 I light a photograph on fire, toss it to the outgoing winter tide; flames char…

haiku’ishPoetry

haiku’ish

Michael AckerJuly 5, 2023

pebbles in this stream once wild & sharp-tongued, now a shining example of obedience, conformity

AN OCEAN OF GOODBYEPoetry

AN OCEAN OF GOODBYE

Daniel J. Flore IIIJuly 4, 2023

there are dark waves all I have to do is jump in them and I’ll disappear forever I won’t drown I won’t get washed…