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The Acropolis Caryatids of the Erechtheion and Michelangelo’s Medici Tomb Sculptures: A Sublime Synchronicity
Bernie Langs
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February 3, 2026
Room 212
Grady VanWright
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January 8, 2026
Poetry
Blood Rain
Marc Woodward
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October 23, 2022
Poetry
Something Keeps Cutting the Spider’s Web
Raymond Huffman
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October 21, 2022
Poetry
To the Dapple Gray Mare Who Almost Killed Me
Sara Clancy
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October 21, 2022
Poetry
Meditation
Mike Casetta
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October 21, 2022
Poetry
Amgen
Lawrence George
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October 19, 2022
Poetry
Hostess
Ann Kammerer
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October 19, 2022
Poetry
La Rochelle
Jenn Zed
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October 19, 2022
Poetry
Fragile morning motivation
Jay Gandhi
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October 17, 2022
Poetry
Abscission
Tom Strong
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October 17, 2022
Poetry
open tuning
Sara Clancy
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October 17, 2022
Poetry
Bottom feeding at the gas station slots
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 14, 2022
Poetry
4:43 a.m.
james stephen
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October 14, 2022
Poetry
.memoire.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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October 14, 2022
Poetry
I see the sun come up and we have one more...
Ken Tomaro
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October 12, 2022
Poetry
Parkinson’s
Larry Houston
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October 12, 2022
Fiction
10 North Fulton
Rick Pernod
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October 10, 2022
Poetry
A Loss of Belief
Raymond Huffman
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October 9, 2022
Showcase
Free Broadside: Dan Flore’s “Homeless Poems”
Open Arts Forum
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October 7, 2022
Poetry
Icarus reincarnated
Mike Casetta
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October 5, 2022
Poetry
Designated Drivers
Tom Strong
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October 2, 2022
Poetry
To My Dearest Whore (City)
Obed Ladiny
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October 1, 2022
Poetry
An ode to Billy C.
Ken Tomaro
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September 28, 2022
Poetry
Rearrangements
Mike Casetta
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September 25, 2022
Poetry
pixelated
Michael Acker
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September 24, 2022
Poetry
A Season’s Change
Michael Acker
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September 21, 2022
Poetry
Her Mother’s Dishes
Dale Patterson
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September 18, 2022
Poetry
97.8% Impotent
Lance Jencks
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September 11, 2022
Art
..humans..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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September 10, 2022
Poetry
Apologies, but this is how i feel tonight
Jill Winkowski
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September 4, 2022
Poetry
Nomads & nomenclature
silent lotus
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September 3, 2022
Poetry
A Pretty Face
Sharon Bartshe
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August 31, 2022
Poetry
Billy Joel
Ann Kammerer
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August 28, 2022
Poetry
Dear Charles Bukowski,
Sarah Stoltzfus Allen
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August 27, 2022
Poetry
4 a.m.
Larry Houston
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August 24, 2022
Poetry
Snowmen
Ray Miller
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August 21, 2022
Poetry
No Memory of the Wind
Raymond Huffman
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August 14, 2022
Poetry
Sour Moon
Starr
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August 10, 2022
Poetry
Things I Said to My Therapist
Dale Patterson
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August 7, 2022
Poetry
At the Casino with No Money
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 6, 2022
Poetry
Missing (for my grandparents)
Nolcha Fox
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July 31, 2022
Poetry
BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COVID
Daniel J. Flore III
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July 27, 2022
Poetry
three exes
Larry Houston
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July 24, 2022
Poetry
Ketchup
Ann Kammerer
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July 23, 2022
Poetry
Strawberry Panic
Jenn Zed
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July 20, 2022
Poetry
cool air warm water
Dale Patterson
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July 17, 2022
Poetry
High Life
Starr
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July 16, 2022
Poetry
Duck
James T. Stemmle
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July 10, 2022
Poetry
Passing the Buk
Scott Douglas
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July 9, 2022
Poetry
Mourners
Andy Posner
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July 3, 2022
Art
.news.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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June 29, 2022
Poetry
Fears of Trees
Raymond Huffman
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June 25, 2022
Poetry
Sara
Mike Casetta
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June 19, 2022
Poetry
Hips like there’s no water near
Nathalie Spaans
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June 8, 2022
Poetry
MY MOM’S BOYFRIENDS
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 5, 2022
Poetry
Don’t Wake Daddy
Mélissa Gustafson
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June 4, 2022
Poetry
I think of you, I shake
Nathalie Spaans
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June 1, 2022
Poetry
For the Next 19 Children
Jordan Trethewey
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May 29, 2022
Poetry
When We Were Poets
Sherry Cassells
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May 28, 2022
Contributor Blogs
10 TIPS FOR WRITING POETRY
Daniel J. Flore III
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May 21, 2022
Poetry
his nails trimmed short
Jennifer Wilder
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May 18, 2022
Poetry
If you let me I’ll change my room into woods
Nathalie Spaans
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May 15, 2022
Poetry
Desiderata
Mark A. Murphy
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May 12, 2022
Poetry
he read
May 5, 2022
Poetry
NETFLIX
Jefferson Carter
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April 26, 2022
Poetry
Poetry Happens
Wim Coleman
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April 20, 2022
Poetry
Post Op for Richard Brautigan
Mike Casetta
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April 17, 2022
Poetry
Small Talk
Sara Clancy
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April 8, 2022
Poetry
I’ll text you back anyway
Daniel J. Flore III
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April 1, 2022
Poetry
killing the root
Jennifer Wilder
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March 30, 2022
Poetry
Liberated Me
Lance Jencks
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March 28, 2022
Poetry
On my 44th birthday
Daniel J. Flore III
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March 27, 2022
Poetry
HEY BUK
Lance Jencks
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March 19, 2022
Poetry
Zayda in Memory Care
Sara Clancy
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March 17, 2022
Poetry
Later will be time to talk about a family killed on...
Trish Saunders
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March 10, 2022
Poetry
Leningrad Ghosts
Mark A. Murphy
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March 6, 2022
Poetry
The year of the tyrant’s final spring
Trish Saunders
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March 4, 2022
Poetry
The Matriarch of the sidewalk
silent lotus
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March 1, 2022
Poetry
Ukraine
Andy Posner
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February 24, 2022
Fiction
Traveling West
John Gurney
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February 19, 2022
Poetry
A Sad Tale with No Moral
Mike Casetta
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February 18, 2022
Poetry
Sonnet for Leni
Miya Ko
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February 17, 2022
Fiction
Go Fish
Sherry Cassells
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February 15, 2022
Poetry
The Business of Life and Death
Andy Posner
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February 14, 2022
Poetry
I watch the cartoon cat eat the cartoon fish
Michael Ashley
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February 13, 2022
Poetry
I’m going to go look for a job tomorrow
Robert Stastny
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February 12, 2022
Poetry
The Whole Day Went Dark
james stephen
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February 9, 2022
Poetry
No Sky for an Atheist
Sherry Cassells
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February 8, 2022
Poetry
Dragonflies
Mark A. Murphy
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February 7, 2022
Poetry
COUNTRY LIFE
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
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February 6, 2022
Poetry
City of peace
David Belcher
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February 2, 2022
Video
Quadrant
Matt Dennison
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January 26, 2022
Poetry
Americarnage
John Gurney
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January 25, 2022
Poetry
Accept no substitute
Rob Thomas
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January 24, 2022
Poetry
Parking Space
Ann Kammerer
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January 21, 2022
Poetry
The Duck Had Me
Palline Plum
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January 20, 2022
Poetry
Who Will Find Us?
Alison Hicks
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January 19, 2022
Poetry
averse
Tiko Lewis
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January 18, 2022
Poetry
The body of Christ
KIMBERLY McNeil
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January 15, 2022
Poetry
Three Doors
Alison Hicks
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January 14, 2022
Fiction
A Difficult Character
Sherry Cassells
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January 13, 2022
Poetry
WHERE THERE’S VANITY, THERE’S HOPE
Jefferson Carter
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January 12, 2022
Poetry
Radiation Oncology
Lance Jencks
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January 11, 2022
Fiction
Parcheesi
james stephen
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January 10, 2022
Poetry
THE CLEANER WHO HATES MEN
Mark Anthony Pearce
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January 7, 2022
Poetry
After Seeing You in Sullivan’s
Trish Saunders
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January 6, 2022
Poetry
the yesterdays before tomorrow
silent lotus
-
January 2, 2022
Fiction
Road Trip
Dorthy LaVern McCarthy
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January 1, 2022
Poetry
.shelter.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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December 31, 2021
Poetry
I’d Rather Have My Ass Slapped Than My Ribcage
Starr
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December 30, 2021
Poetry
He’s probably sleeping now
Jill Winkowski
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December 28, 2021
Poetry
The Spirit of Christmas
Andy Posner
-
December 27, 2021
Poetry
of Moments that loiter
silent lotus
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December 27, 2021
Poetry
Receipt
james stephen
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December 16, 2021
Poetry
When the storms arrive
Michael Ashley
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December 15, 2021
Poetry
Convent
Matt Dennison
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December 14, 2021
Poetry
how it used to be
Emily J Vieweg
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December 10, 2021
Fiction
I Was in Love Here
Sherry Cassells
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December 7, 2021
Poetry
Born
Julie Desmond
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December 6, 2021
Art
Chigguns’
Glenn Richardson
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December 5, 2021
Poetry
My Name
james stephen
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December 4, 2021
Poetry
TIM THE TAPPER
Mark Anthony Pearce
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December 3, 2021
Poetry
Mores of the morning
silent lotus
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December 2, 2021
Poetry
all dog, otherwise
Mike Casetta
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December 1, 2021
Poetry
Jelly Filled Powdered Donuts
silent lotus
-
November 30, 2021
Fiction
Marvins
Sherry Cassells
-
November 28, 2021
Poetry
Séance for One
Sara Clancy
-
November 27, 2021
Poetry
OFF SEASON AT THE SHORE
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 26, 2021
Poetry
Scrape
Matt Dennison
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November 25, 2021
Poetry
YESTERNOW
Jefferson Carter
-
November 23, 2021
Art
.white.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 22, 2021
Poetry
The Fog of Anger
Andy Posner
-
November 21, 2021
Poetry
No Machine
Matt Dennison
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November 19, 2021
Poetry
Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself Multiply
james stephen
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November 18, 2021
Poetry
Sleeping with Dana
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 17, 2021
Poetry
the imposter
Rob Thomas
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November 16, 2021
Poetry
and turn it back on him
Jennifer Wilder
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November 14, 2021
Poetry
just one more
Jennifer Wilder
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November 10, 2021
Poetry
Blood Oranges / ice cubes & straws
silent lotus
-
November 7, 2021
Poetry
mom’s haiku
Mike Casetta
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November 5, 2021
Poetry
Tonight, I Am Grieving for a Mouse
Palline Plum
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November 4, 2021
Poetry
End of October
james stephen
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November 3, 2021
Poetry
Their Final Words
Miya Ko
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October 29, 2021
Fiction
More Two Sentence Horror Stories
Kaci Skiles Laws
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October 26, 2021
Poetry
Give Me a Pen, Give Me a Pencil
Soodabeh Saeidnia
-
October 25, 2021
Fiction
The reviews are in for my poetry …
Eliot Jacobson
-
October 24, 2021
Poetry
Sisters Coffee
Julie Desmond
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October 23, 2021
Poetry
Harvest
Mike Casetta
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October 22, 2021
Poetry
Dew
Tom Strong
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October 21, 2021
Poetry
The Hall Closet of Your Childhood Home
Sara Clancy
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October 20, 2021
Poetry
copper coil
Jennifer Wilder
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October 18, 2021
Poetry
this train rides through dusk
Maria Mazzenga
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October 17, 2021
Poetry
The Remember Tenure
Tom Strong
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October 16, 2021
Poetry
THE BODY BODY
Jefferson Carter
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October 15, 2021
Music
Done Gone Wrong
RC James
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October 14, 2021
Poetry
On the Phone with Zayda
Sara Clancy
-
October 13, 2021
Poetry
The Long Letter That I Wrote You
Jill Winkowski
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October 12, 2021
Poetry
Ode to a Hummingbird
RC James
-
October 10, 2021
Poetry
before Hip-Hop
silent lotus
-
October 9, 2021
Poetry
BOB SUCKS
Daniel J. Flore III
-
October 8, 2021
Poetry
Prendere lucciole per lanterne (‘to take fireflies for lanterns’)
Marc Woodward
-
October 7, 2021
Poetry
song to myself
Cameron McClure
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October 6, 2021
Poetry
The sounds a sick man hears in bed
Daniel J. Flore III
-
October 4, 2021
Poetry
死亡
Matt Dennison
-
October 1, 2021
Poetry
he who fears bees, fears flowers
Dana St. Mary
-
September 29, 2021
Poetry
last night death sat
Milner Place
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September 28, 2021
Poetry
EVICTION
Daniel J. Flore III
-
September 25, 2021
Art
.ghosts.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
September 19, 2021
Poetry
The Right Kind of Babies
james stephen
-
September 18, 2021
Poetry
Autobiographical Coffees
Sara Clancy
-
September 16, 2021
Poetry
Cycling Dhyana
Tom Strong
-
September 11, 2021
Poetry
Instead of sleeping I walk
Sara Clancy
-
September 10, 2021
Poetry
Woman with Dog
Lance Jencks
-
September 9, 2021
Poetry
The Asshole’s Final Love Song
Eliot Jacobson
-
September 7, 2021
Poetry
I guess they’ve read enough Dan Flore poems
Daniel J. Flore III
-
September 6, 2021
Poetry
Hot Wells Hotel Ruins
Jennifer Wilder
-
August 31, 2021
Poetry
Unsolved Mystery #101
Ron Sardino
-
August 30, 2021
Poetry
The Manner of Leaving
Hugh Lemma
-
August 29, 2021
Poetry
McDonald’s Sunday night visitation rights
Daniel J. Flore III
-
August 27, 2021
Poetry
Blanks
Tom Speaks
-
August 24, 2021
Poetry
At the corner of something and something
Maria Mazzenga
-
August 23, 2021
Poetry
Iris
Kaci Skiles Laws
-
August 22, 2021
Poetry
Hum Along
Tom Strong
-
August 17, 2021
Poetry
Visible Memory Punctuation
Maria Mazzenga
-
August 16, 2021
Poetry
Unamused
Mike Casetta
-
August 15, 2021
Poetry
This is how the world ends
Eliot Jacobson
-
August 14, 2021
Poetry
Fingering out…
Michael Ashley
-
August 12, 2021
Poetry
.precious.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
August 11, 2021
Poetry
MY WHOLE DAY IN A STUPID NOTEPAD
Daniel J. Flore III
-
August 10, 2021
Poetry
What Little I Know About Lunacy
Mike Casetta
-
August 3, 2021
Poetry
The Witness
silent lotus
-
August 1, 2021
Poetry
Me and Faranelli
Anthony Hughes
-
July 30, 2021
Poetry
Sunday, you rotten bitch
Daniel J. Flore III
-
July 25, 2021
Poetry
Doggerel
Mike Casetta
-
July 20, 2021
Poetry
the Mathematics of Elbowroom & Hearsay
silent lotus
-
July 14, 2021
Poetry
Some Stories We Don’t Want to Tell
Mike Casetta
-
July 13, 2021
Poetry
What Happens When You Forget to Close Your Bedroom Window
Andy Posner
-
July 12, 2021
Poetry
The Insect Sonnets: Grasshopper
Paul Brookes
-
July 10, 2021
Poetry
DEADMAN
KIMBERLY McNeil
-
July 9, 2021
Music
Booda Wot Doddy
RC James
-
July 8, 2021
Poetry
learning to read again
Rob Breeding
-
July 7, 2021
Poetry
Meditation on Nothing
Daniel J. Flore III
-
July 6, 2021
Poetry
Neanderthals All
Julie Desmond
-
July 1, 2021
Poetry
The Artist
Jenn Zed
-
June 30, 2021
Poetry
Forgotten faces
Sheela Mamidenna
-
June 29, 2021
Poetry
formicarium
Rob Breeding
-
June 23, 2021
Poetry
After Visiting You, I Return to My Life
Andy Posner
-
June 22, 2021
Poetry
The Danger
Michael Ashley
-
June 21, 2021
Poetry
State of the Art
Marc Woodward
-
June 18, 2021
Poetry
.gravel path.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
June 16, 2021
Poetry
on getting accepted by a mag
Daniel J. Flore III
-
June 15, 2021
Poetry
Where I go from here
David Belcher
-
June 4, 2021
Poetry
Donny’s viral photos of wild horses
Jennifer Wilder
-
June 3, 2021
Poetry
junk in corners
james stephen
-
June 2, 2021
Poetry
Retired
Soodabeh Saeidnia
-
June 1, 2021
Poetry
AVIDECO
Mark Anthony Pearce
-
May 27, 2021
Poetry
Pigeon religion
Maria Mazzenga
-
May 26, 2021
Poetry
I give back all your kisses
Jennifer Wilder
-
May 22, 2021
Poetry
Existential Angst
Mike Casetta
-
May 20, 2021
Poetry
Sojourns
silent lotus
-
May 19, 2021
Poetry
Digital Revenge
Jay Gandhi
-
May 17, 2021
Poetry
sausage poem
Mike Casetta
-
May 16, 2021
Poetry
Trauma Hamster Wheel
Jordan Trethewey
-
May 15, 2021
Poetry
Low Hanging Fruit
Julie Desmond
-
May 14, 2021
Poetry
variety is a variation of similarity (email #409)
Ron Sardino
-
May 8, 2021
Poetry
Today I Need Your Best Poems
Cameron McClure
-
May 6, 2021
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