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The Acropolis Caryatids of the Erechtheion and Michelangelo’s Medici Tomb Sculptures:…
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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
Mirage
Mike Casetta
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May 3, 2021
Poetry
OkCupid
Mike Casetta
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May 2, 2021
Poetry
unintended for this world
Ron Sardino
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April 30, 2021
Poetry
Canary Diamond
Sara Clancy
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April 28, 2021
Poetry
I don’t want to make $ anymore
Lawrence George
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April 26, 2021
Poetry
I think I died
Kaci Skiles Laws
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April 25, 2021
Poetry
Wendy and the flowers
Daniel J. Flore III
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April 24, 2021
Poetry
Woman with Cigarette
james stephen
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April 23, 2021
Poetry
Links
Martin Pedersen
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April 20, 2021
Poetry
strange town, familiar smell
Anthony Hughes
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April 19, 2021
Poetry
pinned under a washing machine (spin cycle)
Ron Sardino
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April 18, 2021
Poetry
Troubles
Chloe Zumbrun
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April 16, 2021
Poetry
Sweet Pea
Chloe Zumbrun
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April 9, 2021
Poetry
the first time I slept
Jennifer Wilder
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April 8, 2021
Poetry
Homage to Wong Kar Wai
Miya Ko
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April 7, 2021
Poetry
Why are you always defending him?
Jennifer Wilder
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March 26, 2021
Poetry
daylight savings
Rob Breeding
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March 19, 2021
Poetry
Gaslight
Miya Ko
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March 17, 2021
Poetry
Other People’s Bathrobes
Trish Saunders
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March 13, 2021
Poetry
a murder of words
Michael Acker
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March 11, 2021
Poetry
Clippings of bad poetry
Daniel J. Flore III
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March 10, 2021
Poetry
The Flowers Who Wanted To Be a Woman
Paul Brookes
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March 9, 2021
Poetry
Carpe Diem
Marc Woodward
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March 8, 2021
Poetry
Road to Big Sur
Lance Jencks
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March 7, 2021
Poetry
michael visits his favorite webcam girl
Jennifer Wilder
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March 3, 2021
Poetry
Hospital (Self Isolation Sonnet)
Paul Brookes
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March 2, 2021
Poetry
Novelty
Hugh Lemma
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February 22, 2021
Poetry
Galileo Never Rode a Rickshaw
Michael Acker
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February 21, 2021
Poetry
Kim gets the red dress
Jennifer Wilder
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February 20, 2021
Poetry
A drawing of the one that got away
Anthony Hughes
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February 19, 2021
Poetry
10:08 a.m.
james stephen
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February 18, 2021
Poetry
Out of My Down-in-the-Dumps
Mike Casetta
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February 17, 2021
Poetry
Regarding a Corpse
Andy Posner
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February 16, 2021
Poetry
Scylla and Charybdis
Maria Mazzenga
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February 15, 2021
Poetry
The Wood Conductor
Marc Woodward
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February 14, 2021
Poetry
Laneville poem
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 12, 2021
Poetry
Don’t You Worry, Jackie Boy
james stephen
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February 11, 2021
Poetry
The Finesse of Oneness
silent lotus
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February 10, 2021
Poetry
Questions I Would Ask Him
Sara Clancy
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February 9, 2021
Poetry
Group Art
Miya Ko
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February 7, 2021
Poetry
Getting Help
Tom Strong
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February 6, 2021
Poetry
Beatles Fan from Buenos Aires
Mark Anthony Pearce
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February 1, 2021
Poetry
Meth(odical) Fog
Starr
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January 31, 2021
Poetry
The Day Squirrels Preach
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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January 28, 2021
Poetry
Quacks
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 26, 2021
Poetry
Thutam Nguyen
Lawrence George
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January 22, 2021
Poetry
AA #2 – Unnamed: We’ll Call Him Mushroom
James Spears
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January 21, 2021
Poetry
needing a glass of water and following the curve of your...
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 20, 2021
Poetry
Galapagos tortoises
LA Brown
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January 18, 2021
Poetry
What’s Going On Twenty21
silent lotus
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January 15, 2021
Poetry
Mobs want to do my thinking for me
David Belcher
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January 14, 2021
Poetry
How to Prepare for a Coup in a Pandemic
Andy Posner
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January 13, 2021
Poetry
The Fallow Rotation
Cameron McClure
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January 12, 2021
Poetry
there was this
Lawrence George
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January 10, 2021
Art
Lockdown 2021
Jenn Zed
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January 9, 2021
Poetry
on the road to solitude
Cameron McClure
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January 7, 2021
Poetry
Unopened
Renee Elizabeth
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January 6, 2021
Art
ebbing
Dale Patterson
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January 5, 2021
Poetry
Quietus
Tom Strong
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January 4, 2021
Poetry
Safe Text
Ann Kammerer
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January 3, 2021
Poetry
Resolving Reality
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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December 30, 2020
Poetry
Waymarkers
Marc Woodward
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December 22, 2020
Poetry
Raphael
Mike Casetta
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December 21, 2020
Poetry
Ethnic Cleanser
Paul Brookes
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December 20, 2020
Poetry
a tale of two poets and a boy from the Bronx
Emalisa Rose
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December 19, 2020
Poetry
My Father Dreams of Ships
Trish Saunders
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December 16, 2020
Poetry
Do Not Resuscitate
Tom Strong
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December 14, 2020
Poetry
Umwelt
Jenn Zed
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December 13, 2020
Poetry
1/4 kg
Jay Gandhi
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December 10, 2020
Poetry
Totalitarian Ornithology
Miya Ko
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December 9, 2020
Poetry
Pattern of Life
LA Brown
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December 8, 2020
Poetry
He Did It His Way
Mike Casetta
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December 7, 2020
Poetry
Things I Received for Christmas
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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December 5, 2020
Poetry
Widow
Mary McCarthy
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December 3, 2020
Poetry
These spectacles have seen ages
Jay Gandhi
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November 30, 2020
Poetry
nothing personal, just my heart changing its mind
Maria Mazzenga
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November 29, 2020
Poetry
Ambition
Mike Casetta
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November 27, 2020
Poetry
Life After Dodging a Bullet
Andy Posner
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November 26, 2020
Poetry
My Son, My Son
Susan Peters
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November 25, 2020
Poetry
A Team of Horses Gathers Me into Heaven
Amanda Villafranco
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November 24, 2020
Poetry
new poems and a red dress
Emalisa Rose
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November 23, 2020
Poetry
The Petrifying Things
Michael Ashley
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November 21, 2020
Poetry
Don’t Wear It Out
Chloe Zumbrun
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November 19, 2020
Poetry
MINOTAUR
Jefferson Carter
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November 17, 2020
Poetry
Come What May
Michael Acker
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November 16, 2020
Poetry
Someone puts out a light
David Belcher
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November 15, 2020
Poetry
Pilot Light
Starr
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November 13, 2020
Poetry
BEAR STREET
Mark Anthony Pearce
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November 12, 2020
Poetry
It’s All My Fault
Eliot Jacobson
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November 9, 2020
Poetry
Write a Poem to Yourself for Your Ninetieth Birthday
Trish Saunders
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November 8, 2020
Poetry
Grove of Trees Under Which We Are Side by Side, Shape...
Chloe Zumbrun
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November 7, 2020
Fiction
Ars Poetica
Michele Harris
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November 6, 2020
Poetry
This is How it Ends
Kaci Skiles Laws
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November 4, 2020
Poetry
no lighthouse for the smog in my eyes
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 3, 2020
Poetry
Melissa’s Bicycle
Lawrence George
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November 1, 2020
Poetry
Fire Moon Rising
Mark Grinyer
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October 31, 2020
Poetry
.salvation
Tiko Lewis
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October 30, 2020
Poetry
Just Another Dream Waking
RC James
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October 29, 2020
Fiction
Don’t Think
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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October 28, 2020
Poetry
October Surprise
Sara Clancy
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October 27, 2020
Poetry
Father
Kaci Skiles Laws
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October 26, 2020
Poetry
Misery Chic
Jenn Zed
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October 25, 2020
Fiction
Einstein Waters the Flowers on a Berlin Street in Late August,...
Trish Saunders
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October 24, 2020
Poetry
This is me not exaggerating
Mike Casetta
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October 23, 2020
Poetry
Childless
KIMBERLY McNeil
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October 17, 2020
Poetry
Pig Latin
Kaci Skiles Laws
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October 16, 2020
Poetry
My head is a guillotine
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 15, 2020
Poetry
How to Survive an Apocalypse
Andy Posner
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October 14, 2020
Poetry
In the Port of Saint Petersburg
Alfie Shoyger
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October 12, 2020
Poetry
Changing Shapes of Rain
Miya Ko
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October 7, 2020
Poetry
In honour of pets
Jordan Trethewey
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October 6, 2020
Poetry
Exhibition stand jewelry
Roger Fizzerton
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October 5, 2020
Poetry
September 19, 2020
Michael Thomas Ellis
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October 4, 2020
Poetry
Lazy Pencils
Jay Gandhi
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October 3, 2020
Poetry
Kiss from God
Susan Peters
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October 2, 2020
Poetry
Witnessing
Sara Clancy
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September 30, 2020
Poetry
Coupling
Rob Breeding
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September 28, 2020
Poetry
By the Maple
Miya Ko
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September 26, 2020
Poetry
How old do you think I am?
Sara Clancy
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September 25, 2020
Poetry
Liberated Me
Lance Jencks
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September 24, 2020
Poetry
Edwin
Mike Casetta
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September 23, 2020
Poetry
Her Knickers
Paul Brookes
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September 21, 2020
Poetry
A Love Sonnet Written on the Occasion of the Death of...
Andy Posner
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September 20, 2020
Poetry
Rick
September 20, 2020
Poetry
Finish to Start
Lance Jencks
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September 19, 2020
Poetry
Bedtime, Children!
Susan Peters
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September 17, 2020
Poetry
Lockdown
Miya Ko
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September 15, 2020
Poetry
Curtain Closed
Trish Saunders
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September 12, 2020
Music
Cyndi Lauper Turns 80
Lawrence George
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September 11, 2020
Poetry
Terns
Cameron McClure
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September 10, 2020
Poetry
The truck has a large red logo on its side
Michael Ashley
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September 9, 2020
Poetry
With Your Voice
Mark A. Murphy
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September 7, 2020
Fiction
A Laugh
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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September 6, 2020
Poetry
Heartsongs—an anagram
Joan Colby
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September 5, 2020
Poetry
SHELTERING AT HOME
Jefferson Carter
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September 2, 2020
Poetry
Spying on My Beloved Ghosts
Susan Peters
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September 1, 2020
Poetry
Livestreaming My Own Suicide
Lance Jencks
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August 30, 2020
Poetry
You came to me upon the weakness of a rose petal
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 28, 2020
Poetry
Days
Oliver Stansfield
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August 26, 2020
Poetry
Selections from “poems from the deck”
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 25, 2020
Poetry
Neon Neck
Michael Thomas Ellis
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August 23, 2020
Poetry
Seeing My Donated Dress on Sale at Goodwill
Trish Saunders
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August 22, 2020
Poetry
The band of St Carmen’s holy church Santa Cruz
Michael Ashley
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August 21, 2020
Poetry
Ikebana
Tom Strong
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August 20, 2020
Poetry
Look up from the pavement, won’t you?
Trish Saunders
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August 19, 2020
Poetry
the mike pence school of gay conversion therapy
Lawrence George
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August 17, 2020
Poetry
I want to hug
Jordan Trethewey
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August 15, 2020
Letters
Letter to Lou McKee
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 13, 2020
Poetry
Misanthropy In F U Minor
Michael Thomas Ellis
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August 12, 2020
Poetry
The fattest guy at the pool
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 9, 2020
Poetry
Popular Wireless Park
KIMBERLY McNeil
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August 6, 2020
Poetry
anticipating the dog
Delainie Littlejohn
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August 5, 2020
Fiction
All Dug Up
Ann Kammerer
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August 4, 2020
Poetry
slave songs—2020
Tiko Lewis
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August 3, 2020
Poetry
200Kmph and Nineteen, Berlin
Jenn Zed
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August 2, 2020
Poetry
I am he shouted
Cameron McClure
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August 1, 2020
Poetry
ancient roadblocks
Rob Breeding
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July 31, 2020
Poetry
Organ Recital at Saint-Eustache
Lance Jencks
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July 30, 2020
Poetry
Homo insatiens
Rob Breeding
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July 28, 2020
Poetry
Flashback
Miya Ko
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July 27, 2020
Poetry
Ward 8
Starr
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July 26, 2020
Poetry
lilt in a breeze
Stella Read
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July 24, 2020
Poetry
Calendar on the wall throwing flowers
Trish Saunders
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July 21, 2020
Poetry
Morning Staff Meeting at the VA
Mike Casetta
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July 20, 2020
Poetry
Chimera
Bethany Lim
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July 19, 2020
Poetry
I Long to Join the Conga Line
Trish Saunders
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July 18, 2020
Poetry
Benediction for a Baby Born in 2020
Sara Clancy
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July 17, 2020
Poetry
A Café Terrace Confession
silent lotus
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July 16, 2020
Poetry
Unspoken
Michael Acker
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July 15, 2020
Poetry
goddamn how i miss the late 70s
Lawrence George
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July 14, 2020
Art
..done some asemic stuff..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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July 9, 2020
Poetry
No Lines
Paul Brookes
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July 5, 2020
Poetry
It’s been so long, since when did hope breathe its way...
Daniel J. Flore III
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July 3, 2020
Poetry
It still happens
Tom Strong
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July 1, 2020
Poetry
The Re-Appropriation of a Jewish Icon
Michael Acker
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June 30, 2020
Poetry
The Daughter May Be Let Off
Lyn Lifshin
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June 29, 2020
Poetry
If I were a god
Mike Casetta
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June 28, 2020
Poetry
at the doctor’s today,
June 27, 2020
Poetry
RUBY
John D Robinson
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June 25, 2020
Poetry
Concrete Poetry
Dale Patterson
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June 23, 2020
Art
. i been drawing trees .
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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June 20, 2020
Poetry
Charlie Ottoway
Milner Place
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June 18, 2020
Poetry
Why are you so sad?
Kaci Skiles Laws
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June 17, 2020
Poetry
Pulling Thread from a Red Paisley Pillow
Dale Patterson
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June 16, 2020
Poetry
Sometimes
Connie Carmichael
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June 15, 2020
Poetry
Silent Birds
Enas Suleiman
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June 14, 2020
Poetry
critical thinkers
Hanna Abi Akl
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June 12, 2020
Poetry
I HAD CALLED IN SICK
John D Robinson
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June 11, 2020
Poetry
Chain Book Store
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
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June 10, 2020
Poetry
A Whiter House
Oliver Stansfield
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June 9, 2020
Poetry
Falling Asleep to an Imagined Pretty Girl
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 7, 2020
Poetry
Since then I’ve never said she died
Tom Strong
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June 6, 2020
Poetry
The Wind Blows Hard Against His White Fence
Trish Saunders
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June 5, 2020
Poetry
slave songs—2020
Tiko Lewis
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June 4, 2020
Showcase
Coming Out & Other Poems
Lisa Summe
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June 4, 2020
Poetry
Election Day: When My Blood Is on the Ballot
Andy Posner
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June 3, 2020
Poetry
Gone Home
Mike Casetta
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June 2, 2020
Poetry
Frankenstein Unwritten
Wim Coleman
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June 1, 2020
Poetry
blackthren & brownthren
Rob Breeding
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May 31, 2020
Poetry
A Failed Attempt at Re-parenting
Mike Casetta
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May 30, 2020
Art
Full Metal Bitch
Jenn Zed
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May 28, 2020
Poetry
a dog is a dog
Cheryl Leverette
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May 27, 2020
Art
REMY, LULU, AND THE BIG NOSE
Tom Strong
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May 24, 2020
Showcase
Covid Times
OAF Artists & Writers
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May 18, 2020
Poetry
I’m Sorry I Cannot Attend Your Party
Lisa Summe
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May 17, 2020
Poetry
On Doing Good in America
Andy Posner
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May 15, 2020
Poetry
The too real dream of guilt in one glance
Lyn Lifshin
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May 6, 2020
Showcase
Indian Summer
Irene Han
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February 27, 2020
Poetry
Eulogy of Fables
Miya Ko
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February 26, 2020
Poetry
the canvas of the covenant
silent lotus
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February 24, 2020
Poetry
Allegory for an Unreasonable Age
Andy Posner
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February 23, 2020
Poetry
Halo Light in Dark Sky
Renee Elizabeth
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February 22, 2020
Poetry
A petaled season
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 21, 2020
Poetry
The lady you keep yapping with on the phone
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 19, 2020
Poetry
Lechmere Viaduct
Starr
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February 18, 2020
Poetry
The Humanist
David Belcher
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February 16, 2020
Poetry
Three Double Takes
Wim Coleman
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February 15, 2020
Poetry
Bathroom Haiku
Niall M Oliver
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February 13, 2020
Readings
I felt so secure I even wanted the flies there
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 13, 2020
Poetry
Blow Job
Miya Ko
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February 10, 2020
Poetry
HIS T-SHIRT
Jefferson Carter
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February 8, 2020
Poetry
Killing conspicuous
Tom Strong
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February 5, 2020
Poetry
in pursuit of dead presidents
Obed Ladiny
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February 2, 2020
Poetry
Lies Told by a Metronome
Wim Coleman
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January 31, 2020
Fiction
One rupee coin
Jay Gandhi
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January 30, 2020
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