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COLLEGE
The Woman I Always Knew I Could Be
Love of Lilacs: A Photographic Gallery by Rod Raglin
War Season
Art
The Major Arcana Series
Six Acrylic Nature Paintings by Vincent Bihn II
A Gallery of Twelve Paintings and Drawings by Zoe Nikolopoulou
Vesper Streak
Ghost Tulip
Photography
Love of Lilacs: A Photographic Gallery by Rod Raglin
First signs
South Texas Winter Sunset #2 – More Strange Skies (21 January…
Amsterdam my home, December 2025
Four Spanish Winterscapes
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Jenn Zed’s “The Shape of Your Mouth” Is Now Streaming Everywhere
“I Once Was Lost…”
Children of a Dying Sun
Gospel Radio Blues
Hello Two Clouds
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Writing
COLLEGE
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 19, 2026
The Woman I Always Knew I Could Be
Grady VanWright
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June 14, 2026
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
Readings
I hated Tamaqua
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 29, 2020
Poetry
& as far from
silent lotus
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January 28, 2020
Poetry
spiegel im spiegel
Michael Acker
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January 24, 2020
Poetry
Gateleg Table
Joan Colby
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January 23, 2020
Poetry
My doctor said to play with my cat as a coping...
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 18, 2020
Poetry
Call this
Roger Fizzerton
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January 17, 2020
Poetry
Pageantry
silent lotus
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January 16, 2020
Poetry
saying goodbye
Stella Read
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January 14, 2020
Poetry
if your death were a myth
Stella Read
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January 13, 2020
Poetry
vámonos a la playa
Lawrence George
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January 12, 2020
Poetry
The Minstrel Savior
Wim Coleman
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January 10, 2020
Poetry
Toe Tappin’
Michael B. Carroll Jr.
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January 9, 2020
Fiction
Pathetique
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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January 8, 2020
Poetry
Believe You Me
Mike Casetta
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January 8, 2020
Poetry
Boxes
Rob Breeding
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January 7, 2020
Poetry
Capitalism in Cambodia
Lawrence George
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January 6, 2020
Poetry
The red fantail is my favorite
Rob Breeding
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January 6, 2020
Poetry
Is There Freedom in Forgetting or Being Forgotten?
Andy Posner
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January 5, 2020
Poetry
Setting Precedent
Mike Casetta
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January 4, 2020
Poetry
Big Orange Sun
Trish Saunders
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January 3, 2020
Poetry
here’s why you do it
Lawrence George
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January 3, 2020
Poetry
Leaving the New Hope Farm House
Sara Clancy
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January 2, 2020
Poetry
My Co-Workers Are All Ghosts
Susan Peters
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December 29, 2019
Poetry
I have never known a Tasmanian…
Delainie Littlejohn
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December 28, 2019
Poetry
QUEPOS
Martina Reisz Newberry
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December 27, 2019
Poetry
What remains behind
Trish Saunders
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December 26, 2019
Poetry
Countless
Elvis Otis
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December 24, 2019
Poetry
Sweet Jane
Jenn Zed
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December 24, 2019
Showcase
Delainie’s little something or others
Delainie Littlejohn
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December 20, 2019
Poetry
Selfie with a Dying Cat
Lisa Summe
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December 19, 2019
Poetry
negative balance at the flea market lice market
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 19, 2019
Readings
poetry yard sale
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 18, 2019
Poetry
Eaten up by an empty ache
David Belcher
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December 17, 2019
Poetry
Last Ode to a Sweet Apricot
Miya Ko
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December 17, 2019
Poetry
The World Tree
Margarita Serafimova
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December 17, 2019
Poetry
Death of a Horse Chestnut
Marc Woodward
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December 16, 2019
Poetry
How to Gut a Carp
Chloe Monet Sutch
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December 15, 2019
Poetry
Sightseeing
Tom Strong
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December 14, 2019
Poetry
The first time I French kissed you
Lisa Summe
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December 12, 2019
Poetry
birds and other fly creatures
Anthony Hughes
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December 11, 2019
Poetry
work
Jess Kangas
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December 10, 2019
Poetry
Haiku
Stella Read
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December 9, 2019
Poetry
Aubade
Gerald Parker
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December 7, 2019
Fiction
Air Bag
Jill Winkowski
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December 6, 2019
Poetry
Okay, Then (A Boomer Replies)
Sara Clancy
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December 5, 2019
Poetry
To Stick Around
Boston Gordon
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December 4, 2019
Poetry
Selfie as a Dyke
Lisa Summe
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December 2, 2019
Poetry
The Right Things
Lisa Summe
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December 1, 2019
Poetry
America in 2019
Wim Coleman
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November 29, 2019
Poetry
Poem in Which I Imagine My Dad Agrees to Shave My...
Lisa Summe
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November 27, 2019
Poetry
Coming Out
Lisa Summe
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November 26, 2019
Poetry
Old Maid
Casey Killingsworth
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November 26, 2019
Poetry
inkspill
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 25, 2019
Poetry
Anna and the Scourge
RC James
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November 24, 2019
Poetry
He Will Build Wings from Sheets of Paper
Mike Casetta
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November 23, 2019
Poetry
Thick as thieves
Casey Killingsworth
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November 20, 2019
Poetry
Breathless
Josianne Barrette-Moran
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November 19, 2019
Poetry
Red
Amanda Villafranco
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November 17, 2019
Poetry
Eclogue for Santa Isabel
July Westhale
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November 15, 2019
Poetry
The Day Glenn Miller’s Plane Disappeared
Trish Saunders
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November 11, 2019
Blog
Daniel J. Flore III: Poetry reading at Newtown Bookshop
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 7, 2019
Poetry
The House on Tilden Avenue
Jose Oseguera
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November 7, 2019
Poetry
A More Perfect Union
Andy Posner
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November 5, 2019
Showcase
The Window & Other Works
Renee Elizabeth
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November 1, 2019
Poetry
Setting Precedent
Mike Casetta
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October 31, 2019
Poetry
The Joy of Hurling Trash
Susan Peters
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October 27, 2019
Poetry
Kaiwah Island/Ocean Course
Dale Patterson
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October 26, 2019
Poetry
Rakinewis (The Capestrano Warrior)
Marc Woodward
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October 25, 2019
Poetry
SECRETS
Martina Reisz Newberry
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October 24, 2019
Poetry
The Future of Rain
Eliot Jacobson
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October 23, 2019
Poetry
As I Cross the Bartholomew County Line Last Saturday Night
Amanda Villafranco
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October 20, 2019
Poetry
Exhausted hotel rooms
Trish Saunders
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October 19, 2019
Poetry
1950s Chicago Tomboy
Janice Ball
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October 18, 2019
Poetry
he chose to
October 12, 2019
Art
Understanding Time Travel
Jenn Zed
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October 11, 2019
Poetry
the girl not exactly from Ipanema
Jenn Zed
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October 9, 2019
Poetry
Recurring Dream
Martin Slavin
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October 8, 2019
Poetry
When the will to survive is stronger than love
Cheryl Leverette
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October 5, 2019
Poetry
you have to see it from her POV
David E. Matthews
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October 1, 2019
Poetry
No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye
Michael Acker
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September 28, 2019
Poetry
It Is written
Michael Acker
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September 26, 2019
Poetry
Neurojacked
Jordan Trethewey
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September 24, 2019
Poetry
Tuesday’s Stone (Six Of Stars.)
Starr
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September 22, 2019
Poetry
The Gig Econ
Lawrence George
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September 21, 2019
Poetry
Perverse and Saintly
Cameron McClure
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September 20, 2019
Poetry
Waning & Waxing
silent lotus
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September 18, 2019
Poetry
she has a couple of rugs
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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September 17, 2019
Poetry
One Way of Looking at Thirteen Blackbirds
Dick Holmes
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September 16, 2019
Poetry
Encounter with a clown
Marc Woodward
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September 15, 2019
Poetry
Anna and the Scourge
RC James
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September 13, 2019
Poetry
San Francisco
Marc Woodward
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September 11, 2019
Poetry
Dancing in December
Trish Saunders
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September 7, 2019
Poetry
Before Divorce
Eliot Jacobson
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September 5, 2019
Poetry
Hiding from the sun
Michael Ashley
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September 3, 2019
Poetry
Toby, Tobias Dog
Doug Flaherty
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September 2, 2019
Poetry
A Man, a Banana, Panama!
Edmund Conti
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August 29, 2019
Poetry
You’re Fired, Psycho
Lawrence George
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August 28, 2019
Poetry
u&me
Tiko Lewis
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August 24, 2019
Poetry
Last Note
Trish Saunders
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August 21, 2019
Poetry
Hidden Riddles
Maria Mazzenga
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August 19, 2019
Poetry
in Wait of Return
silent lotus
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August 14, 2019
Poetry
Stubble
Cameron McClure
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August 10, 2019
Poetry
After the coquilles Saint Jacques
silent lotus
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August 9, 2019
Poetry
Erasures
Joan Colby
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August 8, 2019
Poetry
This fierce year paces
Sara Clancy
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August 7, 2019
Poetry
Jennifer Harley
Lawrence George
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August 6, 2019
Poetry
Brain dead fuckwits everywhere
Michael Ashley
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August 2, 2019
Fiction
The Blue Ghost
Ann Kammerer
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July 30, 2019
Poetry
Selections from “A Thousand and One Cranes”
Miya Ko
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July 24, 2019
Art
The Minister’s Daughter
Dale Patterson
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July 22, 2019
Poetry
Chef vs. Waiter
Lawrence George
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July 17, 2019
Poetry
After Crossing Bobtail Creek
Doug Flaherty
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July 16, 2019
Poetry
It’s been a half century since the fair
Sara Clancy
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July 13, 2019
Poetry
Artificial Intelligence
Morgan Driscoll
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July 11, 2019
Poetry
A Train Whistle Announcing the Arrival of Cousin Harrietta
Trish Saunders
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July 3, 2019
Poetry
Meaning
Michael Acker
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June 30, 2019
Poetry
First we release the horses
Trish Saunders
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June 28, 2019
Poetry
How to win an argument: lesson #17, Dad
Eliot Jacobson
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June 27, 2019
Fiction
Summer of Crows
Ann Kammerer
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June 23, 2019
Poetry
Yugen
Tom Strong
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June 22, 2019
Photography
Uncomposed
Morgan Driscoll
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June 21, 2019
Poetry
Another Friday Night II
Cheryl Leverette
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June 21, 2019
Poetry
peep show politics
Tiko Lewis
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June 20, 2019
Art
Everybody Swims/Lino Cut
george roesch johnson
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June 20, 2019
Poetry
The Gardener
Ann Kammerer
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June 19, 2019
Poetry
Shutters
Martin Slavin
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June 19, 2019
Poetry
no reminders
Cheryl Leverette
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June 16, 2019
Poetry
Life Supplies
Lance Jencks
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June 15, 2019
Poetry
The curve of tenderness
Trish Saunders
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June 13, 2019
Poetry
Ageless
Amanda Villafranco
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June 12, 2019
Poetry
Poem for Bobby
Sara Clancy
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June 9, 2019
Poetry
Pain Scale in the ER
Sara Clancy
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June 2, 2019
Fiction
Growth on the Job
Tom Riordan
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June 1, 2019
Poetry
Last Days at Acme
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 1, 2019
Poetry
Swamp Thing
alan catlin
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May 31, 2019
Poetry
Snapback
Jordan Trethewey
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May 30, 2019
Poetry
I’m Heading South
John Austin
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May 28, 2019
Poetry
Softer Truths in City Parks
Tara Hagen
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May 27, 2019
Poetry
after the reading,
May 26, 2019
Poetry
The Atom of Language
Michael Acker
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May 26, 2019
Showcase
Some Men
Lyn Lifshin
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May 25, 2019
Poetry
Suicidal in Tuscany
Jenn Zed
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May 24, 2019
Poetry
Void
Amanda Villafranco
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May 23, 2019
Poetry
OFFICE THIEF
Jefferson Carter
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May 21, 2019
Poetry
Those who look straight forward
Michael Ashley
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May 20, 2019
Poetry
Untitled
Amanda Villafranco
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May 19, 2019
Poetry
Heart Attack
Randi Cramer
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May 18, 2019
Poetry
The state of things
Matt Dennison
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May 18, 2019
Art
Abstract Art Is Better in the Abstract
David E. Matthews
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May 17, 2019
Poetry
Visionaries
Michael Acker
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May 15, 2019
Poetry
Apocalypsis
Maria Mazzenga
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May 13, 2019
Poetry
Tax Returns
Tom Riordan
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May 12, 2019
Poetry
Let’s have sex on my birthday
Cheryl Leverette
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May 10, 2019
Poetry
The Hawk
Ann Kammerer
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May 8, 2019
Poetry
Lunch Date
Sara Clancy
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May 7, 2019
Poetry
A Cowboy in Therapy
Mike Casetta
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May 6, 2019
Poetry
Neither Nature nor Nurture
Tom Riordan
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May 4, 2019
Poetry
Just Rest
Lance Jencks
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May 3, 2019
Creative Non-Fiction
Jesus Visits the Central Bus Station
Daniel Beaudoin
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May 1, 2019
Poetry
Swan Diver
Ann Kammerer
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April 30, 2019
Poetry
Quiet Baby
Ann Kammerer
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March 10, 2019
Poetry
Skinny Legs
Ann Kammerer
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March 9, 2019
Poetry
The House of the Children
Margarita Serafimova
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March 7, 2019
Poetry
The air conditioner repairman left his sweaty towel on my dishwasher
Cheryl Leverette
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March 5, 2019
Showcase
Breed the Messenger
Maria Mazzenga
-
March 3, 2019
Poetry
A Boat Called Isabelle
Margarita Serafimova
-
February 26, 2019
Art
Using again …
Jenn Zed
-
February 23, 2019
Poetry
The Dark
Susan Peters
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February 17, 2019
Poetry
haphazard
Michael Acker
-
February 16, 2019
Poetry
Jazz Tuba
Jefferson Carter
-
February 15, 2019
Poetry
Bonds
Amanda Villafranco
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February 7, 2019
Poetry
Shadow Existence and other poems
Cheryl Leverette
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February 6, 2019
Readings
Me and my zine
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 5, 2019
Poetry
separation
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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February 1, 2019
Poetry
Buddha Man Blues
RC James
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January 31, 2019
Poetry
Catastrophic thinking
Sara Clancy
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January 30, 2019
Poetry
Beneath These Boards
Michael Thomas Ellis
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January 29, 2019
Poetry
My friend has
Sara Riley
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January 25, 2019
Poetry
Return Policy
Megan Merchant
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January 24, 2019
Poetry
A Tennessee Fainting Goat in Texas
Mike Casetta
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January 22, 2019
Poetry
Gravity
Miya Ko
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January 16, 2019
Poetry
It’s About to Get Awkward
Bruce Alford
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January 15, 2019
Poetry
Pre-linguistic
Bruce Alford
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January 14, 2019
Poetry
Interior Decorating for the Autistic Mistress
Cheryl Leverette
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January 12, 2019
Poetry
Loose Change
Ian Badcoe
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January 11, 2019
Poetry
River Rock
Nancy Johnson James
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January 8, 2019
Fiction
Sunny Corner Stories: Opening Monologue
Corenski Nowlan
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January 6, 2019
Poetry
In Guadalupe’s Bed
Tom Riordan
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January 5, 2019
Poetry
Zombies Bless America
Maria Mazzenga
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January 4, 2019
Poetry
Impact of War
Morgan Driscoll
-
January 3, 2019
Poetry
New Year’s Day
Starr
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January 1, 2019
Poetry
Woken by a dove tapping
David Belcher
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January 1, 2019
Showcase
Horsefly Don’t Bother Me
Gerald Locklin
-
December 29, 2018
Poetry
Against Poe
Jefferson Carter
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December 28, 2018
Poetry
A Flurry of Wings
Mike Casetta
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December 27, 2018
Poetry
Sabbath
Bruce Alford
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December 25, 2018
Poetry
The 12 beers of Christmas
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 25, 2018
Poetry
A Christmas Card from Charles Bukowski *
Charles Bukowski
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December 24, 2018
Poetry
Schrödinger’s Kitten
Miya Ko
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December 24, 2018
Poetry
Another Blue Room
David A Estringel
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December 23, 2018
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