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NETFLIXPoetry

NETFLIX

Jefferson CarterApril 26, 2022

Our son gifted us Roku & his Netflix password. Now Connie & I binge every night from 7 until 2 a.m., watching murder mysteries…

Post Op for Richard BrautiganPoetry

Post Op for Richard Brautigan

Mike CasettaApril 17, 2022

How much of my colon did you cut out, doc? The distance between his two index fingers the last trout I caught in a…

Small TalkPoetry

Small Talk

Sara ClancyApril 8, 2022

This morning I walked past your tree and told you after 36 years they are paving the road in front of your house. In…

I’ll text you back anywayPoetry

I’ll text you back anyway

Daniel J. Flore IIIApril 1, 2022

fuck these text messages i wanna hear i wanna hear the daffodil in your voice i wanna hear it when you cry you can’t…

killing the rootPoetry

killing the root

Jennifer WilderMarch 30, 2022

said he would need an hour and a half so I counted time by the 3 minute easy-listening songs they play in an attempt…

Liberated MePoetry

Liberated Me

Lance JencksMarch 28, 2022

I buy my own groceries, fix my own meals, wash my dirty dishes: what more could a woman want? She might want a stiff…

On my 44th birthdayPoetry

On my 44th birthday

Daniel J. Flore IIIMarch 27, 2022

44 and I don’t want anymore I will breathe in the saltwater air and know I don’t have to go anywhere I’ll have another…

HEY BUKPoetry

HEY BUK

Lance JencksMarch 19, 2022

Everybody writes about you, even me. I told you about my hedges: they're perfect. How does a privileged white boy who doesn't even drink…

Zayda in Memory CarePoetry

Zayda in Memory Care

Sara ClancyMarch 17, 2022

Because the season is over and surmise settles into his autumn confinement, I ask him what he imagines could improve these last days. He…

Later will be time to talk about a family killed on a bridgePoetry

Later will be time to talk about a family killed on a bridge

Trish SaundersMarch 10, 2022

The first years of their exile, tell the children about unheated train stations, the bravery of mothers breathing warmth on tiny fingers. Later will…

Leningrad GhostsPoetry

Leningrad Ghosts

Mark A. MurphyMarch 6, 2022

Who could forget the butchers of Leningrad as the mighty Wehrmacht blockaded the city laying siege for 872 days and nights No way to know…