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I give back all your kissesPoetry

I give back all your kisses

Jennifer WilderMay 22, 2021

They got me because our canteen over-quenched civilian curiosity They got me because two hands on your saddle horn I lost the reins My…

Existential AngstPoetry

Existential Angst

Mike CasettaMay 20, 2021

It is possible I reached my full potential when I wasn’t looking or thinking straight I may have left my ideal self behind in…

Digital RevengePoetry

Digital Revenge

Jay GandhiMay 17, 2021

The passwords of my Bank accounts shall get buried with me & no skeletons will remain. My self-centred children might guess the names of…

sausage poemPoetry

sausage poem

Mike CasettaMay 16, 2021

please tally all the languages in the world sojourning linguists at last count 7,117 are spoken a ton of different tongues the # of…

Trauma Hamster WheelPoetry

Trauma Hamster Wheel

Jordan TretheweyMay 15, 2021

A first today. I cried at work. Been plenty angry while working jobs. Never bawled. One positive— I work at home. My daughter is…

Low Hanging FruitPoetry

Low Hanging Fruit

Julie DesmondMay 14, 2021

For Kelly, whose tomatoes never made it to Rachael Forgive me I have taken the tomatoes I was supposed to pass on to your…

Today I Need Your Best PoemsPoetry

Today I Need Your Best Poems

Cameron McClureMay 6, 2021

the best poems rattle like a tin can down an empty street they hang from lamp-posts in the dark heads shaven tar holding feathers…

MiragePoetry

Mirage

Mike CasettaMay 3, 2021

I saw myself up ahead on top of this sand dune waving to me. Now I’m here nowhere in sight. I might have known.…

OkCupidPoetry

OkCupid

Mike CasettaMay 2, 2021

Longhaired strongman divorced weary of seeing the horrors in the world has hung up his jaw-bone-of-an-ass seeks a Delilah for fun & bondage will…

Canary DiamondPoetry

Canary Diamond

Sara ClancyApril 28, 2021

Did you know that in the will he made before he lost his mind, he left it to me? I cried when I read…

I don’t want to make $ anymorePoetry

I don’t want to make $ anymore

Lawrence GeorgeApril 26, 2021

i want to strip off my cheap clothes wander out to the back lot of my rented, North Hollywood apartment dig my feet into…