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Morning Staff Meeting at the VAPoetry

Morning Staff Meeting at the VA

Mike CasettaJuly 20, 2020

Everyone in this meeting is full of shit & not the kind of shit to varying degrees depends on how long ago was their…

ChimeraPoetry

Chimera

Bethany LimJuly 19, 2020

I wanted to write about the wind but instead I find words like wait or fury which are somewhat appropriate, but not really.  The day lifts and the…

Benediction for a Baby Born in 2020Poetry

Benediction for a Baby Born in 2020

Sara ClancyJuly 17, 2020

Let her be healthy and let her be safe. Let her climb on the turtles and run through the spray of the Three Rivers…

UnspokenPoetry

Unspoken

Michael AckerJuly 15, 2020

Eddi, our elderly yellow lab, both house alarm and protector, now lies at your feet as you sit on your kitchen stool cutting fruit…

goddamn how i miss the late 70sPoetry

goddamn how i miss the late 70s

Lawrence GeorgeJuly 14, 2020

when i was 2 and a half feet tall smiling at everything learning how to use my ams, legs, fingers, toes drooling kindly, generously…

..done some asemic stuff..Art, Photography, Poetry

..done some asemic stuff..

Sonja Benskin MesherJuly 9, 2020

aesthetic, showing the words for anaesthetic, little creatures placed to sleep a while. on waking find that spelling is not so awkward now. checked…

No LinesPoetry

No Lines

Paul BrookesJuly 5, 2020

to wait behind, or folk to watch acutely for invasion of your space. No queues outside in all weathers ready for the nod to…

It’s been so long, since when did hope breathe its way into poetryPoetry

It’s been so long, since when did hope breathe its way into poetry

Daniel J. Flore IIIJuly 3, 2020

Since when did the doves descend in the stanzas? I saw one I think. She was like a mother to me, holding me in…

It still happensPoetry

It still happens

Tom StrongJuly 1, 2020

When I don’t think about breathing, it still happens. When I don’t think about living in the moment, it still happens too.

The Daughter May Be Let OffPoetry

The Daughter May Be Let Off

Lyn LifshinJune 29, 2020

but her hands will always seem like strangers, pale animals with a life of their own, loading, clicking. She brushes her colorless hair 200…

If I were a godPoetry

If I were a god

Mike CasettaJune 28, 2020

I would create mountains that can spit fire & cover them with tall green trees with myriad roots holding dearly the skin of soil…