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Mourners
Andy Posner
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July 3, 2022
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Sonja Benskin Mesher
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June 29, 2022
Poetry
Fears of Trees
Raymond Huffman
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June 25, 2022
Poetry
Sara
Mike Casetta
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June 19, 2022
Poetry
Hips like there’s no water near
Nathalie Spaans
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June 8, 2022
Poetry
MY MOM’S BOYFRIENDS
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 5, 2022
Poetry
Don’t Wake Daddy
Mélissa Gustafson
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June 4, 2022
Poetry
I think of you, I shake
Nathalie Spaans
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June 1, 2022
Poetry
For the Next 19 Children
Jordan Trethewey
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May 29, 2022
Poetry
When We Were Poets
Sherry Cassells
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May 28, 2022
Poetry
The Final Love Poem
Cheryl Leverette
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May 27, 2022
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10 TIPS FOR WRITING POETRY
Daniel J. Flore III
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May 21, 2022
Poetry
his nails trimmed short
Jennifer Wilder
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May 18, 2022
Poetry
If you let me I’ll change my room into woods
Nathalie Spaans
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May 15, 2022
Poetry
Desiderata
Mark A. Murphy
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May 12, 2022
Poetry
he read
John Yamrus
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May 5, 2022
Poetry
NETFLIX
Jefferson Carter
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April 26, 2022
Poetry
Poetry Happens
Wim Coleman
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April 20, 2022
Poetry
Post Op for Richard Brautigan
Mike Casetta
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April 17, 2022
Poetry
Small Talk
Sara Clancy
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April 8, 2022
Poetry
I’ll text you back anyway
Daniel J. Flore III
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April 1, 2022
Poetry
killing the root
Jennifer Wilder
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March 30, 2022
Poetry
Liberated Me
Lance Jencks
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March 28, 2022
Poetry
On my 44th birthday
Daniel J. Flore III
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March 27, 2022
Poetry
HEY BUK
Lance Jencks
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March 19, 2022
Poetry
Zayda in Memory Care
Sara Clancy
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March 17, 2022
Poetry
The Wicked Walk
Douglas Goodwin
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March 16, 2022
Poetry
Later will be time to talk about a family killed on...
Trish Saunders
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March 10, 2022
Poetry
Leningrad Ghosts
Mark A. Murphy
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March 6, 2022
Poetry
The year of the tyrant’s final spring
Trish Saunders
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March 4, 2022
Poetry
The Matriarch of the sidewalk
silent lotus
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March 1, 2022
Poetry
Ukraine
Andy Posner
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February 24, 2022
Fiction
Traveling West
John Gurney
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February 19, 2022
Poetry
A Sad Tale with No Moral
Mike Casetta
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February 18, 2022
Poetry
Sonnet for Leni
Miya Ko
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February 17, 2022
Poetry
The Business of Life and Death
Andy Posner
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February 14, 2022
Poetry
I watch the cartoon cat eat the cartoon fish
Michael Ashley
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February 13, 2022
Poetry
I’m going to go look for a job tomorrow
Robert Stastny
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February 12, 2022
Poetry
The Whole Day Went Dark
james stephen
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February 9, 2022
Poetry
No Sky for an Atheist
Sherry Cassells
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February 8, 2022
Poetry
Dragonflies
Mark A. Murphy
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February 7, 2022
Poetry
COUNTRY LIFE
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
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February 6, 2022
Poetry
City of peace
David Belcher
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February 2, 2022
Video
Quadrant
Matt Dennison
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January 26, 2022
Poetry
Americarnage
John Gurney
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January 25, 2022
Poetry
Accept no substitute
Rob Thomas
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January 24, 2022
Poetry
Parking Space
Ann Kammerer
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January 21, 2022
Poetry
The Duck Had Me
Palline Plum
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January 20, 2022
Poetry
Who Will Find Us?
Alison Hicks
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January 19, 2022
Poetry
averse
Tiko Lewis
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January 18, 2022
Poetry
The body of Christ
KIMBERLY McNeil
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January 15, 2022
Poetry
Three Doors
Alison Hicks
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January 14, 2022
Poetry
WHERE THERE’S VANITY, THERE’S HOPE
Jefferson Carter
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January 12, 2022
Poetry
Radiation Oncology
Lance Jencks
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January 11, 2022
Poetry
THE CLEANER WHO HATES MEN
Mark Anthony Pearce
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January 7, 2022
Poetry
After Seeing You in Sullivan’s
Trish Saunders
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January 6, 2022
Poetry
the yesterdays before tomorrow
silent lotus
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January 2, 2022
Poetry
.shelter.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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December 31, 2021
Poetry
I’d Rather Have My Ass Slapped Than My Ribcage
Starr
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December 30, 2021
Poetry
Candy Box Kazoos
Barry Burgess
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December 29, 2021
Poetry
He’s probably sleeping now
Jill Winkowski
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December 28, 2021
Poetry
The Spirit of Christmas
Andy Posner
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December 27, 2021
Poetry
of Moments that loiter
silent lotus
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December 27, 2021
Poetry
Receipt
james stephen
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December 16, 2021
Poetry
When the storms arrive
Michael Ashley
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December 15, 2021
Poetry
Convent
Matt Dennison
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December 14, 2021
Poetry
how it used to be
Emily J Vieweg
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December 10, 2021
Poetry
Born
Julie Desmond
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December 6, 2021
Poetry
Chigguns’
Glenn Richardson
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December 5, 2021
Poetry
My Name
james stephen
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December 4, 2021
Poetry
TIM THE TAPPER
Mark Anthony Pearce
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December 3, 2021
Poetry
Mores of the morning
silent lotus
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December 2, 2021
Poetry
all dog, otherwise
Mike Casetta
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December 1, 2021
Poetry
Jelly Filled Powdered Donuts
silent lotus
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November 30, 2021
Poetry
Séance for One
Sara Clancy
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November 27, 2021
Poetry
OFF SEASON AT THE SHORE
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 26, 2021
Poetry
Scrape
Matt Dennison
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November 25, 2021
Poetry
YESTERNOW
Jefferson Carter
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November 23, 2021
Poetry
.white.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 22, 2021
Poetry
The Fog of Anger
Andy Posner
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November 21, 2021
Poetry
No Machine
Matt Dennison
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November 19, 2021
Poetry
Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself Multiply
james stephen
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November 18, 2021
Poetry
Sleeping with Dana
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 17, 2021
Poetry
the imposter
Rob Thomas
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November 16, 2021
Poetry
and turn it back on him
Jennifer Wilder
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November 14, 2021
Poetry
just one more
Jennifer Wilder
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November 10, 2021
Poetry
Blood Oranges / ice cubes & straws
silent lotus
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November 7, 2021
Poetry
mom’s haiku
Mike Casetta
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November 5, 2021
Poetry
Tonight, I Am Grieving for a Mouse
Palline Plum
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November 4, 2021
Poetry
End of October
james stephen
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November 3, 2021
Poetry
Their Final Words
Miya Ko
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October 29, 2021
Poetry
Give Me a Pen, Give Me a Pencil
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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October 25, 2021
Poetry
Sisters Coffee
Julie Desmond
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October 23, 2021
Poetry
Harvest
Mike Casetta
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October 22, 2021
Poetry
Dew
Tom Strong
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October 21, 2021
Poetry
The Hall Closet of Your Childhood Home
Sara Clancy
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October 20, 2021
Poetry
copper coil
Jennifer Wilder
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October 18, 2021
Poetry
this train rides through dusk
Maria Mazzenga
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October 17, 2021
Poetry
The Remember Tenure
Tom Strong
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October 16, 2021
Poetry
THE BODY BODY
Jefferson Carter
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October 15, 2021
Music
Done Gone Wrong
RC James
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October 14, 2021
Poetry
On the Phone with Zayda
Sara Clancy
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October 13, 2021
Poetry
The Long Letter That I Wrote You
Jill Winkowski
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October 12, 2021
Poetry
Ode to a Hummingbird
RC James
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October 10, 2021
Poetry
before Hip-Hop
silent lotus
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October 9, 2021
Poetry
BOB SUCKS
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 8, 2021
Poetry
Prendere lucciole per lanterne (‘to take fireflies for lanterns’)
Marc Woodward
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October 7, 2021
Poetry
song to myself
Cameron McClure
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October 6, 2021
Poetry
The sounds a sick man hears in bed
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 4, 2021
Poetry
THIRTY
Douglas Goodwin
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October 2, 2021
Poetry
æ»äº¡
Matt Dennison
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October 1, 2021
Poetry
he who fears bees, fears flowers
Dana St. Mary
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September 29, 2021
Poetry
last night death sat
Milner Place
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September 28, 2021
Poetry
EVICTION
Daniel J. Flore III
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September 25, 2021
Poetry
.ghosts.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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September 19, 2021
Poetry
The Right Kind of Babies
james stephen
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September 18, 2021
Poetry
Autobiographical Coffees
Sara Clancy
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September 16, 2021
Poetry
Cycling Dhyana
Tom Strong
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September 11, 2021
Poetry
Instead of sleeping I walk
Sara Clancy
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September 10, 2021
Poetry
Woman with Dog
Lance Jencks
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September 9, 2021
Poetry
The Asshole’s Final Love Song
Eliot Jacobson
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September 7, 2021
Poetry
I guess they’ve read enough Dan Flore poems
Daniel J. Flore III
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September 6, 2021
Poetry
Hot Wells Hotel Ruins
Jennifer Wilder
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August 31, 2021
Poetry
Unsolved Mystery #101
Ron Sardino
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August 30, 2021
Poetry
The Manner of Leaving
Hugh Lemma
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August 29, 2021
Poetry
McDonald’s Sunday night visitation rights
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 27, 2021
Poetry
Blanks
Tom Speaks
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August 24, 2021
Poetry
At the corner of something and something
Maria Mazzenga
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August 23, 2021
Poetry
Iris
Kaci Skiles Laws
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August 22, 2021
Poetry
Hum Along
Tom Strong
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August 17, 2021
Poetry
Visible Memory Punctuation
Maria Mazzenga
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August 16, 2021
Poetry
Unamused
Mike Casetta
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August 15, 2021
Poetry
This is how the world ends
Eliot Jacobson
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August 14, 2021
Poetry
Fingering out…
Michael Ashley
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August 12, 2021
Poetry
.precious.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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August 11, 2021
Poetry
MY WHOLE DAY IN A STUPID NOTEPAD
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 10, 2021
Poetry
What Little I Know About Lunacy
Mike Casetta
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August 3, 2021
Poetry
The Witness
silent lotus
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August 1, 2021
Poetry
Me and Faranelli
Anthony Hughes
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July 30, 2021
Poetry
Sunday, you rotten bitch
Daniel J. Flore III
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July 25, 2021
Poetry
Doggerel
Mike Casetta
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July 20, 2021
Poetry
the Mathematics of Elbowroom & Hearsay
silent lotus
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July 14, 2021
Poetry
Some Stories We Don’t Want to Tell
Mike Casetta
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July 13, 2021
Poetry
What Happens When You Forget to Close Your Bedroom Window
Andy Posner
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July 12, 2021
Poetry
The Insect Sonnets: Grasshopper
Paul Brookes
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July 10, 2021
Poetry
DEADMAN
KIMBERLY McNeil
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July 9, 2021
Music
Booda Wot Doddy
RC James
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July 8, 2021
Poetry
learning to read again
Rob Breeding
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July 7, 2021
Poetry
Meditation on Nothing
Daniel J. Flore III
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July 6, 2021
Poetry
Neanderthals All
Julie Desmond
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July 1, 2021
Poetry
The Artist
Jenn Zed
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June 30, 2021
Poetry
Forgotten faces
Sheela Mamidenna
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June 29, 2021
Poetry
formicariumÂ
Rob Breeding
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June 23, 2021
Poetry
After Visiting You, I Return to My Life
Andy Posner
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June 22, 2021
Poetry
The Danger
Michael Ashley
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June 21, 2021
Poetry
State of the Art
Marc Woodward
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June 18, 2021
Poetry
.gravel path.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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June 16, 2021
Poetry
on getting accepted by a mag
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 15, 2021
Poetry
Where I go from here
David Belcher
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June 4, 2021
Poetry
Donny’s viral photos of wild horses
Jennifer Wilder
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June 3, 2021
Poetry
junk in corners
james stephen
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June 2, 2021
Poetry
Retired
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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June 1, 2021
Poetry
AVIDECO
Mark Anthony Pearce
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May 27, 2021
Poetry
Pigeon religion
Maria Mazzenga
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May 26, 2021
Poetry
I give back all your kisses
Jennifer Wilder
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May 22, 2021
Poetry
WAITING FOR BUKOWSKI TO DIE
Douglas Goodwin
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May 21, 2021
Poetry
Existential Angst
Mike Casetta
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May 20, 2021
Poetry
Sojourns
silent lotus
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May 19, 2021
Poetry
Digital Revenge
Jay Gandhi
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May 17, 2021
Poetry
sausage poem
Mike Casetta
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May 16, 2021
Poetry
Trauma Hamster Wheel
Jordan Trethewey
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May 15, 2021
Poetry
Low Hanging Fruit
Julie Desmond
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May 14, 2021
Poetry
variety is a variation of similarity (email #409)
Ron Sardino
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May 8, 2021
Poetry
Today I Need Your Best Poems
Cameron McClure
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May 6, 2021
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
-
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
-
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
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