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First World Problem

Lance Jencks -

Artemis

Tom Riordan -
American flag in building
Poetry

Elegy for American Democracy

Mark Grinyer -
Silhouette of an elderly man standing with cane, gazing out of curtain-covered window.
Poetry

From the Retirement Home, Emailing Love Letters to My Dead Wife

Bob Bradshaw -
assorted bobblehead figurines inside the store
Poetry

New Orleans Airport Chapel

Tom Riordan -
selective focus photography of man's reflection on a broken mirror
Poetry

Visions

Alexander Limarev -
Poetry

THE NAMES KEEP BEING THE SAME

Douglas Goodwin -
brown dried leaves on persons hand
Poetry

How Do You Know When You’re Dead

John Gurney -
Poetry

Cancer is a window into death

heidi selig -
australian shepherd, dog, snow, snowing, pet, animal, domestic dog, canine, mammal, cute, snowfall, winter, forest, nature, outdoors, portrait, australian shepherd, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog
Poetry

Dog Pees on Moonlit Snow

heidi selig -
person holding white printer paper
Poetry

FACING THE FANTASY

Douglas Goodwin -
a cloud of smoke
Poetry

Gray is the Only Color Containing All Colors (and it’s also...

Robert Stastny -
Poetry

IT’S CHRISTMAS AND I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE BALLS...

Daniel J. Flore III -
red cinema chair
Poetry

Candy Box Kazoos

Barry Burgess -
Poetry

Clock Radio #2: The Bukowski Issue

Jay Dougherty -
Showcase

along the stream that fell from clouds & other poems

Milner Place -
Poetry

The Final Love Poem

Cheryl Leverette -
Poetry

There Should Be an Animal

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Now

james stephen -
Poetry

EARLY CHRISTMAS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

The Purpose of Floors

Matt Dennison -
A detailed image showcasing a cracked egg with yolk spilling out on a blue surface.
Poetry

The Price of Eggs

Andy Posner -
Poetry

The Poem I Didn’t Want To Write

Grady VanWright -
Close up of Barman Hands Preparing Drink
Poetry

this poem is for every drunk who is sober today

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Pantoum: American Recessional

Wim Coleman -
wash, hands, soap
Poetry

ASSHOLE

Daniel J. Flore III -
a man sitting in front of a laptop computer
Poetry

DON’T HIRE ME

Douglas Goodwin -
Poetry

googling for hope

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

When I got free

Anisa Mosaiebiniya -
a pile of small white objects on a white surface
Poetry

Anaphora

Wim Coleman -
Poetry

Potter’s Island

Wim Coleman -
Poetry

Johnny the Cat

Lawrence George -
Poetry

Prelude in E Minor or Milner Place Hoists Sail

Mark A. Murphy -
Poetry

Hunger

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Three Thin Shadows

Matt Dennison -
aerial view of village on mountain cliff during orange sunset
Poetry

Suicidal in Tuscany

Jenn Zed -
office, man, cubicle
Poetry

IDIOT VICTORY

Douglas Goodwin -
Poetry

Liminal

David Belcher -
blue orange green and yellow plastic toy
Fiction

Magnets of Faith and Knowing

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

The Wind

Matt Dennison -
Woman Sitting on Brown Textile Beside White Cup of Coffee
Poetry

One of the Many Reasons I Miss You

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

EARTH LAG

Daniel J. Flore III -
green cactus during daytime
Poetry

Mom Called

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

JAWIN’ WITH THE WIND

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Sparks

Elina Ghanbari -
seashore during daytime
Poetry

Remembering Sand

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

Birds of Florida

Bob Bradshaw -
Women's Black and Red Lace Bra
Poetry

Apprehension

Ray Miller -
Poetry

Beginning with “needless”

james stephen -
Poetry

Cereal for Dinner

Jordan Trethewey -
Poetry

Trains are Shorter, Now

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

The Bears in my Life

John Gurney -
Poetry

Guangdon

Andy Posner -
Poetry

On A Wednesday Morning

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

The Moon On The Moor

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Mid-January

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

Reasons to Send Advice-Givers On Their Way

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

THE SPIRIT ANIMAL SOCIETY

Jefferson Carter -
Poetry

Light the Candle

Bob Bradshaw -
Poetry

When we finally met

Elizabeth Dunn -
a black and white photo of a woman with long hair
Poetry

The Voodoo of Doll Shoes

John Gurney -
man sitting on table typing on typewriter
Poetry

WHY YOU SHOULDN’T BE A POET

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Cheeseburgers and Tattoos

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Holding the Center

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

Endless Rain and Wine

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

It’s Okay to Sleep

Jay Gandhi -
Poetry

January thinking

Jan Harper -
Poetry

In Three Parts

Michael Acker -
Poetry

A Big Pit

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Thank you

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

I’m Going to Let Myself Go

Sara Clancy -
a woman raising her arms in the air in front of tents
Poetry

Writing Group

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

Saṃsāra

Matt Dennison -
brown and black food on blue ceramic plate
Poetry

Sweet Treat

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

In Love with a Woman in Her Later Years (for Harmina)

Ieuan ap hywel -
Poetry

Stung by news of poaching

David Belcher -
Poetry

an offering of peanuts

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

New Years Day

John Gurney -
Poetry

Where Is Peace On Earth? (After Linda Pastan)

Hugh Lemma -
an airplane window with a view of the sky and clouds
Poetry

Mediums

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

An Idyllic Sickness

Jordan Trethewey -
Poetry

THE MOST RECENT CONVERSATION

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

Looking through you

Ken Tomaro -
Poetry

Enlightenment

Andy Posner -
Poetry

Leak at the Gym

Rich Glinnen -
Poetry

Pigeon

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

A long time

Oliver Stansfield -
Poetry

Because time is an artist

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

The Man I Fell in Love With

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
Poetry

Adept

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Why I Am Moving to Ireland

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

Zacchaeus

Dale Patterson -
1 U.S.A dollar banknotes
Poetry

Why America’s Democracy Is Going Bankrupt

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

The Daughter

Peter Cashorali -
Poetry

My Chaste Eye

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

The Tree Ring Record

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Zealots

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

And holy holy, the life it held

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

The Dead Out Here

james stephen -
Poetry

Little Infinities

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Charlie Goes to New Castle

Robert Stastny -
Poetry

Baba Yaga, a Twisted Ghazal

Susan Peters -
Poetry

Two Poets

Miya Ko -
Poetry

The Love Death Cannot Touch

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Tribute from a Wooden Hut

Ieuan ap hywel -
Poetry

Strand #1: Abstractions

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Pay rate sucks, but

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

Afterlife

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Coastal Epiphanies

Morgan Driscoll -
two white doves flying
Poetry

Mourning In Five Parts

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

The Nature of Your Emergency

Morgan Driscoll -
Poetry

The Ancients

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Day Trip with Dog

Mike Casetta -
black and gray stones during daytime
Poetry

7:55a.m.

james stephen -
Poetry

A thread in Crete

Nathalie Spaans -
man walking at blacktop road with turned on streetlights
Poetry

Afterlight

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

it wasn’t pornographic

silent lotus -
Poetry

September’s End

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

terlingua

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

..as a child..

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
a plate of food
Poetry

BREAKFAST ALFRESCO

Daniel J. Flore III -
forest against sunlight at daytime
Poetry

Abscission

Tom Strong -
orange Persian cat sleeping
Poetry

Cats

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Metazure

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

In a Forest

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Salsa with Doubt

Jay Gandhi -
Poetry

Morning Visit

Peter Cashorali -
Poetry

THE RUSTY WHITE PICK UP

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Dappled Daisies and Curious Butterflies

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Four Interlaced Horses -Ekphrasis

Susan Peters -
neon sign reading bar cocktails dreams disco party
Poetry

WITH THE NEON LIGHTS OF THE STRIP CLUB FLASHING

Daniel J. Flore III -
brown brick wall on green grass field during daytime
Poetry

Imaginary telephone

David Belcher -
black staircase in dark room
Poetry

A Dream of the Basement

Vincent Casaregola -
Poetry

Abruptly

silent lotus -
ocean under sunlight
Poetry

Absolution

Tom Strong -
Poetry

We will now inventory obsolete lonely sounds in the world

Trish Saunders -
a close up of a person laying on a bed
Poetry

Tied Down

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

Blackbird

Cameron McClure -
The stars and galaxy as seen from Rocky Mountain National Park.
Poetry

A Yellow Bus Passes

Dale Patterson -
a statue of jesus on a cross in a church
Poetry

An Admission

Jordan Trethewey -
yellow and red lily in bloom during daytime
Poetry

Of the Moment

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

your father will betray you, your mother, sister, brother, best friend

Kaci Skiles Laws -
a close up of a broken glass window
Poetry

LINES MADE OF SHATTERED GLASS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Fitgirl Repack

Jenn Zed -
Poetry

the wings of her Cognition

silent lotus -
world map sketch
Poetry

Cowboy Coffee

Julie A. Dickson -
a pile of white toilet paper sitting next to each other
Poetry

Last Call

Morgan Driscoll -
white sail boat
Poetry

Drawn to the Wilderness

Dale Patterson -
Poetry

A Private Moment of Random Noise

Morgan Driscoll -
orange and black mural wall
Poetry

I stepped in vomit today

Daniel J. Flore III -
black rotary dial phone on white surface
Poetry

A dram for you, a dram for me

Michael Ashley -
person opening palms close up photo
Poetry

Head thick with things

Michael Ashley -
man holding concrete ceiling
Poetry

where do we start…

Jan Harper -
Poetry

Requiem for a Wrecked Weekend

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

The Various

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Lahaina

Andy Posner -
Poetry

¿

silent lotus -
a lit up box sitting on top of a table
Poetry

The Poem

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Bird With Yellow Breast

Barbara F. Schutz -
Poetry

Let everything in

David Belcher -
gold steel door knob on black wooden door
Poetry

blood on a wedding dress

Jan Harper -
multicolored textile
Poetry

a poem masquerades as a persian carpet

Michael Acker -
blue and black standard motorcycle
Poetry

He recognized me by my walk

Sherry Cassells -
mountain covered with fogs
Poetry

Mist

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

knick knack

Sara Clancy -
photography of yellow lights
Poetry

fluid encryptions

Jan Harper -
a wet window with a traffic light on it
Poetry

Memoriam in light rain

Daniel J. Flore III -
two white birds
Poetry

Seeing the light

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Golden Silence

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

free-range poets

Jan Harper -
green grass field during daytime
Poetry

How Exciting!

Matt Dennison -
fountain outdoor during daytime
Poetry

HOW TO TELL A COMPLETE STRANGER YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF

Daniel J. Flore III -
pink petaled flower
Poetry

Recess

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Eulogy To A Mom From A Son

Tom Strong -
Poetry

now I am become Death – sapphic trauma # 25185

David E. Matthews -
gold ring on white textile
Poetry

After her best friend’s hubby’s funeral

Paul Brookes -
man in black jacket sitting on bed
Poetry

I might not be here long

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Stump

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

After A Death

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

italian blue

Rob Breeding -
assorted picture frames on wall
Poetry

ssri’s at the Musee

Lawrence George -
woman inside black car
Poetry

Every Play

james stephen -
Poetry

The Rock, the Water

Matt Dennison -
a group of people posing for a photo
Poetry

Verities

Hugh Lemma -
green trees beside lake under blue sky during daytime
Poetry

We Will Go Again in Autumn

Raymond Huffman -
Poetry

After You’ve Gone: Horses and Cigarettes

Trish Saunders -
moon photography
Poetry

Fool Moon

Tom Strong -
brown and white mushroom on green grass during daytime
Poetry

The Vapours

Ray Miller -
Poetry

nautilus

Tiko Lewis -
Poetry

The Dusts

Marc Woodward -
ice cream on white and blue ceramic plate
Poetry

you know how (xviii)

Mike Casetta -
aerial photography of blue-and-white patio umbrellas
Poetry

heretical thoughts on a hot day

Jan Harper -
gray concrete cross on green grass field during daytime
Poetry

On feeling lonely and dispirited cutting the grass at St Mary...

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

The Sacrifice

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

The Last Will Be The First

Michael Acker -
woman reflection on glass overlooking city at night
Poetry

EVERYWHERE

Daniel J. Flore III -
girl in pink tank top beside girl in blue and white striped tank top
Poetry

Epiphany

Julie A. Dickson -
Poetry

.june.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
brown wooden shelf with bottles
Poetry

The Finest Spirits

Mike Casetta -
white paper lantern with light
Poetry

Redshift

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Kintsugi: a Cadralor

Sara Clancy -
focus photography of yellow-petaled flower
Poetry

Daffodil

Matt Dennison -
black barbwire in close up photography during daytime
Poetry

If there was any lesson learned

Ken Tomaro -
Poetry

Chromium-24/7

D. E. Kern -
closeup of dried soil
Poetry

Remission

Ann Kammerer -
closeup photo of puppet
Poetry

None of My Business

Mike Casetta -
lion lying on green grass at daytime
Poetry

why poetry

Mike Casetta -
sliced watermelon on green surface
Poetry

A Memorial Day to remember

Ken Tomaro -
brown wolf on brown soil
Poetry

The day I don’t sing

Sara Clancy -
green and black lawnmower on green grass
Poetry

Delusion

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Carla

james stephen -
Poetry

The Mist on the Water

D. E. Kern -
a black and white photo of a bench on a hill
Poetry

nobody

John Yamrus -
a person walking down a path in the woods
Poetry

the hurt

John Yamrus -
Poetry

i’ve been shit on…

John Yamrus -
Poetry

Wind & Trees

james stephen -
crumpled yellow ruled paper on gray panel
Poetry

Presence

Hugh Lemma -
man in red coat
Poetry

the ringmaster never takes off his hat

Jan Harper -
Poetry

.settings.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
brown wooden armchairs near wall
Poetry

Death Did Us Part

james stephen -
person wearing gold ballerina shoes
Poetry

Leda was a dancer.

John Yamrus -
Poetry

you aren’t meant for regular people

Lawrence George -
Poetry

Every night it’s Gotham

Jan Harper -
Poetry

Known by Many Names

Julie A. Dickson -
Poetry

Anomaly

Hugh Lemma -
man wearing brown leather dress shoes stepping on brown wood
Poetry

Addiction

james stephen -
mountain pass during sunrise
Poetry

Carry Me

Raymond Huffman -
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