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Sisters Coffee
Julie Desmond
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October 23, 2021
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
死亡
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
formicarium
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
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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
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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
Poetry
there was this
Lawrence George
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January 10, 2021
Poetry
Lockdown 2021
Jenn Zed
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January 9, 2021
Poetry
on the road to solitude
Cameron McClure
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January 7, 2021
Poetry
Unopened
Renee Elizabeth
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January 6, 2021
Poetry
ebbing
Dale Patterson
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January 5, 2021
Poetry
Quietus
Tom Strong
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January 4, 2021
Poetry
Safe Text
Ann Kammerer
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January 3, 2021
Poetry
Resolving Reality
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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December 30, 2020
Poetry
Waymarkers
Marc Woodward
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December 22, 2020
Poetry
Raphael
Mike Casetta
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December 21, 2020
Poetry
Ethnic Cleanser
Paul Brookes
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December 20, 2020
Poetry
a tale of two poets and a boy from the Bronx
Emalisa Rose
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December 19, 2020
Poetry
My Father Dreams of Ships
Trish Saunders
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December 16, 2020
Poetry
Do Not Resuscitate
Tom Strong
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December 14, 2020
Poetry
Umwelt
Jenn Zed
-
December 13, 2020
Poetry
1/4 kg
Jay Gandhi
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December 10, 2020
Poetry
Totalitarian Ornithology
Miya Ko
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December 9, 2020
Poetry
Pattern of Life
LA Brown
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December 8, 2020
Poetry
He Did It His Way
Mike Casetta
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December 7, 2020
Poetry
Things I Received for Christmas
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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December 5, 2020
Poetry
Widow
Mary McCarthy
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December 3, 2020
Poetry
These spectacles have seen ages
Jay Gandhi
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November 30, 2020
Poetry
nothing personal, just my heart changing its mind
Maria Mazzenga
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November 29, 2020
Poetry
Ambition
Mike Casetta
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November 27, 2020
Poetry
Life After Dodging a Bullet
Andy Posner
-
November 26, 2020
Poetry
My Son, My Son
Susan Peters
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November 25, 2020
Poetry
A Team of Horses Gathers Me into Heaven
Amanda Villafranco
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November 24, 2020
Poetry
new poems and a red dress
Emalisa Rose
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November 23, 2020
Poetry
A SIMPLE PRAYER
Jefferson Carter
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November 22, 2020
Poetry
The Petrifying Things
Michael Ashley
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November 21, 2020
Poetry
Don’t Wear It Out
Chloe Zumbrun
-
November 19, 2020
Poetry
MINOTAUR
Jefferson Carter
-
November 17, 2020
Poetry
Come What May
Michael Acker
-
November 16, 2020
Poetry
Someone puts out a light
David Belcher
-
November 15, 2020
Poetry
Pilot Light
Starr
-
November 13, 2020
Poetry
BEAR STREET
Mark Anthony Pearce
-
November 12, 2020
Poetry
It’s All My Fault
Eliot Jacobson
-
November 9, 2020
Poetry
Write a Poem to Yourself for Your Ninetieth Birthday
Trish Saunders
-
November 8, 2020
Poetry
Grove of Trees Under Which We Are Side by Side, Shape...
Chloe Zumbrun
-
November 7, 2020
Poetry
Ars Poetica
Michele Harris
-
November 6, 2020
Poetry
This is How it Ends
Kaci Skiles Laws
-
November 4, 2020
Poetry
no lighthouse for the smog in my eyes
Daniel J. Flore III
-
November 3, 2020
Poetry
The Nation’s Face
Tom Riordan
-
November 2, 2020
Poetry
Melissa’s Bicycle
Lawrence George
-
November 1, 2020
Poetry
Fire Moon Rising
Mark Grinyer
-
October 31, 2020
Poetry
.salvation
Tiko Lewis
-
October 30, 2020
Poetry
Just Another Dream Waking
RC James
-
October 29, 2020
Showcase
Elections Matter
OAF Artists & Writers
-
October 28, 2020
Poetry
October Surprise
Sara Clancy
-
October 27, 2020
Poetry
Father
Kaci Skiles Laws
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October 26, 2020
Poetry
Misery Chic
Jenn Zed
-
October 25, 2020
Poetry
This is me not exaggerating
Mike Casetta
-
October 23, 2020
Poetry
Childless
KIMBERLY McNeil
-
October 17, 2020
Poetry
Pig Latin
Kaci Skiles Laws
-
October 16, 2020
Poetry
My head is a guillotine
Daniel J. Flore III
-
October 15, 2020
Poetry
How to Survive an Apocalypse
Andy Posner
-
October 14, 2020
Poetry
In the Port of Saint Petersburg
Alfie Shoyger
-
October 12, 2020
Poetry
Changing Shapes of Rain
Miya Ko
-
October 7, 2020
Poetry
In honour of pets
Jordan Trethewey
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October 6, 2020
Poetry
Exhibition stand jewelry
Roger Fizzerton
-
October 5, 2020
Poetry
September 19, 2020
Michael Thomas Ellis
-
October 4, 2020
Poetry
Lazy Pencils
Jay Gandhi
-
October 3, 2020
Poetry
Kiss from God
Susan Peters
-
October 2, 2020
Poetry
Witnessing
Sara Clancy
-
September 30, 2020
Poetry
“WHERE are your tax returns, Mr. Trump?”
Tom Riordan
-
September 29, 2020
Poetry
Coupling
Rob Breeding
-
September 28, 2020
Poetry
no vacancy
Mike Casetta
-
September 27, 2020
Poetry
By the Maple
Miya Ko
-
September 26, 2020
Poetry
How old do you think I am?
Sara Clancy
-
September 25, 2020
Poetry
Liberated Me
Lance Jencks
-
September 24, 2020
Poetry
Edwin
Mike Casetta
-
September 23, 2020
Poetry
Her Knickers
Paul Brookes
-
September 21, 2020
Poetry
A Love Sonnet Written on the Occasion of the Death of...
Andy Posner
-
September 20, 2020
Poetry
Rick
John Yamrus
-
September 20, 2020
Poetry
Finish to Start
Lance Jencks
-
September 19, 2020
Poetry
Bedtime, Children!
Susan Peters
-
September 17, 2020
Poetry
Lockdown
Miya Ko
-
September 15, 2020
Poetry
Cyndi Lauper Turns 80
Lawrence George
-
September 11, 2020
Poetry
Terns
Cameron McClure
-
September 10, 2020
Poetry
The truck has a large red logo on its side
Michael Ashley
-
September 9, 2020
Poetry
With Your Voice
Mark A. Murphy
-
September 7, 2020
Poetry
Heartsongs—an anagram
Joan Colby
-
September 5, 2020
Poetry
SHELTERING AT HOME
Jefferson Carter
-
September 2, 2020
Poetry
Spying on My Beloved Ghosts
Susan Peters
-
September 1, 2020
Poetry
POETIC NOISE
Douglas Goodwin
-
August 31, 2020
Poetry
Livestreaming My Own Suicide
Lance Jencks
-
August 30, 2020
Poetry
You came to me upon the weakness of a rose petal
Daniel J. Flore III
-
August 28, 2020
Poetry
Days
Oliver Stansfield
-
August 26, 2020
Poetry
Selections from “poems from the deck”
Daniel J. Flore III
-
August 25, 2020
Poetry
Neon Neck
Michael Thomas Ellis
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August 23, 2020
Poetry
Seeing My Donated Dress on Sale at Goodwill
Trish Saunders
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August 22, 2020
Poetry
The band of St Carmen’s holy church Santa Cruz
Michael Ashley
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August 21, 2020
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