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Tiko Lewis
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August 24, 2019
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Trish Saunders
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August 21, 2019
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Hidden Riddles
Maria Mazzenga
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August 19, 2019
Music
Notes from the Apocalypse
RC James
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August 16, 2019
Poetry
Triumph of the Will
David Lohrey
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August 15, 2019
Poetry
in Wait of Return
silent lotus
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August 14, 2019
Poetry
WHY ARE YOU SO FAT?
Douglas Goodwin
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August 12, 2019
Poetry
LOVE CRAWLED ALONG THE FLOOR
Douglas Goodwin
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August 11, 2019
Poetry
Stubble
Cameron McClure
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August 10, 2019
Poetry
After the coquilles Saint Jacques
silent lotus
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August 9, 2019
Poetry
Erasures
Joan Colby
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August 8, 2019
Poetry
This fierce year paces
Sara Clancy
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August 7, 2019
Poetry
Jennifer Harley
Lawrence George
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August 6, 2019
Poetry
Bliss by the Hour
David Lohrey
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August 3, 2019
Poetry
Brain dead fuckwits everywhere
Michael Ashley
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August 2, 2019
Poetry
Selections from “A Thousand and One Cranes”
Miya Ko
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July 24, 2019
Poetry
The Minister’s Daughter
Dale Patterson
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July 22, 2019
Poetry
Chef vs. Waiter
Lawrence George
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July 17, 2019
Poetry
After Crossing Bobtail Creek
Doug Flaherty
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July 16, 2019
Poetry
It’s been a half century since the fair
Sara Clancy
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July 13, 2019
Poetry
Variations on the Birth of Twins
Frank Candeloro
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July 12, 2019
Poetry
Artificial Intelligence
Morgan Driscoll
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July 11, 2019
Poetry
Forseeing reminiscense
Mélissa O'Flaherty
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July 4, 2019
Poetry
A Train Whistle Announcing the Arrival of Cousin Harrietta
Trish Saunders
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July 3, 2019
Poetry
Trump’s Cock
Eliot Jacobson
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July 1, 2019
Poetry
Meaning
Michael Acker
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June 30, 2019
Poetry
Cincinnati
David Lohrey
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June 29, 2019
Poetry
First we release the horses
Trish Saunders
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June 28, 2019
Poetry
How to win an argument: lesson #17, Dad
Eliot Jacobson
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June 27, 2019
Poetry
Yugen
Tom Strong
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June 22, 2019
Poetry
Uncomposed
Morgan Driscoll
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June 21, 2019
Poetry
Another Friday Night II
Cheryl Leverette
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June 21, 2019
Poetry
peep show politics
Tiko Lewis
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June 20, 2019
Poetry
Everybody Swims/Lino Cut
george roesch johnson
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June 20, 2019
Poetry
The Gardener
Ann Kammerer
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June 19, 2019
Poetry
Shutters
Martin Slavin
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June 19, 2019
Poetry
no reminders
Cheryl Leverette
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June 16, 2019
Poetry
Life Supplies
Lance Jencks
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June 15, 2019
Poetry
The curve of tenderness
Trish Saunders
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June 13, 2019
Poetry
Ageless
Amanda Villafranco
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June 12, 2019
Poetry
Poem for Bobby
Sara Clancy
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June 9, 2019
Poetry
Pain Scale in the ER
Sara Clancy
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June 2, 2019
Poetry
Last Days at Acme
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 1, 2019
Poetry
Swamp Thing
alan catlin
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May 31, 2019
Poetry
Snapback
Jordan Trethewey
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May 30, 2019
Poetry
I’m Heading South
John Austin
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May 28, 2019
Poetry
Softer Truths in City Parks
Tara Hagen
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May 27, 2019
Poetry
after the reading,
John Yamrus
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May 26, 2019
Poetry
The Atom of Language
Michael Acker
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May 26, 2019
Showcase
Some Men
Lyn Lifshin
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May 25, 2019
Poetry
Suicidal in Tuscany
Jenn Zed
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May 24, 2019
Poetry
Void
Amanda Villafranco
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May 23, 2019
Poetry
OFFICE THIEF
Jefferson Carter
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May 21, 2019
Poetry
Those who look straight forward
Michael Ashley
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May 20, 2019
Poetry
Untitled
Amanda Villafranco
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May 19, 2019
Poetry
Heart Attack
Randi Cramer
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May 18, 2019
Poetry
The state of things
Matt Dennison
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May 18, 2019
Poetry
Abstract Art Is Better in the Abstract
David E. Matthews
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May 17, 2019
Poetry
Visionaries
Michael Acker
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May 15, 2019
Poetry
Apocalypsis
Maria Mazzenga
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May 13, 2019
Poetry
Tax Returns
Tom Riordan
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May 12, 2019
Poetry
Let’s have sex on my birthday
Cheryl Leverette
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May 10, 2019
Poetry
The Hawk
Ann Kammerer
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May 8, 2019
Poetry
Lunch Date
Sara Clancy
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May 7, 2019
Poetry
A Cowboy in Therapy
Mike Casetta
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May 6, 2019
Poetry
Neither Nature nor Nurture
Tom Riordan
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May 4, 2019
Poetry
Just Rest
Lance Jencks
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May 3, 2019
Poetry
Swan Diver
Ann Kammerer
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April 30, 2019
Poetry
Quiet Baby
Ann Kammerer
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March 10, 2019
Poetry
Skinny Legs
Ann Kammerer
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March 9, 2019
Poetry
The House of the Children
Margarita Serafimova
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March 7, 2019
Poetry
The air conditioner repairman left his sweaty towel on my dishwasher
Cheryl Leverette
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March 5, 2019
Poetry
A Boat Called Isabelle
Margarita Serafimova
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February 26, 2019
Art
Using again …
Jenn Zed
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February 23, 2019
Poetry
The Dark
Susan Peters
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February 17, 2019
Poetry
haphazard
Michael Acker
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February 16, 2019
Poetry
Jazz Tuba
Jefferson Carter
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February 15, 2019
Poetry
Bonds
Amanda Villafranco
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February 7, 2019
Poetry
Shadow Existence and other poems
Cheryl Leverette
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February 6, 2019
Readings
Me and my zine
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 5, 2019
Poetry
separation
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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February 1, 2019
Poetry
Buddha Man Blues
RC James
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January 31, 2019
Poetry
Catastrophic thinking
Sara Clancy
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January 30, 2019
Poetry
Beneath These Boards
Michael Thomas Ellis
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January 29, 2019
Showcase
Jordan Trethewey & Marcel Herms Present: Unexpected Mergers
Jordan Trethewey
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January 27, 2019
Poetry
My friend has
Sara Riley
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January 25, 2019
Poetry
Return Policy
Megan Merchant
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January 24, 2019
Poetry
A Tennessee Fainting Goat in Texas
Mike Casetta
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January 22, 2019
Poetry
Gravity
Miya Ko
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January 16, 2019
Poetry
It’s About to Get Awkward
Bruce Alford
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January 15, 2019
Poetry
Pre-linguistic
Bruce Alford
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January 14, 2019
Poetry
Interior Decorating for the Autistic Mistress
Cheryl Leverette
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January 12, 2019
Poetry
Loose Change
Ian Badcoe
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January 11, 2019
Poetry
River Rock
Nancy Johnson James
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January 8, 2019
Poetry
In Guadalupe’s Bed
Tom Riordan
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January 5, 2019
Poetry
Zombies Bless America
Maria Mazzenga
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January 4, 2019
Poetry
Impact of War
Morgan Driscoll
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January 3, 2019
Poetry
New Year’s Day
Starr
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January 1, 2019
Poetry
Woken by a dove tapping
David Belcher
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January 1, 2019
Showcase
Horsefly Don’t Bother Me
Gerald Locklin
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December 29, 2018
Poetry
Against Poe
Jefferson Carter
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December 28, 2018
Poetry
A Flurry of Wings
Mike Casetta
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December 27, 2018
Poetry
Sabbath
Bruce Alford
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December 25, 2018
Poetry
The 12 beers of Christmas
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 25, 2018
Poetry
A Christmas Card from Charles Bukowski *
Charles Bukowski
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December 24, 2018
Poetry
Schrödinger’s Kitten
Miya Ko
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December 24, 2018
Poetry
Another Blue Room
David A Estringel
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December 23, 2018
Poetry
I Fucked the Poet
Lance Jencks
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December 22, 2018
Poetry
one of my first
John Yamrus
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December 21, 2018
Poetry
I try not to depend on anyone
Cheryl Leverette
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December 19, 2018
Poetry
The Shearer
John Austin
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December 18, 2018
Poetry
Koan #5378 (Extended Version)
Dick Holmes
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December 17, 2018
Poetry
No Carp in the Park
silent lotus
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December 16, 2018
Poetry
What Do You Call This? Bubba Ganish?
Michael Acker
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December 14, 2018
Poetry
First lesson in motherhood
Mélissa O'Flaherty
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December 12, 2018
Poetry
Reverse Rumi
Paul Brookes
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December 12, 2018
Poetry
World Class
David Lohrey
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December 11, 2018
Poetry
Oldies but Goodies
Tom Riordan
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December 9, 2018
Poetry
I’m Not Saying They Are Liars
Mike Casetta
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October 17, 2018
Poetry
orbit of a sacrifice
Amanda Villafranco
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October 15, 2018
Poetry
Gottfried and Klarissa
Dick Holmes
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October 10, 2018
Poetry
When I die don’t post it on Facebook
Michael Ashley
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October 8, 2018
Poetry
lemme say this while ain’t nobody lookin’
Tiko Lewis
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October 7, 2018
Poetry
Fidelity
Bethany Lim
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October 6, 2018
Poetry
Such a Worm as I
Morgan Driscoll
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October 5, 2018
Poetry
my-Tune
Jay Gandhi
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September 30, 2018
Poetry
i’ve been shit on…
John Yamrus
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September 28, 2018
Poetry
You Are Here
Mike Casetta
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September 25, 2018
Poetry
The Familiar
Greg Grummer
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September 23, 2018
Poetry
Bad Habits
Jefferson Carter
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September 21, 2018
Poetry
I’d like to avoid dementia
Sara Clancy
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September 15, 2018
Poetry
The Day Before Departure
Hugh Lemma
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September 11, 2018
Poetry
Stinson Beach
Claire Mora Parsons
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September 10, 2018
Poetry
Fistfirst
Albert Lee
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September 9, 2018
Poetry
Similarities I Share With Jesus
Mike Casetta
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September 7, 2018
Poetry
Packing Up the House
Sara Clancy
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September 6, 2018
Poetry
Flight
Nancy Johnson James
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September 2, 2018
Poetry
I Suffer Fools
Sara Clancy
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September 1, 2018
Poetry
Unhurried
Morgan Driscoll
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August 29, 2018
Poetry
Pills
Hugh Lemma
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August 24, 2018
Poetry
One Month After
Sara Clancy
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August 22, 2018
Poetry
aristotle’s ant
Tom Riordan
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August 21, 2018
Poetry
The Selfie
Michael Acker
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August 20, 2018
Poetry
How to Be the Happy One at House Parties
Andrew Rogers
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August 19, 2018
Poetry
What I should have told her
Sara Clancy
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August 14, 2018
Poetry
America America
Michael Ashley
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August 12, 2018
Poetry
Melon Man
Gerard Sarnat
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August 9, 2018
Poetry
Coyotes
Steve Klepetar
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August 2, 2018
Poetry
Pantoum for Changsha
Brendan Christopher
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August 1, 2018
Interviews
The Trump Poems: An Interview with Tom Riordan
Jay Dougherty
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July 31, 2018
Poetry
Good Germans
Jefferson Carter
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July 28, 2018
Poetry
If I Could Paint
Michael Rollain
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July 22, 2018
Poetry
rather not
Tom Riordan
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July 21, 2018
Poetry
Phonetics
Bethany Lim
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July 20, 2018
Poetry
A Short Tribute To The Word Quiver
Michael Thomas Ellis
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July 17, 2018
Poetry
even
John Yamrus
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July 15, 2018
Poetry
No Solace for Bastards
Michael Ashley
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July 13, 2018
Poetry
The Last Time in the Hospital
Mary McCarthy
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July 12, 2018
Poetry
a sparrow in the fist, an eagle on Everest
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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July 11, 2018
Poetry
Border Reflections
Steve Klepetar
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July 8, 2018
Poetry
Sonnet
Allan Johnston
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July 6, 2018
Poetry
Moving Day
Kani Basami
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July 5, 2018
Poetry
moths under bar light
Michael Rollain
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July 5, 2018
Poetry
never scrub saffron in a metal mortar
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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July 4, 2018
Poetry
bukowski
Michael Acker
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July 4, 2018
Poetry
Old Glory
Tom Riordan
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July 3, 2018
Poetry
Actual Persons, Living or Dead
Michelle Brooks
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July 3, 2018
Poetry
Mall of America
David Lohrey
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July 2, 2018
Poetry
Sheep
Allan Johnston
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July 2, 2018
Poetry
approaching 70…
John Yamrus
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July 2, 2018
Poetry
the world would split open
Jess Kangas
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July 1, 2018
Showcase
Poems from “An American Score”
Eric Elshtain
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July 1, 2018
Showcase
along the stream that fell from clouds & other poems
Milner Place
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June 30, 2018
Poetry
Missing
Claire Mora Parsons
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June 30, 2018
Showcase
The Miki Collection
Jenn Zed
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June 30, 2018
Poetry
the Zebra Crossing was under water
silent lotus
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June 29, 2018
Poetry
Odorous
Michael Acker
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June 28, 2018
Poetry
all natural zero calorie existence
Tiko Lewis
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June 27, 2018
Poetry
Eutrema and Other Poems
Anastasia Jill
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June 26, 2018
Poetry
A Great Fuck
Tom Riordan
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June 24, 2018
Poetry
Skin The
Paul Brookes
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June 22, 2018
Readings
Reprise
Cameron McClure
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June 22, 2018
Poetry
Simone Weil and the ugly piano
Jenn Zed
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June 21, 2018
Poetry
Calibrations
Cameron McClure
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June 19, 2018
Poetry
Giants
James Spears
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June 18, 2018
Poetry
Everyone Wears Black
Jenn Zed
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June 18, 2018
Poetry
Commuting: the Sentence
Edmund Conti
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June 18, 2018
Poetry
It’s been so long
Lyn Lifshin
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June 18, 2018
Poetry
The Bird Outside Our Kitchen
Lance Jencks
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June 17, 2018
Readings
Melinda, things I used to knowÂ
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 15, 2018
Poetry
Why I have weaponized the thistledown
Ian Badcoe
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June 12, 2018
Poetry
Now that you’re asleep
Jay Gandhi
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June 11, 2018
Poetry
How to Become Invisible
Mary McCarthy
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June 11, 2018
Poetry
Wild-Flower Picker in a Straitjacket
Nigel Lofthouse
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June 7, 2018
Poetry
Ahmed’s Sparrow
Starr
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June 6, 2018
Poetry
Maria
Jay Gandhi
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June 5, 2018
Poetry
Assassination of a Critic
Lance Jencks
-
June 3, 2018
Poetry
Less Tomorrow
James Spears
-
June 3, 2018
Poetry
Most times though we’d sit
Michael Ashley
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June 3, 2018
Poetry
Daffodil Spikes and Tulip Skewers
Jordan Trethewey
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
Unit 6
Starr
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
The astronaut
Maria Mazzenga
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
Scooter
Paul Brookes
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
Their thoughts move out of their bodies
David Belcher
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June 1, 2018
Poetry
Karin Dreijer Andersson
Jenn Zed
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May 31, 2018
Poetry
The Arena of Aesthetic Elaboration
Jenn Zed
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May 31, 2018
Poetry
Last Year’s Census
James Spears
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May 29, 2018
Poetry
Heating up the car
Daniel J. Flore III
-
May 29, 2018
Poetry
Bliss
Michael Ashley
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May 27, 2018
Poetry
Haikuesquecuses
Matt Dennison
-
May 27, 2018
Poetry
survivors
Maria Mazzenga
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May 27, 2018
Poetry
Tony The Lip
John Yamrus
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May 22, 2018
Poetry
A Messiah Morning
silent lotus
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May 21, 2018
Poetry
Curating Dust in Digital Times
Jordan Trethewey
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May 19, 2018
Poetry
Pale Yellow with Self-Doubt
Maria Mazzenga
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May 19, 2018
Poetry
#Metoo Today
Maria Mazzenga
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April 27, 2018
Poetry
TIMOTHY
Thomas Yarbrough
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April 26, 2018
Poetry
CLOUD BUKOWSKI
Matt Dennison
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April 22, 2018
Poetry
Don’t ask me
Jess Kangas
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April 22, 2018
Poetry
I disappeared
Jess Kangas
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April 22, 2018
Poetry
my apartment burned down last night
Jess Kangas
-
April 22, 2018
Poetry
Clock Radio #2: The Bukowski Issue
Jay Dougherty
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April 22, 2018
Poetry
DOOR MAT
Lyn Lifshin
-
April 19, 2018
Poetry
After
Steve Richmond
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April 16, 2018
Poetry
Message from my mother
Julia Schott
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April 13, 2018
Readings
The Bird
Matt Dennison
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April 12, 2018
Poetry
Lo-Fi
Jenn Zed
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April 11, 2018
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