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Potter’s Island

Wim Coleman -

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 -
black rotary dial phone on white surface
Poetry

New Haiku

Jerry Ratch -
person walking towards house
Poetry

Sleepless Again and Again

Nolcha Fox -
man in black jacket sitting on brown wooden bench
Poetry

Tat Tvam Asi

Tom Strong -
purple flower on brown soil
Poetry

Patience

Mike Casetta -
person wearing black denim bottoms near on body of water during daytime
Poetry

Valid Title

james stephen -
Poetry

aqueous

Michael Acker -
selective focus photography of tape measure
Poetry

Reflections II

Mike Casetta -
black and white whale in water
Poetry

One Possible Reason

Mike Casetta -
woman wearing brown scoop-neck sitting near airplane window while sleeping during flight
Poetry

~~ ~

silent lotus -
balloon on sky
Poetry

If Only I Could Undo My One Wish

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Sunflower

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Challenged

Michael Acker -
green statue of liberty during daytime
Poetry

The New Place

Sara Clancy -
black and brown vintage camera
Poetry

Haphazardly

Michael Acker -
silver and white round analog clock
Poetry

Sass

james stephen -
Poetry

Come Dance With Me

David E. Matthews -
Poetry

Goosebumps

Feyisayo Anjorin -
Poetry

I WON’T BE RETURNING ANY CALLS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

She looked around my place

Sara Clancy -
grayscale photography of man standing front of mirror
Poetry

Reflections

Mike Casetta -
bird flying over body of water
Poetry

when he begins to speak

Jan Harper -
Poetry

Graves in the Sky

Michael Acker -
selective focus photography of tape measure
Poetry

relativity theory

Jan Harper -
brown fabric seat near brown wooden pedestal table
Poetry

the floor boards ask questions

Dale Patterson -
Poetry

Saved By The Spell

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Your Turn

Sherry Cassells -
water droplets on glass window
Poetry

As If I Didn’t Know

Matt Dennison -
pink roses
Poetry

metaphorically speaking

Jan Harper -
Poetry

Blue Amulets from Brittany

Marc Woodward -
blue wooden window vent
Poetry

I COULD HANDLE MY BRAIN WITH WHITE NOISE COMING FROM ABOVE

Daniel J. Flore III -
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