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Hips like there’s no water near

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MY MOM’S BOYFRIENDS

Daniel J. Flore III -
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Don’t Wake Daddy

Mélissa Gustafson -
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I think of you, I shake

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For the Next 19 Children

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When We Were Poets

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The Final Love Poem

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his nails trimmed short

Jennifer Wilder -
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If you let me I’ll change my room into woods

Nathalie Spaans -
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Desiderata

Mark A. Murphy -
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he read

John Yamrus -
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NETFLIX

Jefferson Carter -
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Poetry Happens

Wim Coleman -
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Post Op for Richard Brautigan

Mike Casetta -
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Small Talk

Sara Clancy -
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I’ll text you back anyway

Daniel J. Flore III -
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killing the root

Jennifer Wilder -
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Liberated Me

Lance Jencks -
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Poetry

On my 44th birthday

Daniel J. Flore III -
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Poetry

HEY BUK

Lance Jencks -
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Poetry

Zayda in Memory Care

Sara Clancy -
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Poetry

The Wicked Walk

Douglas Goodwin -
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Later will be time to talk about a family killed on...

Trish Saunders -
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Leningrad Ghosts

Mark A. Murphy -
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Poetry

The year of the tyrant’s final spring

Trish Saunders -
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The Matriarch of the sidewalk

silent lotus -
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Ukraine

Andy Posner -
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Traveling West

John Gurney -
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A Sad Tale with No Moral

Mike Casetta -
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Sonnet for Leni

Miya Ko -
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The Business of Life and Death

Andy Posner -
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I watch the cartoon cat eat the cartoon fish

Michael Ashley -
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I’m going to go look for a job tomorrow

Robert Stastny -
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Poetry

The Whole Day Went Dark

james stephen -
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Poetry

No Sky for an Atheist

Sherry Cassells -
damselflies
Poetry

Dragonflies

Mark A. Murphy -
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Poetry

COUNTRY LIFE

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro -
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City of peace

David Belcher -
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Quadrant

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Americarnage

John Gurney -
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Poetry

Accept no substitute

Rob Thomas -
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Poetry

Parking Space

Ann Kammerer -
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Poetry

The Duck Had Me

Palline Plum -
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Who Will Find Us?

Alison Hicks -
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Poetry

averse

Tiko Lewis -
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The body of Christ

KIMBERLY McNeil -
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Three Doors

Alison Hicks -
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WHERE THERE’S VANITY, THERE’S HOPE

Jefferson Carter -
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Radiation Oncology

Lance Jencks -
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THE CLEANER WHO HATES MEN

Mark Anthony Pearce -
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Poetry

After Seeing You in Sullivan’s

Trish Saunders -
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the yesterdays before tomorrow

silent lotus -
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.shelter.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
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I’d Rather Have My Ass Slapped Than My Ribcage

Starr -
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Poetry

Candy Box Kazoos

Barry Burgess -
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Poetry

He’s probably sleeping now

Jill Winkowski -
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The Spirit of Christmas

Andy Posner -
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of Moments that loiter

silent lotus -
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Poetry

Receipt

james stephen -
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Poetry

When the storms arrive

Michael Ashley -
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Poetry

Convent

Matt Dennison -
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Poetry

how it used to be

Emily J Vieweg -
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Born

Julie Desmond -
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Chigguns’

Glenn Richardson -
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My Name

james stephen -
Poetry

TIM THE TAPPER

Mark Anthony Pearce -
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Mores of the morning

silent lotus -
Poetry

all dog, otherwise

Mike Casetta -
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Jelly Filled Powdered Donuts

silent lotus -
Poetry

Séance for One

Sara Clancy -
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OFF SEASON AT THE SHORE

Daniel J. Flore III -
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Scrape

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

YESTERNOW

Jefferson Carter -
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.white.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
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The Fog of Anger

Andy Posner -
Poetry

No Machine

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself Multiply

james stephen -
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Sleeping with Dana

Daniel J. Flore III -
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the imposter

Rob Thomas -
Poetry

and turn it back on him

Jennifer Wilder -
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just one more

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Blood Oranges / ice cubes & straws

silent lotus -
Poetry

mom’s haiku

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Tonight, I Am Grieving for a Mouse

Palline Plum -
Poetry

End of October

james stephen -
Poetry

Their Final Words

Miya Ko -
Poetry

Give Me a Pen, Give Me a Pencil

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
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Sisters Coffee

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

Harvest

Mike Casetta -
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Dew

Tom Strong -
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The Hall Closet of Your Childhood Home

Sara Clancy -
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copper coil

Jennifer Wilder -
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this train rides through dusk

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

The Remember Tenure

Tom Strong -
Poetry

THE BODY BODY

Jefferson Carter -
Music

Done Gone Wrong

RC James -
Poetry

On the Phone with Zayda

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

The Long Letter That I Wrote You

Jill Winkowski -
Poetry

Ode to a Hummingbird

RC James -
Poetry

before Hip-Hop

silent lotus -
Poetry

BOB SUCKS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Prendere lucciole per lanterne (‘to take fireflies for lanterns’)

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

song to myself

Cameron McClure -
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The sounds a sick man hears in bed

Daniel J. Flore III -
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THIRTY

Douglas Goodwin -
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死亡

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

he who fears bees, fears flowers

Dana St. Mary -
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last night death sat

Milner Place -
Poetry

EVICTION

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

.ghosts.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
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The Right Kind of Babies

james stephen -
Poetry

Autobiographical Coffees

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Cycling Dhyana

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Instead of sleeping I walk

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Woman with Dog

Lance Jencks -
Poetry

The Asshole’s Final Love Song

Eliot Jacobson -
Poetry

I guess they’ve read enough Dan Flore poems

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Hot Wells Hotel Ruins

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Unsolved Mystery #101

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

The Manner of Leaving

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

McDonald’s Sunday night visitation rights

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Blanks

Tom Speaks -
Poetry

At the corner of something and something

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

Iris

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Poetry

Hum Along

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Visible Memory Punctuation

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

Unamused

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

This is how the world ends

Eliot Jacobson -
Poetry

Fingering out…

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

.precious.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

MY WHOLE DAY IN A STUPID NOTEPAD

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

What Little I Know About Lunacy

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

The Witness

silent lotus -
Poetry

Me and Faranelli

Anthony Hughes -
Poetry

Sunday, you rotten bitch

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Doggerel

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

the Mathematics of Elbowroom & Hearsay

silent lotus -
Poetry

Some Stories We Don’t Want to Tell

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

What Happens When You Forget to Close Your Bedroom Window

Andy Posner -
Poetry

The Insect Sonnets: Grasshopper

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

DEADMAN

KIMBERLY McNeil -
Music

Booda Wot Doddy

RC James -
Poetry

learning to read again

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

Meditation on Nothing

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Neanderthals All

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

The Artist

Jenn Zed -
Poetry

Forgotten faces

Sheela Mamidenna -
Poetry

formicarium 

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

After Visiting You, I Return to My Life

Andy Posner -
Poetry

The Danger

Michael Ashley -
Poetry

State of the Art

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

.gravel path.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

on getting accepted by a mag

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Where I go from here

David Belcher -
Poetry

Donny’s viral photos of wild horses

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

junk in corners

james stephen -
Poetry

Retired

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
Poetry

AVIDECO

Mark Anthony Pearce -
Poetry

Pigeon religion

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

I give back all your kisses

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

WAITING FOR BUKOWSKI TO DIE

Douglas Goodwin -
Poetry

Existential Angst

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Sojourns

silent lotus -
Poetry

Digital Revenge

Jay Gandhi -
Poetry

sausage poem

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Trauma Hamster Wheel

Jordan Trethewey -
Poetry

Low Hanging Fruit

Julie Desmond -
Poetry

variety is a variation of similarity (email #409)

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

Today I Need Your Best Poems

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

Mirage

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

OkCupid

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

unintended for this world

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

Canary Diamond

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

I don’t want to make $ anymore

Lawrence George -
Poetry

I think I died

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Poetry

Wendy and the flowers

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Woman with Cigarette

james stephen -
Poetry

Links

Martin Pedersen -
Poetry

strange town, familiar smell

Anthony Hughes -
Poetry

pinned under a washing machine (spin cycle)

Ron Sardino -
Poetry

Troubles

Chloe Zumbrun -
Poetry

Sweet Pea

Chloe Zumbrun -
Poetry

the first time I slept

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Homage to Wong Kar Wai

Miya Ko -
Poetry

Why are you always defending him?

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

daylight savings

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

Gaslight

Miya Ko -
Poetry

Other People’s Bathrobes

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

a murder of words

Michael Acker -
Poetry

Clippings of bad poetry

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

The Flowers Who Wanted To Be a Woman

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Carpe Diem

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Road to Big Sur

Lance Jencks -
Poetry

michael visits his favorite webcam girl

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

Hospital (Self Isolation Sonnet)

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Novelty

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Galileo Never Rode a Rickshaw

Michael Acker -
Poetry

Kim gets the red dress

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

A drawing of the one that got away

Anthony Hughes -
Poetry

10:08 a.m.

james stephen -
Poetry

Out of My Down-in-the-Dumps

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

Regarding a Corpse

Andy Posner -
Poetry

Scylla and Charybdis

Maria Mazzenga -
Poetry

The Wood Conductor

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Laneville poem

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Don’t You Worry, Jackie Boy

james stephen -
Poetry

The Finesse of Oneness

silent lotus -
Poetry

Questions I Would Ask Him

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

Group Art

Miya Ko -
Poetry

Getting Help

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Beatles Fan from Buenos Aires

Mark Anthony Pearce -
Poetry

Meth(odical) Fog

Starr -
Poetry

The Day Squirrels Preach

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
Poetry

Quacks

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Thutam Nguyen

Lawrence George -
Poetry

AA #2 – Unnamed: We’ll Call Him Mushroom

James Spears -
Poetry

needing a glass of water and following the curve of your...

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Galapagos tortoises

LA Brown -
Poetry

What’s Going On Twenty21

silent lotus -
Poetry

Mobs want to do my thinking for me

David Belcher -
Poetry

How to Prepare for a Coup in a Pandemic

Andy Posner -
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The Fallow Rotation

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