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DewPoetry

Dew

Tom StrongOctober 21, 2021

Rest easy unborn while the warm air cools without a sun a dark blanket growing damp until gravid with aqueous eggs delivered to each…

The Hall Closet of Your Childhood HomePoetry

The Hall Closet of Your Childhood Home

Sara ClancyOctober 20, 2021

Do not keep the herringbone wool, the upright Hoover or the red galoshes. Never mind that the wooden wagon of colored blocks still sparks…

copper coilPoetry

copper coil

Jennifer WilderOctober 18, 2021

pigeon-breasted Margarite thanks god that the pitch-glued cabbage leaf barrier and pessary of honey-soaked acacia are relics of the past— for freedom and modern…

this train rides through duskPoetry

this train rides through dusk

Maria MazzengaOctober 17, 2021

buttery sun sinks another hairpin turn a million more mountains

The Remember TenurePoetry

The Remember Tenure

Tom StrongOctober 16, 2021

After she died I thought I’d miss her being here. But I got over that. Now I know what I miss is never knowing…

THE BODY BODYPoetry

THE BODY BODY

Jefferson CarterOctober 15, 2021

Once I sprained both ankles playing basketball. Sedentary, house-bound for weeks, I smoked pot, snorted coke, chased speed with shots of whiskey.  Take that, brain!  Take…

Done Gone WrongMusic, Poetry

Done Gone Wrong

RC JamesOctober 14, 2021

https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/done-gone-wrong-ii Everything done gone wrong done gone wrong over the top down to the edge can't fix it baby I got nothing I got…

On the Phone with ZaydaPoetry

On the Phone with Zayda

Sara ClancyOctober 13, 2021

Did you know my doctor has no teeth and smokes in the patient lounge? You can never trust a guy like that (the things…

The Long Letter That I Wrote YouPoetry

The Long Letter That I Wrote You

Jill WinkowskiOctober 12, 2021

On Sunday I wrote you a letter about how the sky was such a deep blue Then, on Sunday, again, I wrote you another…

Ode to a HummingbirdPoetry

Ode to a Hummingbird

RC JamesOctober 10, 2021

Tiny twin fluttering fans dart up to hover just there, beak fronting and losing its length to bud inside. Wonder of airs elite sharp…

BOB SUCKSPoetry

BOB SUCKS

Daniel J. Flore IIIOctober 8, 2021

I’m still suckin air big Bob says when I ask him how he’s doing to be funny I say that sucks he doesn’t get…