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Meditation on NothingPoetry

Meditation on Nothing

Daniel J. Flore IIIJuly 6, 2021

another night of nothing the TV is giving me a headache the fans are blowing in fact the fans aren't just blowing they're blowing…

Neanderthals AllPoetry

Neanderthals All

Julie DesmondJuly 1, 2021

Most days Shuffling behind him, collecting his socks, She regards his three heads and Two left feet, bedhead breath, beer belly, Broken bones and…

The ArtistPoetry

The Artist

Jenn ZedJune 30, 2021

the day i first declared myself The Artist you laughed so hard we both wet ourselves it was autumn of some year and we…

Forgotten facesPoetry

Forgotten faces

Sheela MamidennaJune 29, 2021

Of all the forgotten faces let me be one. Like the wind felt but unseen. Like the dot that never grew beyond any dimension.…

formicarium Poetry

formicarium 

Rob BreedingJune 23, 2021

a tiny chinese woman in sumatra moves from shanghai so she can be poor there instead makes me a stir fry with onions &…

After Visiting You, I Return to My LifePoetry

After Visiting You, I Return to My Life

Andy PosnerJune 22, 2021

If I had more time— neither family nor job, neither errands nor sense of duty— I would visit every week, light, free of all…

The DangerPoetry

The Danger

Michael AshleyJune 21, 2021

we all face is the falling— that gradual descent between young energy warm spunk and the weary bones eaten by each and every day…

State of the ArtPoetry

State of the Art

Marc WoodwardJune 18, 2021

You like those poems Americans write where some lines are just one word Emphasis And nowadays it’s all the rage to write poems with…

.gravel path.Poetry

.gravel path.

Sonja Benskin MesherJune 16, 2021

oh we talked gravel yesterday how they sent a substitute that I had not ordered the wrong colour explained I quite like things come…

on getting accepted by a magPoetry

on getting accepted by a mag

Daniel J. Flore IIIJune 15, 2021

I used to tell people hey, I got published and they would always ask did you get paid? invariably the answer was no so…

Where I go from herePoetry

Where I go from here

David BelcherJune 4, 2021

I stretch before an open window, shaking off a sticky ache, a symptom of two days and nights of flitting from one party to…

Donny’s viral photos of wild horsesPoetry

Donny’s viral photos of wild horses

Jennifer WilderJune 3, 2021

I tagged Barbara because she is obsessed with protecting wild herds. Not sure why I included the descriptor prom date on my post but…