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7:55a.m.Poetry

7:55a.m.

james stephenFebruary 23, 2024

One day my body will collapse without reminiscence, all solicitations at an end & my tourist credentials confirmed in this life, I have existed…

A thread in CretePoetry

A thread in Crete

Nathalie SpaansFebruary 22, 2024

We move slow and there are grapes drying in the sun, sweet on the front of everything. We fumble keychains of where we are,…

AfterlightPoetry

Afterlight

HughLemmaFebruary 21, 2024

Today, as I walked from the kitchen, a wave of sadness blindsided me; I asked if it would kindly wait and steal my composure…

September’s EndPoetry

September’s End

HughLemmaFebruary 18, 2024

1. Here is the novelty of cooler air, at once fostered and ruined by rain. 2. I am the inside of a garment being…

terlinguaPoetry

terlingua

Rob BreedingFebruary 17, 2024

there’s a presence in the wind-blown sand hovering in the rippling cool of winter stacked stones of an old graveyard unrecognizable but for the…

..as a child..Art, Poetry

..as a child..

Sonja Benskin MesherFebruary 16, 2024

tell us things, take us without consent. there are no records

BREAKFAST ALFRESCOPoetry

BREAKFAST ALFRESCO

Daniel J. Flore IIIFebruary 14, 2024

the sun was out looking like the butter on my French toast

AbscissionPoetry

Abscission

Tom StrongFebruary 13, 2024

autumn reminds me creation comes home that death is not a separation life is

MetazurePoetry

Metazure

HughLemmaFebruary 10, 2024

My wristwatch checks me for the time, my verse expects a metered rhyme; my wallet hits me up for loans, my secrets beg to…

In a ForestPoetry

In a Forest

Sherry CassellsFebruary 9, 2024

If a tree falls the question goes and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound but no one is…

Salsa with DoubtPoetry

Salsa with Doubt

Jay GandhiFebruary 7, 2024

(I) Ten minutes into the shower, I fail to recall if I have applied a body wash & rinsed— I just check the armpit…