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On feeling lonely and dispirited cutting the grass at St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral summer 1972Poetry

On feeling lonely and dispirited cutting the grass at St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral summer 1972

Cameron McClureNovember 15, 2023

i had mistaken myself for the graveyard somewhere history closed its circle with an indifferent embrace mundane acknowledgements of life were carved on granite…

The SacrificePoetry

The Sacrifice

Cameron McClureNovember 13, 2023

i’m sorry i couldn’t go to your game today i was on the verge of capturing a universe in a grain of sand and…

The Last Will Be The FirstPoetry

The Last Will Be The First

Michael AckerNovember 12, 2023

There are exactly 8,041,272,548 humans on our planet.  The last one in the count is a feisty, baby girl named Maria-Angelica born in a Manilla…

EVERYWHEREPoetry

EVERYWHERE

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 11, 2023

lately I’ve been floating around I don’t want my feet on the ground that’s a drag I’d rather watch you from above I’d rather…

EpiphanyPoetry

Epiphany

Julie A. DicksonNovember 10, 2023

The gossip always the latest – if you want to know, she’s the one, you needn’t ask, she’ll just tell but; one day she…

.june.Art, Poetry

.june.

Sonja Benskin MesherNovember 9, 2023

there was a gentle breeze going, then the sun came through.

The Finest SpiritsPoetry

The Finest Spirits

Mike CasettaNovember 8, 2023

A Jew, a Christian & a Muslim walk into the bar. Each one orders a Day of Judgement on the rocks with a Resurrection of the Body chaser.…

RedshiftPoetry

Redshift

HughLemmaNovember 7, 2023

1. We begin as night watchers bringing news and lanterns; we end with the guilt and relief of a called-off search. 2. There is…

Kintsugi: a CadralorPoetry

Kintsugi: a Cadralor

Sara ClancyNovember 6, 2023

1. Yesterday a rat snake crawled up into the eaves and into a mourning dove's nest of twigs. This morning we found five shells…

If there was any lesson learnedPoetry

If there was any lesson learned

Ken TomaroNovember 2, 2023

it was that high school was a thousand different kinds of cruel this one got caught jerking off in the school bathroom that one…

Chromium-24/7Poetry

Chromium-24/7

D. E. KernNovember 1, 2023

They tore down a part of my hometown last week, imploded it to be precise, dissolved it from the inside as with cancer. A…

RemissionPoetry

Remission

Ann KammererOctober 31, 2023

Mom hoed the dead soil outside her Section 8 housing, tossing in coffee grounds, potato peels, and the crumbs of a Little Debbie snack…