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Tat Tvam AsiPoetry

Tat Tvam Asi

Tom StrongOctober 6, 2023

A painting called Life on a museum wall after hours hangs lifeless. The museum opens people stroll down the aisle pause at Life give…

PatiencePoetry

Patience

Mike CasettaOctober 5, 2023

Early May plums the size & color of green olives are well hidden among the emerald leaves. In the next months as they enlarge…

Valid TitlePoetry

Valid Title

james stephenOctober 4, 2023

Awake and voracious ... I feel like if I must violate the peace then so be it jump in the word pile give off…

aqueousPoetry

aqueous

Michael AckerOctober 3, 2023

the peace is as plentiful as the water surrounding this city moving away from its bays into its heart blue-gray permeates and the eyes…

Reflections IIPoetry

Reflections II

Mike CasettaOctober 1, 2023

I tell myself I am not as fat as I look & it’s true I do tell myself that— because I am a liar…

One Possible ReasonPoetry

One Possible Reason

Mike CasettaSeptember 30, 2023

If I were an Orca off the coast of Portugal near the Straight of Gibraltar I’d try to sink your sailboat. How would you…

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silent lotusSeptember 29, 2023

If Only I Could Undo My One WishPoetry

If Only I Could Undo My One Wish

Tom StrongSeptember 28, 2023

I wished to be forever happy. It was granted. Now I don’t know what it means anymore.

ChallengedPoetry

Challenged

Michael AckerSeptember 24, 2023

The New PlacePoetry

The New Place

Sara ClancySeptember 23, 2023

You were dead, I'm certain. I knew from the way we all looked away from your bed and into our phones. You sat up…

HaphazardlyPoetry

Haphazardly

Michael AckerSeptember 22, 2023

It was always in cluttered antique shops that my wife and I could get our fill of nostalgia: where a 100-year-old typewriter may sit…

SassPoetry

Sass

james stephenSeptember 21, 2023

I admire the fit of the monkey into the alarm & the women who drive their obscene sofa trucks from mailbox to church ...…