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Poetry
I Worry About Your Loneliness
Sherry Cassells
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November 29, 2025
Indelible (Thanksgiving)
Julie Desmond
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November 27, 2025
Poetry
Alone
Raymond Huffman
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February 24, 2023
Poetry
this poem is called three boys were shot dead in a...
Jill Winkowski
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February 21, 2023
Poetry
Still I Cry
Kaci Skiles Laws
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February 20, 2023
Poetry
Near Stone Creek a Mile from Imagination
james stephen
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February 19, 2023
Poetry
Regret
Andy Posner
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February 18, 2023
Poetry
.untitled.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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February 15, 2023
Poetry
Pain of the sex
Nathalie Spaans
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February 14, 2023
Poetry
The black rose of poverty
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 11, 2023
Poetry
Makeup
Ann Kammerer
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February 10, 2023
Poetry
Mm, Mm, Good
Matt Dennison
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February 9, 2023
Poetry
Li Po Embraces the Moon
RC James
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February 8, 2023
Poetry
No one died when the house burned down
Kaci Skiles Laws
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February 7, 2023
Poetry
Back Cover Blurb
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 6, 2023
Poetry
The Color of Color
Tom Strong
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February 5, 2023
Poetry
Us
Hugh Lemma
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February 4, 2023
Poetry
unceremoniously
Michael Acker
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February 3, 2023
Poetry
Touch (a Ghost addresses her Medium)
Marc Woodward
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February 2, 2023
Poetry
Yes, I know I am dying
Nolcha Fox
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February 1, 2023
Poetry
.noted.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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January 31, 2023
Poetry
Thuggery
Marc Woodward
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January 27, 2023
Poetry
Shrewing
Tom Strong
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January 26, 2023
Poetry
MY BOOK COSTS 7 BUCKS
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 25, 2023
Poetry
Us
Robert Stastny
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January 24, 2023
Poetry
There are mornings when
Jay Dougherty
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January 23, 2023
Poetry
Lost in a Small Closet
Dale Patterson
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January 22, 2023
Poetry
Maureen and The Redeemer
Marc Woodward
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January 20, 2023
Poetry
I CAN’T BURY THE CORPSE OF YOUR MEMORY
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 19, 2023
Poetry
Upon My Return
Hugh Lemma
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January 18, 2023
Poetry
It Never Changes
Dale Patterson
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January 17, 2023
Poetry
.her sister.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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January 15, 2023
Poetry
He Is That Sun (For Tut ’22)
Paul Brookes
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January 13, 2023
Poetry
Poultry Competition
Allan Lake
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January 11, 2023
Poetry
RED HOT
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 10, 2023
Poetry
Places my hands don’t reach
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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January 9, 2023
Poetry
It’s A Good Thing You Are Not Here
Mike Casetta
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January 8, 2023
Poetry
her mouth
January 7, 2023
Poetry
Migration
Dale Patterson
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January 6, 2023
Poetry
Being human is ridiculous
Jordan Trethewey
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January 5, 2023
Poetry
Statement Piece
Sherry Cassells
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January 4, 2023
Poetry
Instinct
Sara Clancy
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January 3, 2023
Poetry
“Son…
Matt Dennison
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January 2, 2023
Poetry
New Year’s Eve Countdown… and I Can’t Wait!
Obed Ladiny
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January 2, 2023
Poetry
He says I’m too good
Kaci Skiles Laws
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January 1, 2023
Poetry
A waltz through the corn fields
Ken Tomaro
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December 31, 2022
Poetry
Woe Is Me
Tom Strong
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December 30, 2022
Poetry
After the Visit
Sara Clancy
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December 29, 2022
Poetry
Divine Sequence
Miya Ko
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December 28, 2022
Poetry
That Cemetery Cold
Paul Brookes
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December 27, 2022
Poetry
SENSATIONAL REAL LIFE
Mark Anthony Pearce
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December 26, 2022
Poetry
Interview With the Poet
Matt Dennison
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December 25, 2022
Poetry
POSTCARD FROM MY SICKNESS #3 (LETTER TO ME)
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 24, 2022
Poetry
Headliner
Ken Tomaro
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December 23, 2022
Poetry
I GUESS I COULD CRY WITH YOU
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 22, 2022
Poetry
edges
Michael Acker
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December 21, 2022
Poetry
perennials
Michael Acker
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December 20, 2022
Poetry
Unless I Die in a Magic Trick
Matt Dennison
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December 19, 2022
Poetry
THE PLEASURES OF WORK
Mark Anthony Pearce
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December 18, 2022
Poetry
MY PAPAP IS IN THE HOSPITAL
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 17, 2022
Poetry
EXTRAMARITAL POETRY
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 16, 2022
Poetry
..
Hugh Lemma
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December 16, 2022
Poetry
Two goats to the altar
Nathalie Spaans
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December 15, 2022
Poetry
Armageddon in my stomach
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 14, 2022
Poetry
summer heat
Michael Acker
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December 14, 2022
Poetry
Empty Seat
Sharon Bartshe
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December 13, 2022
Poetry
THE OLD PICTURE OF GRAMPY
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 12, 2022
Poetry
October Wind
Raymond Huffman
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December 11, 2022
Poetry
News of the Apocalypse
Cameron McClure
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December 10, 2022
Poetry
performance
Michael Acker
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December 9, 2022
Poetry
6:09 a.m.
james stephen
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December 8, 2022
Poetry
Happy Things
Ann Kammerer
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December 7, 2022
Poetry
Square Jaw and GSOH
Cameron McClure
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December 6, 2022
Poetry
A Present for the Fisherman
Raymond Huffman
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December 6, 2022
Poetry
4:48 a.m.
james stephen
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December 5, 2022
Poetry
what is
Michael Acker
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December 5, 2022
Poetry
In Defense
Dale Patterson
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December 4, 2022
Poetry
A Father’s Advice
Raymond Huffman
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December 4, 2022
Poetry
eulogy for Dean
Mike Casetta
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December 3, 2022
Poetry
I need
Julie A. Dickson
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December 3, 2022
Poetry
POSTCARD FROM MY SICKNESS #1
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 2, 2022
Poetry
BUTTS
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 2, 2022
Poetry
.O.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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December 1, 2022
Poetry
Moments
Dale Patterson
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December 1, 2022
Poetry
The Beach
james stephen
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November 30, 2022
Poetry
The Last Breath
Raymond Huffman
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November 30, 2022
Poetry
I WANT TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MATTERS
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 29, 2022
Poetry
1 Star Rating
Obed Ladiny
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November 29, 2022
Poetry
The Emigrant
Cameron McClure
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November 28, 2022
Poetry
butterflies drink turtle tears
Matt Dennison
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November 28, 2022
Poetry
I HAD TO LIGHT A SECOND CIGARETTE
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 27, 2022
Poetry
Searching for True North
Raymond Huffman
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November 27, 2022
Poetry
mycribso
Matt Dennison
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November 26, 2022
Poetry
Empty Metaphors
Jenn Zed
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November 26, 2022
Poetry
A Conversation at the Age Desk
Raymond Huffman
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November 25, 2022
Poetry
. green.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 24, 2022
Poetry
Paste Wax
Ann Kammerer
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November 24, 2022
Poetry
How Long
Julie A. Dickson
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November 23, 2022
Poetry
We will
Raymond Huffman
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November 23, 2022
Poetry
the moon chimes in
Robert Stastny
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November 22, 2022
Poetry
Soaked as I am
Julie A. Dickson
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November 22, 2022
Poetry
I Must Be Careful What I Leave
Raymond Huffman
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November 21, 2022
Poetry
One Night
Matt Dennison
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November 21, 2022
Poetry
Sherwood
Ann Kammerer
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November 20, 2022
Poetry
No Physics for Love
Mike Casetta
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November 20, 2022
Poetry
22 Sept 22
Marc Woodward
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November 19, 2022
Poetry
9/23/22
Mike Casetta
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November 19, 2022
Poetry
He
November 18, 2022
Poetry
St. Christopher
Ann Kammerer
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November 17, 2022
Poetry
Backyard Wedding Reception, 1985
Hugh Lemma
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November 16, 2022
Poetry
YOUR UGLY SUN
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 16, 2022
Poetry
Querulous
Sara Clancy
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November 15, 2022
Poetry
Tides
Robert Stastny
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November 15, 2022
Poetry
time lapse poem
Mike Casetta
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November 14, 2022
Readings
I CAN’T CALL YOU PAUL
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 14, 2022
Poetry
.new work.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 13, 2022
Poetry
Aphasia
Sara Clancy
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November 13, 2022
Poetry
Daniel J. Flore III marked himself safe
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 12, 2022
Poetry
when did you see it coming
Cameron McClure
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November 12, 2022
Poetry
AFTER JOE BOLTON (FOR TOHM BAKELAS)
Mark Anthony Pearce
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November 11, 2022
Poetry
A Hunch
Sherry Cassells
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November 11, 2022
Poetry
I WAS SENSITIVE
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 10, 2022
Poetry
7:40
james stephen
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November 10, 2022
Poetry
. selective.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 9, 2022
Poetry
Signs
Dale Patterson
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November 9, 2022
Poetry
Depression is six months of laundry
Kaci Skiles Laws
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November 8, 2022
Poetry
many years from now the world will die
Jay Dougherty
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November 8, 2022
Poetry
a fair crop
Matt Dennison
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November 7, 2022
Poetry
The Cleaver days
Ken Tomaro
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November 5, 2022
Poetry
Certificate of achievement
Ken Tomaro
-
November 4, 2022
Poetry
Autumn
Nathalie Spaans
-
November 4, 2022
Poetry
.rose.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
November 4, 2022
Poetry
There is No Proof
Mike Casetta
-
November 4, 2022
Poetry
72 Heartbeats Per Minute
Dale Patterson
-
November 2, 2022
Poetry
.idea.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
November 2, 2022
Poetry
My Soul In The Mirror
Hugh Lemma
-
November 2, 2022
Poetry
River Angel
Dale Patterson
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November 2, 2022
Poetry
Halloween 2022
Raymond Huffman
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November 2, 2022
Poetry
.hue.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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October 31, 2022
Poetry
Auditory
Bethany Lim
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October 31, 2022
Poetry
Through the bonfire smoke
Ken Tomaro
-
October 31, 2022
Poetry
Literary Criticism
Raymond Huffman
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October 31, 2022
Poetry
Intoxication
Alyssa Tanafranca
-
October 30, 2022
Poetry
.two houses.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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October 28, 2022
Poetry
Instinct
Sara Clancy
-
October 28, 2022
Poetry
Calm enough
Ken Tomaro
-
October 28, 2022
Poetry
National Geographic and the Political Landscape
Obed Ladiny
-
October 28, 2022
Poetry
Walking The Circle
Tom Strong
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October 26, 2022
Poetry
unceremoniously
Michael Acker
-
October 26, 2022
Poetry
VACANCY
Daniel J. Flore III
-
October 26, 2022
Poetry
E. E. Dickinson
Sharon Bartshe
-
October 24, 2022
Poetry
GLIMPSES OF MY MOM AND ME AFTER THE DIVORCE, 1988
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 24, 2022
Poetry
Blood Rain
Marc Woodward
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October 23, 2022
Poetry
Something Keeps Cutting the Spider’s Web
Raymond Huffman
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October 21, 2022
Poetry
To the Dapple Gray Mare Who Almost Killed Me
Sara Clancy
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October 21, 2022
Poetry
Meditation
Mike Casetta
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October 21, 2022
Poetry
Amgen
Lawrence George
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October 19, 2022
Poetry
Hostess
Ann Kammerer
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October 19, 2022
Poetry
La Rochelle
Jenn Zed
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October 19, 2022
Poetry
Fragile morning motivation
Jay Gandhi
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October 17, 2022
Poetry
Abscission
Tom Strong
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October 17, 2022
Poetry
open tuning
Sara Clancy
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October 17, 2022
Poetry
Bottom feeding at the gas station slots
Daniel J. Flore III
-
October 14, 2022
Poetry
4:43 a.m.
james stephen
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October 14, 2022
Poetry
.memoire.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
October 14, 2022
Poetry
I see the sun come up and we have one more...
Ken Tomaro
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October 12, 2022
Poetry
Parkinson’s
Larry Houston
-
October 12, 2022
Poetry
10 North Fulton
Rick Pernod
-
October 10, 2022
Poetry
A Loss of Belief
Raymond Huffman
-
October 9, 2022
Showcase
Free Broadside: Dan Flore’s “Homeless Poems”
Open Arts Forum
-
October 7, 2022
Poetry
Icarus reincarnated
Mike Casetta
-
October 5, 2022
Poetry
Designated Drivers
Tom Strong
-
October 2, 2022
Poetry
To My Dearest Whore (City)
Obed Ladiny
-
October 1, 2022
Poetry
An ode to Billy C.
Ken Tomaro
-
September 28, 2022
Poetry
Rearrangements
Mike Casetta
-
September 25, 2022
Poetry
pixelated
Michael Acker
-
September 24, 2022
Poetry
A Season’s Change
Michael Acker
-
September 21, 2022
Poetry
Her Mother’s Dishes
Dale Patterson
-
September 18, 2022
Poetry
97.8% Impotent
Lance Jencks
-
September 11, 2022
Poetry
..humans..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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September 10, 2022
Poetry
Apologies, but this is how i feel tonight
Jill Winkowski
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September 4, 2022
Poetry
Nomads & nomenclature
silent lotus
-
September 3, 2022
Poetry
A Pretty Face
Sharon Bartshe
-
August 31, 2022
Poetry
Billy Joel
Ann Kammerer
-
August 28, 2022
Poetry
Dear Charles Bukowski,
Sarah Stoltzfus Allen
-
August 27, 2022
Poetry
4 a.m.
Larry Houston
-
August 24, 2022
Poetry
Snowmen
Ray Miller
-
August 21, 2022
Poetry
No Memory of the Wind
Raymond Huffman
-
August 14, 2022
Poetry
Sour Moon
Starr
-
August 10, 2022
Poetry
Things I Said to My Therapist
Dale Patterson
-
August 7, 2022
Poetry
At the Casino with No Money
Daniel J. Flore III
-
August 6, 2022
Poetry
Missing (for my grandparents)
Nolcha Fox
-
July 31, 2022
Poetry
BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COVID
Daniel J. Flore III
-
July 27, 2022
Poetry
three exes
Larry Houston
-
July 24, 2022
Poetry
Ketchup
Ann Kammerer
-
July 23, 2022
Poetry
Strawberry Panic
Jenn Zed
-
July 20, 2022
Poetry
cool air warm water
Dale Patterson
-
July 17, 2022
Poetry
High Life
Starr
-
July 16, 2022
Poetry
Duck
James T. Stemmle
-
July 10, 2022
Poetry
Passing the Buk
Scott Douglas
-
July 9, 2022
Poetry
Mourners
Andy Posner
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July 3, 2022
Poetry
.news.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
June 29, 2022
Poetry
Fears of Trees
Raymond Huffman
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June 25, 2022
Poetry
Sara
Mike Casetta
-
June 19, 2022
Poetry
Hips like there’s no water near
Nathalie Spaans
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June 8, 2022
Poetry
MY MOM’S BOYFRIENDS
Daniel J. Flore III
-
June 5, 2022
Poetry
Don’t Wake Daddy
Mélissa Gustafson
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June 4, 2022
Poetry
I think of you, I shake
Nathalie Spaans
-
June 1, 2022
Poetry
For the Next 19 Children
Jordan Trethewey
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May 29, 2022
Poetry
When We Were Poets
Sherry Cassells
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May 28, 2022
Contributor Blogs
10 TIPS FOR WRITING POETRY
Daniel J. Flore III
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May 21, 2022
Poetry
his nails trimmed short
Jennifer Wilder
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May 18, 2022
Poetry
If you let me I’ll change my room into woods
Nathalie Spaans
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May 15, 2022
Poetry
Desiderata
Mark A. Murphy
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May 12, 2022
Poetry
he read
May 5, 2022
Poetry
NETFLIX
Jefferson Carter
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April 26, 2022
Poetry
Poetry Happens
Wim Coleman
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April 20, 2022
Poetry
Post Op for Richard Brautigan
Mike Casetta
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April 17, 2022
Poetry
Small Talk
Sara Clancy
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April 8, 2022
Poetry
I’ll text you back anyway
Daniel J. Flore III
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April 1, 2022
Poetry
killing the root
Jennifer Wilder
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March 30, 2022
Poetry
Liberated Me
Lance Jencks
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March 28, 2022
Poetry
On my 44th birthday
Daniel J. Flore III
-
March 27, 2022
Poetry
HEY BUK
Lance Jencks
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March 19, 2022
Poetry
Zayda in Memory Care
Sara Clancy
-
March 17, 2022
Poetry
Later will be time to talk about a family killed on...
Trish Saunders
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March 10, 2022
Poetry
Leningrad Ghosts
Mark A. Murphy
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March 6, 2022
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