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The Last GoodbyePoetry

The Last Goodbye

Raymond HuffmanAugust 24, 2023

When you get off the boat your perception changes You watch things more closely Like my beloved old tree dying I never imagined it…

Lost at Sea PantoumPoetry

Lost at Sea Pantoum

Susan PetersAugust 23, 2023

Lost at Sea Alzheimer’s Pantoum I first noticed when we sailed as we often did from Robinhood Cove to Bath. A thick fog swaddled…

In Space and TimePoetry

In Space and Time

Dale PattersonAugust 22, 2023

The distance between us is a giant red star. The irregular shapes of particulate matter- drifting away. Your eyes looking elsewhere.

even as the skies darkenPoetry

even as the skies darken

Jan HarperAugust 21, 2023

he's out there now row 2 forcing tines into the rain-packed crust beating greedy roots against the fork shaking loose clumps of soil and…

Bubble WrapPoetry

Bubble Wrap

Sara ClancyAugust 20, 2023

Another packing up dream and we're getting good at this. The embroidered table runner goes beneath the bundled purple china cow. As we add…

10-Gallon HatPoetry

10-Gallon Hat

Jerry RatchAugust 19, 2023

I got a 10-gallon hat But my head’s so fat I can only put it on 1 gallon at a time

A Small List Of Silent ThingsPoetry

A Small List Of Silent Things

HughLemmaAugust 17, 2023

The limbo of estrangement, the burden of a secret, the fragile hope of a ceasefire, the suddenness of endings, the wisdom in not speaking,…

then & nowPoetry

then & now

Michael AckerAugust 16, 2023

at the beginning it was mostly words with which our minds spoke to one another, till some empty well of curiosity had filled; a…

I Grew Up a Step-ChildPoetry

I Grew Up a Step-Child

Kaci Skiles LawsAugust 15, 2023

Wild child. Never mild child. Shut the fuck up child. Golden child. Scapegoat child—after while —go to therapy child. What do you know, child?…

MetallicPoetry

Metallic

Nolcha FoxAugust 14, 2023

Gray sheets of steel rain, each drop a tap, a strum, a drum upon the metal roof. A pickup band, hard rock, a heavy…

Leaving for FloridaPoetry

Leaving for Florida

Dale PattersonAugust 13, 2023

on a motorized scooter no purpose in life mustard drips off his hotdog