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An Old Crow Can Fly Like A ChildPoetry

An Old Crow Can Fly Like A Child

Dale PattersonAugust 1, 2023

Warm air rises to the ceiling. I draw a deep breath, stretch out my arms with fingers like feathers. My wife sees me lean…

I Wrote a Letter to BukowskiPoetry

I Wrote a Letter to Bukowski

John GurneyJuly 31, 2023

but I never mailed it what’s the point the guy is dead would his carcass crack open a beer his rusty smith corona clack…

haikuPoetry

haiku

Michael AckerJuly 29, 2023

remains of snowmen now heaps of ice hard as bone

Shut Up, SiriPoetry

Shut Up, Siri

Julie A. DicksonJuly 28, 2023

No one asked you. My phone suddenly speaks in a mostly quiet room. “I’m sorry, I didn’t quite get that” Everyone looks at me…

What The Spiders KnowPoetry

What The Spiders Know

Raymond HuffmanJuly 27, 2023

They go where nothing does not even moonlight Finding a way to slice the air and ride the wind If you see one bow…

Writing Poems for Gullible ReadersPoetry

Writing Poems for Gullible Readers

Dale PattersonJuly 26, 2023

Start with a comfortable room, perhaps a warm kitchen, then add something odd, a clock running backwards, a drawer with a chicken bone wired…

BlurPoetry

Blur

james stephenJuly 25, 2023

the window admits light into the dark room an empty couch against the wall a book open on the table you raise your hand…

Mad SkillsPoetry

Mad Skills

Sara ClancyJuly 23, 2023

Nothing new. Messy room. Mismatched. Teacher dull. Hair tangled. Lunch room balk. Cigar box full of broken chalk. Missed assignment. Deadline passed. Theme obscure.…

that realmPoetry

that realm

Michael AckerJuly 22, 2023

there is a realm I'm often transported to when reading great poetry it's one in which the common becomes more refined and the simple,…