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I needPoetry

I need

Julie A. DicksonDecember 3, 2022

mounds of paper, pens that never run out of ink to write, write watch squirrels bend low branches, bend not break, my back bends…

POSTCARD FROM MY SICKNESS #1Poetry

POSTCARD FROM MY SICKNESS #1

Daniel J. Flore IIIDecember 2, 2022

Dear Jame, you're right in the other room but in this sickness you are very far. the angels are tickling me. i have the…

BUTTSPoetry

BUTTS

Daniel J. Flore IIIDecember 2, 2022

all I can do is go outside with a cigarette when my wife is on the phone talking about hurricanes and how much we’re…

.O.Art, Poetry

.O.

Sonja Benskin MesherDecember 1, 2022

day of small things, slowly steadily worked as we rest the dust motes, shine as gold.  

MomentsPoetry

Moments

Dale PattersonDecember 1, 2022

I look at my watch, its round deadpan face. The second hand helps move the first. Without it it’s harder to tell time is…

The BeachPoetry

The Beach

james stephenNovember 30, 2022

fallen leaves cover the ground bird on a branch looking everywhere two birds on the beach searching the sands for something to eat a…

The Last BreathPoetry

The Last Breath

Raymond HuffmanNovember 30, 2022

The last breath are words that share a heavy weight with those few words that are impossible to comprehend meaning both everything and nothing…

I WANT TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MATTERSPoetry

I WANT TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MATTERS

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 29, 2022

I think I’m going to want to kill myself so I can call the suicide hotline and have someone to talk to

1 Star RatingPoetry

1 Star Rating

Obed LadinyNovember 29, 2022

The heart has a stone— the weight of its master tied to it going down to the sea depth. We are given a double…

The EmigrantPoetry

The Emigrant

Cameron McClureNovember 28, 2022

America’s fucked I want to go to America I can’t get to America If I get to America they won’t let me back I…

I HAD TO LIGHT A SECOND CIGARETTEPoetry

I HAD TO LIGHT A SECOND CIGARETTE

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 27, 2022

I had to light a second cigarette I was too anxious science says smoking makes you more anxious screw science I know what calms…

Searching for True NorthPoetry

Searching for True North

Raymond HuffmanNovember 27, 2022

Words circle an elusive center of meaning as wolves searching for warmth stalk fires on the coldest night of the year and aurora borealis…