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9/23/22Poetry

9/23/22

Mike CasettaNovember 19, 2022

Doctor told me today that I am cancer free. Then Albert Pujols hit home runs 699 & 700 in my honor. My very special,…

HePoetry

He

November 18, 2022

didn’t see poetry as anything special. it was just a part of him. a part of what he did... every day. he’d get up…

St. ChristopherPoetry

St. Christopher

Ann KammererNovember 17, 2022

I wandered around after Tim shot himself in the basement, the place where we made out and watched monster movies after high school dances.…

Backyard Wedding Reception, 1985Poetry

Backyard Wedding Reception, 1985

HughLemmaNovember 16, 2022

f I could only fly he sings, serving up his marrow like the hors d'oeuvres no one takes, graciously enough to ache in front…

YOUR UGLY SUNPoetry

YOUR UGLY SUN

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 16, 2022

you are taking everything from me overcoming me with you I’m like stars running out of light succumbing to the sunrise I’m on the…

QuerulousPoetry

Querulous

Sara ClancyNovember 15, 2022

Lean out of this convention of age with your coffee, your blue humor and your explanation. I might even back up and laugh. I…

TidesPoetry

Tides

Robert (Stastny)November 15, 2022

now we are just passengers at best something, a shadow, comes within grasp the music continues to play on the rails the wagon proceeds…

time lapse poemPoetry

time lapse poem

Mike CasettaNovember 14, 2022

flyaway umbrella upside down fills with rainwater frogs move in mosquitos for dinner tadpoles ensue hop away pool dries up umbrella skeleton

I CAN’T CALL YOU PAULPoetry, Readings

I CAN’T CALL YOU PAUL

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 14, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUN-pcmhd8w I can't call you Paul. I'm on my sickbed. and when I'm not there I get up and wander the night with my…

.new work.Art, Poetry

.new work.

Sonja Benskin MesherNovember 13, 2022

thankyou and say it is only temporary balanced or tied with string though overnight decided to use the glue gun

AphasiaPoetry

Aphasia

Sara ClancyNovember 13, 2022

I listen for context, willing myself to make out the space between that one phrase I caught and the air trapped behind it. I…

Daniel J. Flore III marked himself safePoetry

Daniel J. Flore III marked himself safe

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 12, 2022

Daniel J. Flore III marked himself safe from himself