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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
MINOTAUR
Jefferson Carter
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November 17, 2020
Poetry
Come What May
Michael Acker
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November 16, 2020
Poetry
Someone puts out a light
David Belcher
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November 15, 2020
Poetry
Pilot Light
Starr
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November 13, 2020
Poetry
BEAR STREET
Mark Anthony Pearce
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November 12, 2020
Poetry
It’s All My Fault
Eliot Jacobson
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November 9, 2020
Poetry
Write a Poem to Yourself for Your Ninetieth Birthday
Trish Saunders
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November 8, 2020
Poetry
Grove of Trees Under Which We Are Side by Side, Shape...
Chloe Zumbrun
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November 7, 2020
Poetry
Ars Poetica
Michele Harris
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November 6, 2020
Poetry
This is How it Ends
Kaci Skiles Laws
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November 4, 2020
Poetry
no lighthouse for the smog in my eyes
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 3, 2020
Poetry
Melissa’s Bicycle
Lawrence George
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November 1, 2020
Poetry
Fire Moon Rising
Mark Grinyer
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October 31, 2020
Poetry
.salvation
Tiko Lewis
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October 30, 2020
Poetry
Just Another Dream Waking
RC James
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October 29, 2020
Poetry
October Surprise
Sara Clancy
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October 27, 2020
Poetry
Father
Kaci Skiles Laws
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October 26, 2020
Poetry
Misery Chic
Jenn Zed
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October 25, 2020
Poetry
This is me not exaggerating
Mike Casetta
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October 23, 2020
Poetry
Childless
KIMBERLY McNeil
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October 17, 2020
Poetry
Pig Latin
Kaci Skiles Laws
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October 16, 2020
Poetry
My head is a guillotine
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 15, 2020
Poetry
How to Survive an Apocalypse
Andy Posner
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October 14, 2020
Poetry
In the Port of Saint Petersburg
Alfie Shoyger
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October 12, 2020
Poetry
Changing Shapes of Rain
Miya Ko
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October 7, 2020
Poetry
In honour of pets
Jordan Trethewey
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October 6, 2020
Poetry
Exhibition stand jewelry
Roger Fizzerton
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October 5, 2020
Poetry
September 19, 2020
Michael Thomas Ellis
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October 4, 2020
Poetry
Lazy Pencils
Jay Gandhi
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October 3, 2020
Poetry
Kiss from God
Susan Peters
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October 2, 2020
Poetry
Witnessing
Sara Clancy
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September 30, 2020
Poetry
Coupling
Rob Breeding
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September 28, 2020
Poetry
By the Maple
Miya Ko
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September 26, 2020
Poetry
How old do you think I am?
Sara Clancy
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September 25, 2020
Poetry
Liberated Me
Lance Jencks
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September 24, 2020
Poetry
Edwin
Mike Casetta
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September 23, 2020
Poetry
Her Knickers
Paul Brookes
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September 21, 2020
Poetry
A Love Sonnet Written on the Occasion of the Death of...
Andy Posner
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September 20, 2020
Poetry
Rick
September 20, 2020
Poetry
Finish to Start
Lance Jencks
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September 19, 2020
Poetry
Bedtime, Children!
Susan Peters
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September 17, 2020
Poetry
Lockdown
Miya Ko
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September 15, 2020
Poetry
Cyndi Lauper Turns 80
Lawrence George
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September 11, 2020
Poetry
Terns
Cameron McClure
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September 10, 2020
Poetry
The truck has a large red logo on its side
Michael Ashley
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September 9, 2020
Poetry
With Your Voice
Mark A. Murphy
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September 7, 2020
Poetry
Heartsongs—an anagram
Joan Colby
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September 5, 2020
Poetry
SHELTERING AT HOME
Jefferson Carter
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September 2, 2020
Poetry
Spying on My Beloved Ghosts
Susan Peters
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September 1, 2020
Poetry
Livestreaming My Own Suicide
Lance Jencks
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August 30, 2020
Poetry
You came to me upon the weakness of a rose petal
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 28, 2020
Poetry
Days
Oliver Stansfield
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August 26, 2020
Poetry
Selections from “poems from the deck”
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 25, 2020
Poetry
Neon Neck
Michael Thomas Ellis
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August 23, 2020
Poetry
Seeing My Donated Dress on Sale at Goodwill
Trish Saunders
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August 22, 2020
Poetry
The band of St Carmen’s holy church Santa Cruz
Michael Ashley
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August 21, 2020
Poetry
Ikebana
Tom Strong
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August 20, 2020
Poetry
Look up from the pavement, won’t you?
Trish Saunders
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August 19, 2020
Poetry
the mike pence school of gay conversion therapy
Lawrence George
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August 17, 2020
Poetry
I want to hug
Jordan Trethewey
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August 15, 2020
Poetry
Misanthropy In F U Minor
Michael Thomas Ellis
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August 12, 2020
Poetry
The fattest guy at the pool
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 9, 2020
Poetry
Popular Wireless Park
KIMBERLY McNeil
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August 6, 2020
Poetry
anticipating the dog
Delainie Littlejohn
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August 5, 2020
Poetry
slave songs—2020
Tiko Lewis
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August 3, 2020
Poetry
200Kmph and Nineteen, Berlin
Jenn Zed
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August 2, 2020
Poetry
I am he shouted
Cameron McClure
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August 1, 2020
Poetry
ancient roadblocks
Rob Breeding
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July 31, 2020
Poetry
Organ Recital at Saint-Eustache
Lance Jencks
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July 30, 2020
Poetry
Homo insatiens
Rob Breeding
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July 28, 2020
Poetry
Flashback
Miya Ko
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July 27, 2020
Poetry
Ward 8
Starr
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July 26, 2020
Poetry
lilt in a breeze
Stella Read
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July 24, 2020
Poetry
Calendar on the wall throwing flowers
Trish Saunders
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July 21, 2020
Poetry
Morning Staff Meeting at the VA
Mike Casetta
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July 20, 2020
Poetry
Chimera
Bethany Lim
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July 19, 2020
Poetry
I Long to Join the Conga Line
Trish Saunders
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July 18, 2020
Poetry
Benediction for a Baby Born in 2020
Sara Clancy
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July 17, 2020
Poetry
A Café Terrace Confession
silent lotus
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July 16, 2020
Poetry
Unspoken
Michael Acker
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July 15, 2020
Poetry
goddamn how i miss the late 70s
Lawrence George
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July 14, 2020
Poetry
..done some asemic stuff..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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July 9, 2020
Poetry
No Lines
Paul Brookes
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July 5, 2020
Poetry
It’s been so long, since when did hope breathe its way...
Daniel J. Flore III
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July 3, 2020
Poetry
It still happens
Tom Strong
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July 1, 2020
Poetry
The Re-Appropriation of a Jewish Icon
Michael Acker
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June 30, 2020
Poetry
The Daughter May Be Let Off
Lyn Lifshin
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June 29, 2020
Poetry
If I were a god
Mike Casetta
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June 28, 2020
Poetry
at the doctor’s today,
June 27, 2020
Poetry
RUBY
John D Robinson
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June 25, 2020
Poetry
Concrete Poetry
Dale Patterson
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June 23, 2020
Poetry
. i been drawing trees .
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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June 20, 2020
Poetry
Charlie Ottoway
Milner Place
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June 18, 2020
Poetry
Why are you so sad?
Kaci Skiles Laws
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June 17, 2020
Poetry
Pulling Thread from a Red Paisley Pillow
Dale Patterson
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June 16, 2020
Poetry
Sometimes
Connie Carmichael
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June 15, 2020
Poetry
Silent Birds
Enas Suleiman
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June 14, 2020
Poetry
critical thinkers
Hanna Abi Akl
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June 12, 2020
Poetry
I HAD CALLED IN SICK
John D Robinson
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June 11, 2020
Poetry
Chain Book Store
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
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June 10, 2020
Poetry
A Whiter House
Oliver Stansfield
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June 9, 2020
Poetry
Falling Asleep to an Imagined Pretty Girl
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 7, 2020
Poetry
Since then I’ve never said she died
Tom Strong
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June 6, 2020
Poetry
The Wind Blows Hard Against His White Fence
Trish Saunders
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June 5, 2020
Poetry
slave songs—2020
Tiko Lewis
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June 4, 2020
Showcase
Coming Out & Other Poems
Lisa Summe
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June 4, 2020
Poetry
Election Day: When My Blood Is on the Ballot
Andy Posner
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June 3, 2020
Poetry
Gone Home
Mike Casetta
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June 2, 2020
Poetry
Frankenstein Unwritten
Wim Coleman
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June 1, 2020
Poetry
blackthren & brownthren
Rob Breeding
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May 31, 2020
Poetry
A Failed Attempt at Re-parenting
Mike Casetta
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May 30, 2020
Poetry
Full Metal Bitch
Jenn Zed
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May 28, 2020
Poetry
a dog is a dog
Cheryl Leverette
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May 27, 2020
Poetry
REMY, LULU, AND THE BIG NOSE
Tom Strong
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May 24, 2020
Showcase
Covid Times
OAF Artists & Writers
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May 18, 2020
Poetry
I’m Sorry I Cannot Attend Your Party
Lisa Summe
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May 17, 2020
Poetry
On Doing Good in America
Andy Posner
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May 15, 2020
Poetry
The too real dream of guilt in one glance
Lyn Lifshin
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May 6, 2020
Showcase
Indian Summer
Irene Han
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February 27, 2020
Poetry
Eulogy of Fables
Miya Ko
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February 26, 2020
Poetry
the canvas of the covenant
silent lotus
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February 24, 2020
Poetry
Allegory for an Unreasonable Age
Andy Posner
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February 23, 2020
Poetry
Halo Light in Dark Sky
Renee Elizabeth
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February 22, 2020
Poetry
A petaled season
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 21, 2020
Poetry
The lady you keep yapping with on the phone
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 19, 2020
Poetry
Lechmere Viaduct
Starr
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February 18, 2020
Poetry
The Humanist
David Belcher
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February 16, 2020
Poetry
Three Double Takes
Wim Coleman
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February 15, 2020
Poetry
Bathroom Haiku
Niall M Oliver
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February 13, 2020
Readings
I felt so secure I even wanted the flies there
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 13, 2020
Poetry
Blow Job
Miya Ko
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February 10, 2020
Poetry
HIS T-SHIRT
Jefferson Carter
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February 8, 2020
Poetry
Killing conspicuous
Tom Strong
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February 5, 2020
Poetry
in pursuit of dead presidents
Obed Ladiny
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February 2, 2020
Poetry
Lies Told by a Metronome
Wim Coleman
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January 31, 2020
Readings
I hated Tamaqua
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 29, 2020
Poetry
& as far from
silent lotus
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January 28, 2020
Poetry
spiegel im spiegel
Michael Acker
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January 24, 2020
Poetry
Gateleg Table
Joan Colby
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January 23, 2020
Poetry
My doctor said to play with my cat as a coping...
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 18, 2020
Poetry
Call this
Roger Fizzerton
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January 17, 2020
Poetry
Pageantry
silent lotus
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January 16, 2020
Poetry
saying goodbye
Stella Read
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January 14, 2020
Poetry
if your death were a myth
Stella Read
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January 13, 2020
Poetry
vámonos a la playa
Lawrence George
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January 12, 2020
Poetry
The Minstrel Savior
Wim Coleman
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January 10, 2020
Poetry
Toe Tappin’
Michael B. Carroll Jr.
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January 9, 2020
Poetry
Believe You Me
Mike Casetta
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January 8, 2020
Poetry
Boxes
Rob Breeding
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January 7, 2020
Poetry
Capitalism in Cambodia
Lawrence George
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January 6, 2020
Poetry
The red fantail is my favorite
Rob Breeding
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January 6, 2020
Poetry
Is There Freedom in Forgetting or Being Forgotten?
Andy Posner
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January 5, 2020
Poetry
Setting Precedent
Mike Casetta
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January 4, 2020
Poetry
Big Orange Sun
Trish Saunders
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January 3, 2020
Poetry
here’s why you do it
Lawrence George
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January 3, 2020
Poetry
Leaving the New Hope Farm House
Sara Clancy
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January 2, 2020
Poetry
My Co-Workers Are All Ghosts
Susan Peters
-
December 29, 2019
Poetry
I have never known a Tasmanian…
Delainie Littlejohn
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December 28, 2019
Poetry
QUEPOS
Martina Reisz Newberry
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December 27, 2019
Poetry
What remains behind
Trish Saunders
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December 26, 2019
Poetry
Countless
Elvis Otis
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December 24, 2019
Poetry
Sweet Jane
Jenn Zed
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December 24, 2019
Showcase
Delainie’s little something or others
Delainie Littlejohn
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December 20, 2019
Poetry
Selfie with a Dying Cat
Lisa Summe
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December 19, 2019
Poetry
negative balance at the flea market lice market
Daniel J. Flore III
-
December 19, 2019
Readings
poetry yard sale
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 18, 2019
Poetry
Eaten up by an empty ache
David Belcher
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December 17, 2019
Poetry
Last Ode to a Sweet Apricot
Miya Ko
-
December 17, 2019
Poetry
The World Tree
Margarita Serafimova
-
December 17, 2019
Poetry
Death of a Horse Chestnut
Marc Woodward
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December 16, 2019
Poetry
How to Gut a Carp
Chloe Monet Sutch
-
December 15, 2019
Poetry
Sightseeing
Tom Strong
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December 14, 2019
Poetry
The first time I French kissed you
Lisa Summe
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December 12, 2019
Poetry
birds and other fly creatures
Anthony Hughes
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December 11, 2019
Poetry
work
Jess Kangas
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December 10, 2019
Poetry
Haiku
Stella Read
-
December 9, 2019
Poetry
Aubade
Gerald Parker
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December 7, 2019
Fiction
Air Bag
Jill Winkowski
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December 6, 2019
Poetry
Okay, Then (A Boomer Replies)
Sara Clancy
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December 5, 2019
Poetry
To Stick Around
Boston Gordon
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December 4, 2019
Poetry
Selfie as a Dyke
Lisa Summe
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December 2, 2019
Poetry
The Right Things
Lisa Summe
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December 1, 2019
Poetry
America in 2019
Wim Coleman
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November 29, 2019
Poetry
Poem in Which I Imagine My Dad Agrees to Shave My...
Lisa Summe
-
November 27, 2019
Poetry
Coming Out
Lisa Summe
-
November 26, 2019
Poetry
Old Maid
Casey Killingsworth
-
November 26, 2019
Poetry
inkspill
Daniel J. Flore III
-
November 25, 2019
Poetry
Anna and the Scourge
RC James
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November 24, 2019
Poetry
He Will Build Wings from Sheets of Paper
Mike Casetta
-
November 23, 2019
Poetry
Thick as thieves
Casey Killingsworth
-
November 20, 2019
Poetry
Breathless
Josianne Barrette-Moran
-
November 19, 2019
Poetry
Red
Amanda Villafranco
-
November 17, 2019
Poetry
Eclogue for Santa Isabel
July Westhale
-
November 15, 2019
Poetry
The Day Glenn Miller’s Plane Disappeared
Trish Saunders
-
November 11, 2019
Poetry
Daniel J. Flore III: Poetry reading at Newtown Bookshop
Daniel J. Flore III
-
November 7, 2019
Poetry
The House on Tilden Avenue
Jose Oseguera
-
November 7, 2019
Poetry
A More Perfect Union
Andy Posner
-
November 5, 2019
Showcase
The Window & Other Works
Renee Elizabeth
-
November 1, 2019
Poetry
Setting Precedent
Mike Casetta
-
October 31, 2019
Poetry
The Joy of Hurling Trash
Susan Peters
-
October 27, 2019
Poetry
Kaiwah Island/Ocean Course
Dale Patterson
-
October 26, 2019
Poetry
Rakinewis (The Capestrano Warrior)
Marc Woodward
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October 25, 2019
Poetry
SECRETS
Martina Reisz Newberry
-
October 24, 2019
Poetry
The Future of Rain
Eliot Jacobson
-
October 23, 2019
Poetry
As I Cross the Bartholomew County Line Last Saturday Night
Amanda Villafranco
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October 20, 2019
Poetry
Exhausted hotel rooms
Trish Saunders
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October 19, 2019
Poetry
1950s Chicago Tomboy
Janice Ball
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October 18, 2019
Poetry
he chose to
October 12, 2019
Poetry
Understanding Time Travel
Jenn Zed
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October 11, 2019
Poetry
the girl not exactly from Ipanema
Jenn Zed
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October 9, 2019
Poetry
Recurring Dream
Martin Slavin
-
October 8, 2019
Poetry
When the will to survive is stronger than love
Cheryl Leverette
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October 5, 2019
Poetry
you have to see it from her POV
David E. Matthews
-
October 1, 2019
Poetry
No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye
Michael Acker
-
September 28, 2019
Poetry
It Is written
Michael Acker
-
September 26, 2019
Poetry
Neurojacked
Jordan Trethewey
-
September 24, 2019
Poetry
Tuesday’s Stone (Six Of Stars.)
Starr
-
September 22, 2019
Poetry
The Gig Econ
Lawrence George
-
September 21, 2019
Poetry
Perverse and Saintly
Cameron McClure
-
September 20, 2019
Poetry
Waning & Waxing
silent lotus
-
September 18, 2019
Poetry
she has a couple of rugs
Soodabeh Saeidnia
-
September 17, 2019
Poetry
One Way of Looking at Thirteen Blackbirds
Dick Holmes
-
September 16, 2019
Poetry
Encounter with a clown
Marc Woodward
-
September 15, 2019
Poetry
Anna and the Scourge
RC James
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September 13, 2019
Poetry
San Francisco
Marc Woodward
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September 11, 2019
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