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The Spirit of ChristmasPoetry

The Spirit of Christmas

Andy PosnerDecember 27, 2021

It's all too much, the floor strewn with gifts we couldn't possibly deserve. But our son is happy, going from toy to toy, and…

ReceiptPoetry

Receipt

james stephenDecember 16, 2021

A dried booger fell from my left nostril as I asked the cashier for 2 lottery tickets I saw it she saw it I…

When the storms arrivePoetry

When the storms arrive

Michael AshleyDecember 15, 2021

and they often do here over the mountain's edge like some dark sky bull the best thing to do is strip off all your…

how it used to bePoetry

how it used to be

Emily J ViewegDecember 10, 2021

green brave naïve book-smart rose-colored beautiful innocent everyone’s friend jumping in the puddles sloshing through the rain rolling in the grass climbing down the…

BornPoetry

Born

Julie DesmondDecember 6, 2021

Prompt: 5 minutes to write about something being born. Five minutes? To give birth? It doesn’t take that long. A crown appears, a head…

Chigguns’Art, Poetry

Chigguns’

Glenn RichardsonDecember 5, 2021

everything hinges on death their own black heart locks the armed chickens within their copper jacketed cage of bitter fruit wood ankle deep in…

My NamePoetry

My Name

james stephenDecember 4, 2021

my name is man reading newspaper and the street corner where he stands my name is his hat my name is his shoes my…

TIM THE TAPPERPoetry

TIM THE TAPPER

Mark Anthony PearceDecember 3, 2021

Timmy taps the walls at night he’s an excitable chap his fingertips sucking out Helen’s life force she tells the doctors of the gleeful…

all dog, otherwisePoetry

all dog, otherwise

Mike CasettaDecember 1, 2021

my dog is part howler monkey the monkey part are his vocal cords he’s all dog, otherwise he doesn’t wrap his tail around tree…