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Séance for OnePoetry

Séance for One

Sara ClancyNovember 27, 2021

I talk out loud to ghosts and never mind how it sounds. Stella, I tell her, I'm sorry I did not keep up your…

OFF SEASON AT THE SHOREPoetry

OFF SEASON AT THE SHORE

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 26, 2021

depression white waves no caramel corn Sara says something in the wind I don't know what it is slow walk down the boardwalk some…

YESTERNOWPoetry

YESTERNOW

Jefferson CarterNovember 23, 2021

Hands at ten & two, late Miles on Bluetooth, I’m driving north where once it rained, where I rode my old gelding around the…

.white.Art, Poetry

.white.

Sonja Benskin MesherNovember 22, 2021

days come darker still considering the night white they peer sadly into empathy faces cloud shoulders bowed

The Fog of AngerPoetry

The Fog of Anger

Andy PosnerNovember 21, 2021

"...acquitted on all charges in the August 2020 shootings of three men, including two who were killed." - CBS At what time the fog took…

Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself MultiplyPoetry

Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself Multiply

james stephenNovember 18, 2021

2:02 a.m. ... collaborating with dead people ... I sit to breakfast with my stupid wealth Jack sits across with his butter & toast…

Sleeping with DanaPoetry

Sleeping with Dana

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 17, 2021

I’ve never had sex before will you sleep with me so I know what it’s like Dana, you would regret it for the rest…

the imposterPoetry

the imposter

Rob ThomasNovember 16, 2021

there was no way to know one of these guys would be a child molester they were just four guys wearing beige slacks and…

and turn it back on himPoetry

and turn it back on him

Jennifer WilderNovember 14, 2021

hold my breath as he checks my phone i've nothing to hide— still it’s a habit that familiar fear of getting caught being myself…

just one morePoetry

just one more

Jennifer WilderNovember 10, 2021

this happens when hours of sleep are eroded with compulsion morning alarms ignored gadgets forgotten doors left unlatched then blown open while I was…

mom’s haikuPoetry

mom’s haiku

Mike CasettaNovember 5, 2021

what if God said freeze & you had to wear that face you make forever?