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DaysPoetry

Days

Oliver StansfieldAugust 26, 2020

let yesterday go          for she’s an imposter- eager to steal today          a rose etched thief who silently, beckons ………………………….. and do not wait for…

Selections from “poems from the deck”Poetry

Selections from “poems from the deck”

Daniel J. Flore IIIAugust 25, 2020

Youth I keep sitting on the deck trying to feel how I used to when I was younger it was a vibrancy a confidence…

Neon NeckPoetry

Neon Neck

Michael Thomas EllisAugust 23, 2020

She must have thought I was bringing up some blingy new couture. I had just told her there had been another one this time…

The band of St Carmen’s holy church Santa CruzPoetry

The band of St Carmen’s holy church Santa Cruz

Michael AshleyAugust 21, 2020

are at it again in the street they practice twice a week on a Tuesday and Thursday more in the periods before the local…

IkebanaPoetry

Ikebana

Tom StrongAugust 20, 2020

When I withhold desire to sate the empty vase is when I saunter through the garden a virtual arrangement of flora on feet on…

the mike pence school of gay conversion therapyPoetry

the mike pence school of gay conversion therapy

Lawrence GeorgeAugust 17, 2020

elevators are dangerous they’re to be avoided conference rooms, even more so scurry frantic, away on all fours from under hard-wood desks: too much…

I want to hugPoetry

I want to hug

Jordan TretheweyAugust 15, 2020

all the poets I’ve met at a safe distance on the Internet after years of carefully cultivating meaningful introverted long-distance friendships with kindred unquenchable…

Misanthropy In F U MinorPoetry

Misanthropy In F U Minor

Michael Thomas EllisAugust 12, 2020

Is it just me or is it getting crazier out there? Gather up your precious stones and get ready to hurl them yes assume…

The fattest guy at the poolPoetry

The fattest guy at the pool

Daniel J. Flore IIIAugust 9, 2020

I remember being a little kid and staring at the fattest guy at the pool what a brat well anyway, justice is served, because…

Popular Wireless ParkPoetry

Popular Wireless Park

KIMBERLY McNeilAugust 6, 2020

The playground's fake dirt pellets were warmer than I remembered. Millions of tiny rubber cylinders of identical size, shape, and color released a disturbing…

anticipating the dogPoetry

anticipating the dog

Delainie LittlejohnAugust 5, 2020

The dog wants to bite, her muzzle twitching as she tends to emails and texts. The dog wakes up and drinks coffee. When you…

slave songs—2020Poetry

slave songs—2020

tiko lewisAugust 3, 2020

lawd we march lawd we chant lawd we pray lawd i sing the body to a hemorrhage i sing "the fires are not my…