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Killing conspicuousPoetry

Killing conspicuous

Tom StrongFebruary 5, 2020

I’m that dead tree standing sullen in a secluded summer grove waiting for winter to make me indistinguishable from my peers.

in pursuit of dead presidentsPoetry

in pursuit of dead presidents

Obed LadinyFebruary 2, 2020

you took away the fruits of the womb, along with the dear heart I once promised 'forever' to, with your lies. all i ever…

Lies Told by a MetronomePoetry

Lies Told by a Metronome

Wim ColemanJanuary 31, 2020

With the smirk of a soulless sociopath, the metronome spreads vicious libels against the sanity of protoplasmic cadences. * The metronome is a jealous…

I hated TamaquaPoetry, Readings

I hated Tamaqua

Daniel J. Flore IIIJanuary 29, 2020

https://soundcloud.com/user-394055377/i-hated-tamaqua-live I hated Tamaqua and the early morning light in sleepy eyes the leftover drunks wandering around the gazebo the food stamp fat ass…

spiegel im spiegelPoetry

spiegel im spiegel

Michael AckerJanuary 24, 2020

an ocean of inquiries, curious inspections, questions swelling since that primordial day of light when our minds first opened their eyes will, one day,…

Gateleg TablePoetry

Gateleg Table

Joan ColbyJanuary 23, 2020

Walnut with turned legs That unfold in a triptych For dining or card play. Carried in an ox-cart from Minnesota To a Dakota homestead.…

My doctor said to play with my cat as a coping mechanism to prevent my suicidePoetry

My doctor said to play with my cat as a coping mechanism to prevent my suicide

Daniel J. Flore IIIJanuary 18, 2020

My doctor said to play with my cat as a coping mechanism to prevent my suicide but neither one of us feels like playing…

Call thisPoetry

Call this

Roger FizzertonJanuary 17, 2020

I guess you saw it coming I guess you'd marked the edge well as we walked the path failure is its own reward I…

PageantryPoetry

Pageantry

silent lotusJanuary 16, 2020

saying goodbyePoetry

saying goodbye

Stella ReadJanuary 14, 2020

reading Leonard Cohen by candlelight, visualising bonfire night, your birthday were you still alive under that streetlamp, we could walk together to your bench…

if your death were a mythPoetry

if your death were a myth

Stella ReadJanuary 13, 2020

it could be fashioned of iridescent plumage, gilt and crimson, a phoenix in transition, transformed, unbeaten