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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…

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…