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die(d) hard
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Poetry
Reentry
Grady VanWright
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October 8, 2024
Photography
Mixolydian 01
Mark Preier
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April 10, 2018
Poetry
In Guadalupe’s Bed
Tom Riordan
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January 5, 2019
Poetry
School’s Out
Robert Stastny
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February 17, 2025
Poetry
The Matriarch of the sidewalk
silent lotus
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March 1, 2022
Photography
Test Screen
Mark Preier
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August 28, 2018
Poetry
In Defense
Dale Patterson
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December 4, 2022
Poetry
CLOUD BUKOWSKI
Matt Dennison
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April 22, 2018
Art
Fading
Elina Ghanbari
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August 30, 2018
Poetry
If Only I Could Undo My One Wish
Tom Strong
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September 28, 2023
Poetry
Spying on My Beloved Ghosts
Susan Peters
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September 1, 2020
Poetry
Friend, if I would do you right
Nathalie Spaans
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January 16, 2025
Art
..done some asemic stuff..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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July 9, 2020
Art
Arbitrariumanualis # 26840 – 50501
David E. Matthews
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April 14, 2025
Poetry
Trauma Hamster Wheel
Jordan Trethewey
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May 15, 2021
Poetry
The Purpose of Floors
Matt Dennison
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December 12, 2024
Poetry
Desiderata
Mark A. Murphy
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May 12, 2022
Poetry
Half Ginkgo
Matt Dennison
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September 28, 2025
Art
intoxicated attack on a french graphic novel
Jess Kangas
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May 19, 2018
Poetry
1 Crow-2 Crow / taken from Hoodie & The Doll
james stephen
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July 18, 2024
Quotations
On Labor
Henry David Thoreau
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April 26, 2018
Poetry
PATHETIC, ALL
Tom Riordan
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June 27, 2025
Art
.white.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 22, 2021
Poetry
Blood Oranges / ice cubes & straws
silent lotus
-
November 7, 2021
Poetry
No Lines
Paul Brookes
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July 5, 2020
Art
Rose Red from the Brothers Grimm tales
Catherine Forsayeth
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September 17, 2024
Poetry
No Machine
Matt Dennison
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November 25, 2024
Poetry
You can fly
Christine Dubuc
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June 3, 2025
Photography
.bandage.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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June 30, 2018
Video
’67 GTX Triple Black 440 Super Commando
Grady VanWright
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January 6, 2025
Poetry
Believe You Me
Mike Casetta
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January 8, 2020
Poetry
Skin The
Paul Brookes
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June 22, 2018
Poetry
An Idyllic Sickness
Jordan Trethewey
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April 16, 2024
Non-fiction
The Hurt Vote
Grady VanWright
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June 6, 2025
Poetry
Visions of a Teacher Come to Mind
RC James
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March 29, 2025
Poetry
The day I don’t sing
Sara Clancy
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October 27, 2023
Poetry
After the coquilles Saint Jacques
silent lotus
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August 9, 2019
Poetry
It’s been a half century since the fair
Sara Clancy
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July 13, 2019
Poetry
Meth(odical) Fog
Starr
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January 31, 2021
Poetry
Is There Freedom in Forgetting or Being Forgotten?
Andy Posner
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January 5, 2020
Poetry
I Ain’t No Monster
Michael Acker
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July 17, 2023
Poetry
Epiphany
Julie A. Dickson
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November 10, 2023
Fiction
Watercolour Lake
Sherry Cassells
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March 31, 2024
Poetry
Losing Modality
Tom Strong
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September 1, 2023
Poetry
& as far from
silent lotus
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January 28, 2020
Poetry
Blanks
Tom Speaks
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August 24, 2021
Photography
Solitary: A Photographic Series
Jing Lin
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December 8, 2018
Showcase
RED Series
Jenn Zed
-
October 10, 2022
Poetry
Hope
Bethany Lim
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May 5, 2025
Poetry
terlingua
Rob Breeding
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February 17, 2024
Photography
Inner Space Exploration: New Work (2021)
Mark Preier
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September 20, 2021
Poetry
Leningrad Ghosts
Mark A. Murphy
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March 6, 2022
Poetry
Instead of sleeping I walk
Sara Clancy
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September 10, 2021
Art
Shelley
Jenn Zed
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September 27, 2023
Poetry
Deer
Rich Glinnen
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July 17, 2024
Poetry
I GUESS I SHOULD PLAY FRISBEE OR BUY AN ICE CREAM
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 8, 2023
Poetry
Leak at the Gym
Rich Glinnen
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April 11, 2024
Non-fiction
Dad
heidi selig
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November 19, 2024
Poetry
I stepped in vomit today
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 3, 2024
Fiction
We Drove to LA from Phoenix in 1965 to Buy French...
Mike Casetta
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May 4, 2024
Poetry
Leaving for Florida
Dale Patterson
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August 13, 2023
Art
Wabbit with isographs
Tiko Lewis
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February 16, 2023
Poetry
The Hotel Galvez
Grady VanWright
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November 18, 2024
Poetry
Improvements
Matt Dennison
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February 11, 2025
Poetry
After the Visit
Sara Clancy
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December 29, 2022
Poetry
all dog, otherwise
Mike Casetta
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December 1, 2021
Art
The Hand That Causes All The Trouble ..
Jenn Zed
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July 1, 2025
Poetry
I might not be here long
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 3, 2023
Poetry
Soaring
Nigel Lofthouse
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August 18, 2024
Poetry
the floor boards ask questions
Dale Patterson
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September 12, 2023
Art
Simple
L.J.
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April 28, 2025
Music
Winter’s Come and Gone
RC James
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June 17, 2019
Art
Random Thought Finding Place
Dale Patterson
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August 27, 2024
Poetry
Seeking Submissions
Matt Dennison
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March 4, 2025
Poetry
Today I Need Your Best Poems
Cameron McClure
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May 6, 2021
Poetry
Packing Up the House
Sara Clancy
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September 6, 2018
Poetry
It’s been so long
Lyn Lifshin
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June 18, 2018
Photography
Beautiful Devastation—Calcutta
Buku Sarkar
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July 12, 2020
Poetry
Lazy Pencils
Jay Gandhi
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October 3, 2020
Poetry
Death Is
Paul Brookes
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June 17, 2025
Poetry
Childless
KIMBERLY McNeil
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October 17, 2020
Poetry
Edwin
Mike Casetta
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September 23, 2020
Poetry
I Suffer Fools
Sara Clancy
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September 1, 2018
Poetry
head nod
Mike Casetta
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July 12, 2023
Poetry
she has a couple of rugs
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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September 17, 2019
Art
Elvis Has Left the Building
Lorette C. Luzajic
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December 18, 2019
Art
Path to happiness
Hang Mai
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August 3, 2022
Poetry
The Beach
james stephen
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November 30, 2022
Poetry
BARRED
Daniel J. Flore III
-
November 17, 2024
Art
The Politician’s Con
Dale Patterson
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January 11, 2020
Fiction
Opening Sentences 101
Sherry Cassells
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April 12, 2025
Poetry
Donny’s viral photos of wild horses
Jennifer Wilder
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June 3, 2021
Showcase
particularities
Sarah Simon
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February 10, 2019
Music
“The Quiet One”: Song by C. Kendrick & Bernie Langs; Recording...
Bernie Langs
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May 25, 2019
Music
I need more
Concussionbox
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April 13, 2018
Poetry
On a Dance, or a Whim
Mary MacGowan
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November 20, 2024
Poetry
.precious.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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August 11, 2021
Poetry
I remember you, fog, do you remember me?
Sherry Cassells
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September 3, 2023
Poetry
Last Days at Acme
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 1, 2019
Art
ebbing
Dale Patterson
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January 5, 2021
Art
Onnagata and Tiger
Chunbum Park
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May 12, 2025
Poetry
Beatles Fan from Buenos Aires
Mark Anthony Pearce
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February 1, 2021
Photography
Gallery of Four Photographs by Stephen B White
Stephen B White
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September 4, 2025
Art
Grain Weeps Debris
Corenski Nowlan
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June 20, 2018
Art
Andrea
Thomas Yarbrough
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April 13, 2018
Fiction
A Difficult Character
Sherry Cassells
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January 13, 2022
Poetry
Baba Yaga, a Twisted Ghazal
Susan Peters
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March 14, 2024
Poetry
Those who look straight forward
Michael Ashley
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May 20, 2019
Poetry
Restraint, a How-To
Sherry Cassells
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June 11, 2023
Poetry
In Three Parts
Michael Acker
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May 1, 2024
Poetry
Fitgirl Repack
Jenn Zed
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January 9, 2024
Poetry
Nobility
silent lotus
-
January 19, 2025
Poetry
time lapse poem
Mike Casetta
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November 14, 2022
Poetry
strange town, familiar smell
Anthony Hughes
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April 19, 2021
Poetry
The Last Will Be The First
Michael Acker
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November 12, 2023
Poetry
Selfie with a Dying Cat
Lisa Summe
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December 19, 2019
Poetry
you have to see it from her POV
David E. Matthews
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October 1, 2019
Poetry
the religious agoraphobic mushroom hunter
Mike Casetta
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September 15, 2024
Poetry
she believed she could, so she did
Dale M. Tushman
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June 18, 2025
Poetry
I WANT TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MATTERS
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 29, 2022
Poetry
MY PAPAP IS IN THE HOSPITAL
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 17, 2022
Photography
New Hampshire Winter – Series
RC James
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March 8, 2024
Poetry
Green
heidi selig
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July 15, 2025
Poetry
Five Anxious Haiku
Sara Clancy
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September 18, 2025
Art
Abstract 24 .. series for 2024 (Series of 7 Pieces)
Jenn Zed
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October 14, 2024
Poetry
Haphazardly
Michael Acker
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September 22, 2023
Poetry
Happy Things
Ann Kammerer
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December 7, 2022
Poetry
Now that you’re no more
Jay Gandhi
-
February 14, 2025
Poetry
A Father’s Advice
Raymond Huffman
-
December 4, 2022
Poetry
An Admission
Jordan Trethewey
-
January 15, 2024
Poetry
Rearrangements
Mike Casetta
-
September 25, 2022
Showcase
Pixedelica
R. jones
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December 11, 2021
Poetry
Unopened
Renee Elizabeth
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January 6, 2021
Art
Snapshots of Creation- Series #2
Dale Patterson
-
August 8, 2020
Poetry
October Surprise
Sara Clancy
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October 27, 2020
Poetry
LINES MADE OF SHATTERED GLASS
Daniel J. Flore III
-
January 11, 2024
Art
In Morning Light
Dale Patterson
-
July 11, 2020
Art
Gesamtkunstwerk—Series
Jenn Zed
-
September 18, 2020
Poetry
Zacchaeus
Dale Patterson
-
March 30, 2024
Fiction
Big Semicolon Sale!
Raymond Huffman
-
August 8, 2025
Poetry
6:11 a.m.
james stephen
-
August 29, 2023
Video
Videoclip for Vietor 430
Nicholas Wintzler
-
April 23, 2022
Photography
Alleys 2
Buku Sarkar
-
July 25, 2018
Readings
The Bird
Matt Dennison
-
April 12, 2018
Poetry
AVIDECO
Mark Anthony Pearce
-
May 27, 2021
Poetry
11 Million Buttons
Tom Strong
-
March 14, 2023
Poetry
UNFINISHED CONVERSATION WITH GOD
Daniel J. Flore III
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May 15, 2023
Poetry
Dilettante
Randi Cramer
-
August 31, 2025
Photography
Female order
Kim Toft
-
June 11, 2018
Poetry
Lunch Date
Sara Clancy
-
May 7, 2019
Poetry
Message from my mother
Julia Schott
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April 13, 2018
Fiction
Benny the Bard: A Modern Epic
Grady VanWright
-
February 21, 2025
Poetry and Art
Will Work For…
Barry Burgess
-
August 15, 2024
Poetry
National Geographic and the Political Landscape
Obed Ladiny
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October 28, 2022
Poetry
To My Dearest Whore (City)
Obed Ladiny
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October 1, 2022
Art
Three Paintings
Harry Wixner
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April 14, 2022
Photography
.the hawfinch.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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July 27, 2018
Poetry
That Cemetery Cold
Paul Brookes
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December 27, 2022
Photography
Times Square Lady
Stephen B White
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December 9, 2018
Poetry
The Daughter
Peter Cashorali
-
March 27, 2024
Poetry
i remember the last time
March 31, 2023
Poetry
I WON’T BE RETURNING ANY CALLS
Daniel J. Flore III
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September 18, 2023
Poetry and Music
Morning Sketch, Sturgeon Moon
Barry Burgess
-
October 19, 2025
Poetry
How to Prepare for a Coup in a Pandemic
Andy Posner
-
January 13, 2021
Poetry
What Do You Call This? Bubba Ganish?
Michael Acker
-
December 14, 2018
Poetry
cool air warm water
Dale Patterson
-
July 17, 2022
Poetry
Ukraine
Andy Posner
-
February 24, 2022
Poetry
HOW TO TELL A COMPLETE STRANGER YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF
Daniel J. Flore III
-
December 8, 2023
Photography
Rust Series: Photographs
Seth Alan Durbin
-
November 23, 2019
Poetry
POSTCARD FROM MY SICKNESS #3 (LETTER TO ME)
Daniel J. Flore III
-
December 24, 2022
Poetry
Just Rest
Lance Jencks
-
May 3, 2019
Poetry
Silent Birds
Enas Suleiman
-
June 14, 2020
Blog
Clock Radio #3 – Featuring Charles Bukowski’s “A gentle, alcoholic night”
Jay Dougherty
-
August 12, 2023
Poetry
The Joy of Hurling Trash
Susan Peters
-
October 27, 2019
Photography
Agnosia Series
Nicholas Wintzler
-
July 15, 2021
Poetry
Upon My Return
Hugh Lemma
-
January 18, 2023
Poetry
separation
Soodabeh Saeidnia
-
February 1, 2019
Poetry
Remission
Ann Kammerer
-
October 31, 2023
Poetry
when he begins to speak
Jan Harper
-
September 15, 2023
Fiction
The Cure
Jordan Trethewey
-
August 3, 2024
Poetry
After Seeing You in Sullivan’s
Trish Saunders
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January 6, 2022
Poetry
Coming Out
Lisa Summe
-
November 26, 2019
Poetry
Jazz Tuba
Jefferson Carter
-
February 15, 2019
Poetry
Calm enough
Ken Tomaro
-
October 28, 2022
Fiction
my apartment burned down last night
Jess Kangas
-
April 22, 2018
Poetry
even
July 15, 2018
Poetry
Bird With Yellow Breast
Barbara F. Schutz
-
December 23, 2023
Poetry
Accept no substitute
Rob Thomas
-
January 24, 2022
Poetry
Halo Light in Dark Sky
Renee Elizabeth
-
February 22, 2020
Poetry
home is a flower farm
Rob Breeding
-
October 12, 2025
Poetry
Artificial Intelligence
Morgan Driscoll
-
July 11, 2019
Art
Ricky Gervais (2024)
Sean Bw Parker
-
May 13, 2025
Poetry
Such a Worm as I
Morgan Driscoll
-
October 5, 2018
Poetry
learning to read again
Rob Breeding
-
July 7, 2021
Poetry
I’m awake. Are you awake?
Sherry Cassells
-
October 5, 2025
Art
Black History Month – Sketches
Tiko Lewis
-
February 4, 2023
Art
Apricot
Jenn Zed
-
November 3, 2019
Poetry
.noted.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
January 31, 2023
Poetry
eulogy for Dean
Mike Casetta
-
December 3, 2022
Art
Buried days remembered
Michael Vignola
-
October 26, 2022
Blog
Daniel J. Flore III: Poetry reading at Newtown Bookshop
Daniel J. Flore III
-
November 7, 2019
Poetry
Saved By The Spell
Tom Strong
-
September 11, 2023
Photography
Entrance, St Kilda’s Episcopal Church, Lochbuie, Mull (Scotland)
Tim Tucker
-
March 29, 2024
Poetry
THE TOME OF THE UNKNOWN POET
Daniel J. Flore III
-
March 22, 2023
Poetry
Wheelbarrow
james stephen
-
May 27, 2025
Art
Watercolors
Agnia Werbitzky
-
September 16, 2020
Poetry
mom’s haiku
Mike Casetta
-
November 5, 2021
Poetry
Reverse Rumi
Paul Brookes
-
December 12, 2018
Non-fiction
Obscure Object of Desire
heidi selig
-
October 20, 2025
Poetry
metaphorically speaking
Jan Harper
-
September 8, 2023
Art
..humans..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
-
September 10, 2022
Poetry
Gottfried and Klarissa
Dick Holmes
-
October 10, 2018
Poetry
Stung by news of poaching
David Belcher
-
April 22, 2024
Art
Procession
Jenn Zed
-
March 21, 2024
Poetry
Adept
Matt Dennison
-
April 3, 2024
Photography
Three by Buku Sarkar
Buku Sarkar
-
November 25, 2018
Poetry
Erasures
Joan Colby
-
August 8, 2019
Art
Merry Xmas 2021
Tom Strong
-
December 21, 2021
Poetry
Owning It
james stephen
-
June 9, 2023
Poetry
Shut Up, Siri
Julie A. Dickson
-
July 28, 2023
Poetry
Being human is ridiculous
Jordan Trethewey
-
January 5, 2023
Poetry
Disorder
Mike Casetta
-
September 30, 2025
Poetry
Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself Multiply
james stephen
-
November 18, 2021
Poetry and Art
Out the Window Looking
Barry Burgess
-
December 8, 2024
Photography
Harris and Lewis, Outer Hebrides – Series
Tim Tucker
-
March 20, 2024
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