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November 21, 2023
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November 3, 2020
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March 6, 2024
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A Great Fuck
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June 24, 2018
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Pilot Light
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Similarities I Share With Jesus
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November 27, 2022
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One of the Many Reasons I Miss You
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October 28, 2021
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Return Policy
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November 27, 2021
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October 3, 2024
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November 18, 2019
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May 26, 2023
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May 30, 2019
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June 28, 2018
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April 21, 2023
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June 8, 2018
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On A Wednesday Morning
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May 17, 2024
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September 17, 2022
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One Night
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Digital Revenge
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Quacks
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January 26, 2021
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August 15, 2024
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What Happens When You Forget to Close Your Bedroom Window
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July 12, 2021
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Through The Cubes
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November 5, 2024
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August 7, 2024
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The Petrifying Things
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November 21, 2020
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You Never Asked
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June 5, 2024
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The Vapours
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November 20, 2023
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October 24, 2022
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July 13, 2019
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August 18, 2019
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If Only I Could Undo My One Wish
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September 28, 2023
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inkspill
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November 25, 2019
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He
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November 18, 2022
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Quiet Recognitions
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August 30, 2023
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STAND
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February 26, 2023
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Packing Up the House
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September 6, 2018
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Woe Is Me
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December 30, 2022
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Last Word Dressed in a Gray Suit
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June 14, 2024
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On Doing Good in America
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May 15, 2020
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Sara
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June 19, 2022
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On my 44th birthday
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March 27, 2022
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Wendy and the flowers
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April 24, 2021
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Canary Diamond
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April 28, 2021
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never scrub saffron in a metal mortar
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July 4, 2018
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since the reading
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April 1, 2023
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The Hitman
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October 2, 2024
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LINES MADE OF SHATTERED GLASS
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January 11, 2024
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These spectacles have seen ages
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November 30, 2020
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Old Glory
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July 3, 2018
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Snagging the Bottom of the Ocean
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April 14, 2021
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YESTERNOW
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November 23, 2021
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November 9, 2023
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Abstracted River Realism
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April 4, 2023
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Breathing Clean Air
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September 25, 2019
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After her best friend’s hubby’s funeral
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December 4, 2023
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Someone puts out a light
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November 15, 2020
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rogue
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September 4, 2023
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She looked around my place
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September 17, 2023
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The Voodoo of Doll Shoes
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May 10, 2024
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Elections Matter
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October 28, 2020
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I Wrote a Letter to Bukowski
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July 31, 2023
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The Hidden Beatitudes
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November 26, 2024
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Midnight Sun
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October 15, 2019
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.eight.
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December 26, 2018
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Sunflower
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September 26, 2023
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Thuggery
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January 27, 2023
Art
Angry Mind
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December 30, 2018
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junk in corners
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June 2, 2021
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Samurai
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June 25, 2024
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Primavera
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May 31, 2018
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December 13, 2018
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Low Hanging Fruit
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May 14, 2021
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November 27, 2019
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To the Dapple Gray Mare Who Almost Killed Me
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October 21, 2022
Blog
Origin Story–part 1
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November 12, 2019
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A Familiar Place
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May 1, 2023
Art
Kafka’s Typewriter
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November 24, 2021
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October Surprise
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October 27, 2020
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Buddha Man Blues
RC James
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January 31, 2019
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Cats
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February 12, 2024
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The Sacrifice
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November 13, 2023
Poetry
I’m Heading South
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May 28, 2019
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Election Day: When My Blood Is on the Ballot
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June 3, 2020
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Safe Text
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January 3, 2021
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nautilus
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November 19, 2023
Photography
Nadine Professional Imaging
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May 27, 2018
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Endless Rain and Wine
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May 5, 2024
Art
etchings
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June 26, 2022
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Nothing but White
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April 27, 2023
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Melon Man
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August 9, 2018
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Toe Tappin’
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January 9, 2020
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Lost in a Small Closet
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January 22, 2023
Art
.white.
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November 22, 2021
Poetry
.two houses.
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October 28, 2022
Art
Series – The Astronaut’s Notebook
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August 7, 2020
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When the will to survive is stronger than love
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October 5, 2019
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The Nation’s Face
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November 2, 2020
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Untitled
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May 19, 2019
Art
You Better Believe It
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September 4, 2018
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Chimera
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July 19, 2020
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Daffodil
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November 3, 2023
Poetry
The Pump
Matt Dennison
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July 9, 2024
Art
Black History Month – Sketches
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February 4, 2023
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First Song
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January 5, 2025
Art
adjust, course correct, then flow
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April 2, 2023
Poetry
Deer
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July 17, 2024
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The Wasp at Midnight Whispers
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July 27, 2024
Fiction
Close to Christmas, after all
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January 10, 2024
Poetry
Sass
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September 21, 2023
Poetry
birds and other fly creatures
Anthony Hughes
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December 11, 2019
Poetry
4 a.m.
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August 24, 2022
Poetry
Woken by a dove tapping
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January 1, 2019
Photography
Nadine Maart 3
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May 20, 2018
Music
Kill for Candy, Fuck for Free
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September 30, 2021
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Little Infinities
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March 16, 2024
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perennials
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December 20, 2022
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Urban Exploration – Excavating the Everyday
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October 30, 2019
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The World Tree
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December 17, 2019
Poetry
saying goodbye
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January 14, 2020
Poetry
The Last Breath
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November 30, 2022
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BARRED
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November 17, 2024
Fiction
The Cat
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September 25, 2023
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