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Art
A Bit Moody 7
Edward M. Supranowicz
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June 8, 2020
Poetry
Nothing but White
Dale Patterson
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April 27, 2023
Poetry
the ringmaster never takes off his hat
Jan Harper
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October 18, 2023
Art
Living Sun
Martin Rae Veil
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August 6, 2025
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Reentry
Grady VanWright
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October 8, 2024
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••••t i m m y
michael moore
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February 25, 2024
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It is October in Maine
John Gurney
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November 23, 2024
Poetry
Kiss from God
Susan Peters
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October 2, 2020
Art
Glowing
Martin Rae Veil
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June 4, 2023
Poetry
WHY YOU SHOULDN’T BE A POET
Daniel J. Flore III
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May 9, 2024
Poetry
Foster
Kaci Skiles Laws
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January 18, 2025
Photography
Gallery of Vancouver Wildflowers Photography by Rod Raglin
Rod Raglin
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June 12, 2025
Poetry
Smooth-talking serpents
David Belcher
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March 29, 2026
Poetry
A Cowboy in Therapy
Mike Casetta
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May 6, 2019
Poetry
Singing
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 13, 2024
Poetry and Music
Robert Johnson in South Rosedale, Mississippi, crossroads of Highways 1 &...
RC James
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June 26, 2025
Essays
The Acropolis Caryatids of the Erechtheion and Michelangelo’s Medici Tomb Sculptures:...
Bernie Langs
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February 3, 2026
Poetry
Coyotes
Steve Klepetar
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August 2, 2018
Poetry
My Co-Workers Are All Ghosts
Susan Peters
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December 29, 2019
Poetry
Searching for True North
Raymond Huffman
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November 27, 2022
Art
They Rise to Look Over the Mountain & Other New Work
Dale Patterson
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September 17, 2021
Poetry
nautilus
Tiko Lewis
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November 19, 2023
Poetry
My Dear
Matt Dennison
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August 8, 2026
Poetry
The Daughter
Peter Cashorali
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March 27, 2024
Creative Non-Fiction
Martyr Musical
Davey Do
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July 4, 2024
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Strange Beauty
Kaci Skiles Laws
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January 17, 2022
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One by One
james stephen
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May 4, 2026
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Big, Long, Red Hairs
Lance Jencks
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May 26, 2023
Art
Snagging the Bottom of the Ocean
Dale Patterson
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April 14, 2021
Poetry
Most times though we’d sit
Michael Ashley
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June 3, 2018
Showcase
RED Series
Jenn Zed
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October 10, 2022
Poetry
Nothing But Wind and Grass
Jason Ryberg
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August 25, 2024
Poetry
Cats
Matt Dennison
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February 12, 2024
Poetry
Ode to a Hummingbird
RC James
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October 10, 2021
Poetry
Cereal for Dinner
Jordan Trethewey
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May 21, 2024
Music
Sojuz Šrek Párty
Nicholas Wintzler
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February 16, 2022
Fiction
If I Should Die
Kaci Skiles Laws
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February 8, 2024
Fiction
Last Word Dressed in a Gray Suit
Akeith Walters
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June 14, 2024
Poetry
Mirage
Mike Casetta
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May 3, 2021
Poetry
home is a flower farm
Rob Breeding
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October 12, 2025
Poetry
The Bridge
Grady VanWright
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January 24, 2026
Poetry
I stepped in vomit today
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 3, 2024
Poetry
GLIMPSES OF MY MOM AND ME AFTER THE DIVORCE, 1988
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 24, 2022
Art
REMY, LULU, AND THE BIG NOSE
Tom Strong
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May 24, 2020
Poetry and Author Reading
Kite Territory
Marc Woodward
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August 31, 2026
Poetry
Selfie with a Dying Cat
Lisa Summe
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December 19, 2019
Photography
Little Boy Meets Big Tree
Tom Strong
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September 28, 2024
Poetry
this poem is called three boys were shot dead in a...
Jill Winkowski
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February 21, 2023
Poetry
The black rose of poverty
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 11, 2023
Poetry
I’m Watching the Old Man and the Sea
John Gurney
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September 18, 2024
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Color pictures
Nicholas Wintzler
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July 29, 2021
Poetry
in pursuit of dead presidents
Obed Ladiny
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February 2, 2020
Art
Boy’s Fort #6
Barry Burgess
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April 26, 2024
Poetry
Groundnut kernels
Michael Ashley
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August 9, 2026
Poetry
In Short
Matt Dennison
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December 3, 2024
Readings
Me and my zine
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 5, 2019
Poetry
The Carrot of Believing
Tom Riordan
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April 30, 2025
Poetry
It Never Changes
Dale Patterson
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January 17, 2023
Poetry
An Old Dog Reads Keats
Bob Bradshaw
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September 17, 2025
Art
Don’t shoot the artist
R. jones
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February 26, 2021
Poetry
Metallic
Nolcha Fox
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August 14, 2023
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The Finest Spirits
Mike Casetta
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November 8, 2023
Poetry
The Gig Econ
Lawrence George
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September 21, 2019
Video
Quadrant
Matt Dennison
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January 26, 2022
Poetry
you know how (xviii)
Mike Casetta
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November 17, 2023
Poetry
October Wind
Raymond Huffman
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December 11, 2022
Art
Shaman
Jenn Zed
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June 19, 2019
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Zak and the Moffy Cat Play
Matt Dennison
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November 26, 2025
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Reasons to Send Advice-Givers On Their Way
Trish Saunders
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May 14, 2024
Photography
A Gallery of Twelve New Zealand Photographs by John Austin, 2019-2025
John Austin
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August 2, 2026
Poetry
Wait, Romeo! Wait, Juliet!
Obed Ladiny
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August 26, 2026
Poetry
Exotic Materials Haiku & Industrial Manhood
james stephen
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April 29, 2023
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I took that personally
Nicholas Wintzler
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August 20, 2021
Art
it’s me
Anisa Mosaiebiniya
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October 18, 2024
Poetry
THE TOME OF THE UNKNOWN POET
Daniel J. Flore III
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March 22, 2023
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Il Faut Imaginer Sisyphe Heureux
Grady VanWright
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June 10, 2025
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2 face studies
Tiko Lewis
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December 24, 2023
Art
That Which I Should Have Done
Barry Burgess
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March 17, 2024
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Scents Memory
Sara C
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August 19, 2026
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Melissa’s Bicycle
Lawrence George
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November 1, 2020
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A Pretty Face
Sharon Bartshe
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August 31, 2022
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Anna and the Scourge
RC James
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November 24, 2019
Art
Living on Mainstreet
Dale Patterson
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November 12, 2021
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Now that you’ve gone
Jay Gandhi
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July 22, 2024
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A Tennessee Fainting Goat in Texas
Mike Casetta
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January 22, 2019
Art
De rentmeesters & other new work
Marcel Herms
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July 19, 2021
Poetry
no title worthwhile
Rob Breeding
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August 6, 2024
Poetry
a tale of two poets and a boy from the Bronx
Emalisa Rose
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December 19, 2020
Poetry
Simone Weil and the ugly piano
Jenn Zed
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June 21, 2018
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The books on the shelves
Obed Ladiny
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September 15, 2026
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Mad Skills
Sara C
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July 23, 2023
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The Bird
Matt Dennison
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April 12, 2018
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Morning Visit
Peter Cashorali
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February 6, 2024
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Jotting down the outline
Michael Ashley
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February 4, 2026
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Hidden Riddles
Maria Mazzenga
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August 19, 2019
Poetry
A More Perfect Union
Andy Posner
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November 5, 2019
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Trauma Hamster Wheel
Jordan Trethewey
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May 15, 2021
Poetry
Jabberloon
Matt Dennison
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April 9, 2026
Art
..this..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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December 30, 2024
Poetry
dog sitting
Lawrence George
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August 16, 2024
Poetry
of Moments that loiter
silent lotus
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December 27, 2021
Poetry
Hedgehog in Winter
Paul Brookes
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January 15, 2026
Poetry
I Drank Again
james stephen
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April 17, 2026
Art
Series – The Astronaut’s Notebook
Dale Patterson
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August 7, 2020
Poetry
Galileo Never Rode a Rickshaw
Michael Acker
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February 21, 2021
Art
Help
Marcel Herms
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December 20, 2018
Art
some new prints… (a series of 7)
Ron Sardino
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May 26, 2024
Poetry
Leningrad Ghosts
Mark A. Murphy
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March 6, 2022
Poetry
The Rock, the Water
Matt Dennison
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November 26, 2023
Poetry
Desiderata
Mark A. Murphy
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May 12, 2022
Fiction
Joelle
Sherry Cassells
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September 7, 2023
Poetry
The cold winds of hates
Michael Ashley
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August 30, 2026
Poetry
Shutters
Martin Slavin
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June 19, 2019
Poetry
Leaving for Florida
Dale Patterson
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August 13, 2023
Fiction
The Christo Apartments
Sherry Cassells
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May 25, 2025
Poetry
Write You Back
Sara C
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October 31, 2025
Poetry
Jazz Tuba
Jefferson Carter
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February 15, 2019
Poetry
IT’S CHRISTMAS AND I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE BALLS...
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 25, 2024
Poetry
before Hip-Hop
silent lotus
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October 9, 2021
Poetry
A Messiah Morning
silent lotus
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May 21, 2018
Poetry
He says I’m too good
Kaci Skiles Laws
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January 1, 2023
Poetry
pixelated
Michael Acker
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September 24, 2022
Poetry
What If We Did Everything Right?
Hugh Lemma
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April 25, 2025
Art
Black History Month – Sketches
Tiko Lewis
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February 4, 2023
Poetry
HEY BUK
Lance Jencks
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March 19, 2022
Poetry
work
Jess Kangas
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December 10, 2019
Poetry
I suppose resilience
Obed Ladiny
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November 28, 2025
Poetry
Book of the Dead
Grady VanWright
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November 28, 2024
Poetry
A long time
Oliver Stansfield
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April 6, 2024
Art
Still Life After Gauguin
george roesch johnson
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October 1, 2024
Poetry
Pay rate sucks, but
Obed Ladiny
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March 9, 2024
Poetry
the mike pence school of gay conversion therapy
Lawrence George
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August 17, 2020
Art
Miami Docks
Timothy F Phillips
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February 24, 2024
Poetry
Looking through you
Ken Tomaro
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April 14, 2024
Poetry
If I Lived In England
Mike Casetta
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July 11, 2025
Poetry
last of days
Rob Breeding
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January 15, 2025
Poetry
It’s A Good Thing You Are Not Here
Mike Casetta
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January 8, 2023
Photography
Saturn Swings For The Moon – For Jenn Zed
Lance Jencks
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April 17, 2021
Art
Juvenile delinquent
Marcel Herms
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January 21, 2020
Showcase
.little things.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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January 7, 2019
Poetry
how it used to be
Emily J Vieweg
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December 10, 2021
Poetry
Pool Hall
Matt Dennison
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August 25, 2025
Poetry
On feeling lonely and dispirited cutting the grass at St Mary...
Cameron McClure
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November 15, 2023
Art
Silence Reflection
Anisa Mosaiebiniya
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September 22, 2024
Photography
Dylan Thomas’ Boathouse and Writing Hut at Laugharne, Wales
Ieuan ap hywel
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April 12, 2024
Poetry
anticipating the dog
Delainie Littlejohn
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August 5, 2020
Poetry
picture window
Rob Breeding
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December 28, 2024
Flash and Short Fiction
The Recurring Red Scarf
Sherry Cassells
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December 19, 2025
Poetry
your father will betray you, your mother, sister, brother, best friend
Kaci Skiles Laws
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January 12, 2024
Art
L-Scape 9–Trip
Jenn Zed
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March 1, 2021
Poetry
Mourned town
David Belcher
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February 7, 2025
Art
A shame for the angels
Marcel Herms
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July 28, 2019
Art
growing up rough
Tiko Lewis
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March 2, 2023
Fiction
A Laugh
Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
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September 6, 2020
Poetry
The Sadness of Celia
Marc Woodward
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August 23, 2026
Poetry
At Least Yours Had a Song, Buk
Sharon Leigh
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January 7, 2026
Fiction
Forty-Fives
Ann Kammerer
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January 7, 2025
Photography and Poetry
Life On The Rocks
Tom Strong
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November 20, 2025
Art
inktober 2024 #3
Tiko Lewis
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October 30, 2024
Poetry
even as the skies darken
Jan Harper
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August 21, 2023
Poetry
New Dishes
Ann Kammerer
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May 11, 2025
Poetry
Self-Checkout
Lance Watson
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May 23, 2026
Art
Edmund Conti Gallery
Edmund Conti
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June 8, 2025
Art
Scarecrow
Dale Patterson
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November 16, 2019
Poetry
Redshift
Hugh Lemma
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November 7, 2023
Art
Untitled
Marcel Herms
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
With Your Voice
Mark A. Murphy
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September 7, 2020
Poetry
No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye
Michael Acker
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September 28, 2019
Photography
ConTEXTnaTURE
Nichole Spates
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February 27, 2019
Music
HYPATIA
Jenn Zed
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December 31, 2018
Art
intoxicated attack on a french graphic novel
Jess Kangas
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May 19, 2018
Poetry
sitting in the backyard eating a green apple
Lawrence George
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June 5, 2024
Poetry
I am a lineman for the county…
Jason Ryberg
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April 23, 2026
Art
Intense Emotions
Elina Ghanbari
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January 16, 2023
Poetry
The Dog of My Life
Sherry Cassells
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January 29, 2025
Poetry
they all ask what type as if it is an ice...
Michael Ashley
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March 24, 2026
Poetry
Snapback
Jordan Trethewey
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May 30, 2019
Fiction
Gajra
Jay Gandhi
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August 11, 2018
Poetry
Cabin Fever
Mike Casetta
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January 31, 2025
Poetry
.idea.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 2, 2022
Poetry
Alone
Raymond Huffman
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February 24, 2023
Poetry
A Dream of the Basement
Vincent Casaregola
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January 26, 2024
Poetry
knick knack
Sara C
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December 15, 2023
Poetry
haiku’ish
Michael Acker
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July 5, 2023
Poetry
Maria
Jay Gandhi
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June 5, 2018
Poetry
Apology
Andy Posner
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October 26, 2025
Poetry
And holy holy, the life it held
Nathalie Spaans
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March 22, 2024
Poetry
Now that you’re no more
Jay Gandhi
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February 14, 2025
Poetry
terlingua
Rob Breeding
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February 17, 2024
Fiction
Big Semicolon Sale!
Raymond Huffman
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August 8, 2025
Poetry
BOB SUCKS
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 8, 2021
Fiction
Your call is important to us
Lance Watson
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September 7, 2025
Poetry
As If I Didn’t Know
Matt Dennison
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September 9, 2023
Poetry
Exile (To the Homeland)
Mohamed Gaki
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November 9, 2025
Poetry
Sour Moon
Starr
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August 10, 2022
Art
Coyote questions
Pat Perrin
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December 1, 2024
Poetry
Boxes
Rob Breeding
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January 7, 2020
Poetry
Afterlight
Hugh Lemma
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February 21, 2024
Poetry
End of October
james stephen
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November 3, 2021
Art
Sky Kitchen
Dale Patterson
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January 27, 2020
Poetry and Art
Ain’t No Pity
Barry Burgess
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May 19, 2025
Poetry
Dead Yet?
Dale M. Tushman
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June 17, 2026
Poetry
grey goose retrospective (email #12)
Ron Sardino
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March 30, 2023
Art
anniversary card
Tiko Lewis
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February 15, 2025
Art
The Forest
Christina Quinn
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October 9, 2018
Poetry
Wedding Tree
Matt Dennison
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April 22, 2025
Poetry
Why I Am Moving to Ireland
D. E. Kern
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April 2, 2024
Poetry
That Cemetery Cold
Paul Brookes
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December 27, 2022
Poetry
HOW TO TELL A COMPLETE STRANGER YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 8, 2023
Poetry
Woman with Cigarette
james stephen
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April 23, 2021
Photography
Crow
Rod Raglin
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June 26, 2026
Poetry
The Insect Sonnets: Grasshopper
Paul Brookes
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July 10, 2021
Poetry
Stubble
Cameron McClure
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August 10, 2019
Art
for Grand-Dude
Tiko Lewis
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December 17, 2023
Poetry
my-Tune
Jay Gandhi
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September 30, 2018
Fiction
One rupee coin
Jay Gandhi
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January 30, 2020
Poetry
Mores of the morning
silent lotus
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December 2, 2021
Music
Prendere Lucciole Per Lanterne (To Take Fireflies For Lanterns)
Marc Woodward
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July 5, 2024
Poetry
Buddha Man Blues
RC James
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January 31, 2019
Poetry
NETFLIX
Jefferson Carter
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April 26, 2022
Photography
Entrance, St Kilda’s Episcopal Church, Lochbuie, Mull (Scotland)
Tim Tucker
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March 29, 2024
Art
Lung and Heart
Robert Stastny
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April 11, 2025
Readings
I CAN’T CALL YOU PAUL
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 14, 2022
Poetry
While Waiting To Be Inspired
Mike Casetta
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March 20, 2025
Fiction
The Turnaround
Sherry Cassells
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March 26, 2023
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