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transporter malfunction near the indiana border
Rob Breeding
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May 4, 2023
Poetry
After Seeing You in Sullivan’s
Trish Saunders
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January 6, 2022
Poetry
Sour Moon
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August 10, 2022
Poetry
Woman with Cigarette
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April 23, 2021
Poetry
The Man I Fell in Love With
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April 4, 2024
Art
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May 1, 2021
Poetry
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October 4, 2025
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AA #2 – Unnamed: We’ll Call Him Mushroom
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January 21, 2021
Poetry
Quietus
Tom Strong
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January 4, 2021
Poetry
The Pump
Matt Dennison
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July 9, 2024
Poetry
Broken Lock
Rich Glinnen
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July 26, 2025
Art
Art Revolutionary
Jenn Zed
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July 25, 2020
Poetry
Every Daily Mass
Tom Strong
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October 14, 2025
Poetry
The Moon So Close
Trish Saunders
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March 15, 2025
Poetry
Dappled Daisies and Curious Butterflies
Matt Dennison
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February 2, 2024
Poetry
Patience
Mike Casetta
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October 5, 2023
Art
Cycle
Thomas Riesner
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June 11, 2022
Showcase
Summer 2018 Series
Afieya Kipp
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July 31, 2018
Poetry
Auditory
Bethany Lim
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October 31, 2022
Photography
Dry Aquarium
Mark Preier
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November 24, 2018
Poetry
Thank you
Hugh Lemma
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April 29, 2024
Poetry
To Stick Around
Boston Gordon
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December 4, 2019
Photography
Primavera
Michael Ashley
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May 31, 2018
Poetry
Completely, Absolutely Not There
Ray Miller
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November 10, 2024
Art
The dogs are at it again
Marcel Herms
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November 6, 2019
Poetry
Portrait of Old Man in Camo Hat and Bermuda Shorts
Jason Ryberg
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November 10, 2025
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The Carrot of Believing
Tom Riordan
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April 30, 2025
Fiction
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Sherry Cassells
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May 10, 2023
Poetry and Music
Robert Johnson in South Rosedale, Mississippi, crossroads of Highways 1 &...
RC James
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June 26, 2025
Poetry
HIS T-SHIRT
Jefferson Carter
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February 8, 2020
Poetry
When I Am Old
Hugh Lemma
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May 9, 2023
Fiction
The Golden Years of Gary Goldenberg
Lance Watson
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August 30, 2025
Poetry
Daffodil Spikes and Tulip Skewers
Jordan Trethewey
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
unhallowed ground
Rob Breeding
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July 30, 2025
Readings
Trinity Park (with audio)
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January 8, 2025
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Bottom feeding at the gas station slots
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 14, 2022
Poetry
The Cleaver days
Ken Tomaro
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November 5, 2022
Poetry
Disorder
Mike Casetta
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September 30, 2025
Poetry
His Coat
Obed Ladiny
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May 11, 2023
Poetry
Sonnet for Leni
Miya Ko
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February 17, 2022
Music
Aljosja
Dennis Ramler
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May 16, 2020
Poetry
Unmoored
Grady VanWright
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October 29, 2025
Poetry
Anyway
Hugh Lemma
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November 24, 2024
Art
Glowing
Martin Rae Veil
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June 4, 2023
Poetry
the canvas of the covenant
silent lotus
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February 24, 2020
Showcase
Delainie’s little something or others
Delainie Littlejohn
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December 20, 2019
Music
Red
Kaci Skiles Laws
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May 20, 2020
Poetry
Beatles Fan from Buenos Aires
Mark Anthony Pearce
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February 1, 2021
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An ode to Billy C.
Ken Tomaro
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September 28, 2022
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SHELTERING AT HOME
Jefferson Carter
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September 2, 2020
Poetry
Coupling
Rob Breeding
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September 28, 2020
Art
in focus
Tiko Lewis
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January 29, 2026
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Waymarkers
Marc Woodward
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December 22, 2020
Art
Two Drawings by Tiko Lewis
Tiko Lewis
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August 22, 2025
Poetry
song to myself
Cameron McClure
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October 6, 2021
Poetry
Ars Poetica #1
Hugh Lemma
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June 7, 2025
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Parking Space
Ann Kammerer
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January 21, 2022
Poetry
A Season’s Change
Michael Acker
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September 21, 2022
Art
Abstract Terms
Michael Acker
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February 8, 2021
Photography
Patterns and Light
Mark Preier
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August 13, 2019
Art
Four by Phyllis Green
Phyllis Green
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May 29, 2019
Poetry
Cycling Dhyana
Tom Strong
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September 11, 2021
Poetry
Misanthropy In F U Minor
Michael Thomas Ellis
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August 12, 2020
Poetry
My Name
james stephen
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December 4, 2021
Poetry
Sleepless Again and Again
Nolcha Fox
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October 7, 2023
Poetry
A Christmas Card from Charles Bukowski *
Charles Bukowski
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December 24, 2018
Poetry
A Tyre Changer Can Earn £350k per year
Niall M Oliver
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April 15, 2023
Poetry
The Spirit of Christmas
Andy Posner
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December 27, 2021
Poetry
Jack’s Breakfast – Pardons for Myself Multiply
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November 18, 2021
Poetry
inkspill
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 25, 2019
Showcase
The Miki Collection
Jenn Zed
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June 30, 2018
Poetry
It Is written
Michael Acker
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September 26, 2019
Photography
Nature’s puppet-show
Michael Ashley
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November 21, 2025
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Haphazardly
Michael Acker
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September 22, 2023
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A Loss of Belief
Raymond Huffman
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October 9, 2022
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Doggerel
Mike Casetta
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July 20, 2021
Poetry
BREATHLESS
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 28, 2023
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I think I died
Kaci Skiles Laws
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April 25, 2021
Poetry
A Brother’s Grip
Mark Becker
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December 31, 2025
Art
Pomegranate Diamond
L.J.
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April 17, 2025
Art
Fiber fantasia!
L.J.
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January 4, 2025
Poetry
Visible Memory Punctuation
Maria Mazzenga
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August 16, 2021
Poetry
Reflections
Mike Casetta
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September 16, 2023
Readings
poetry yard sale
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 18, 2019
Art
no title
Tiko Lewis
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January 28, 2023
Art
Faso
Tiko Lewis
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February 5, 2026
Poetry
Digital Revenge
Jay Gandhi
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May 17, 2021
Poetry
The too real dream of guilt in one glance
Lyn Lifshin
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May 6, 2020
Photography
Mixolydian 06
Mark Preier
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April 10, 2018
Poetry
The Shearer
John Austin
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December 18, 2018
Art
Wave Function
Chunbum Park
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February 28, 2021
Poetry
Why America’s Democracy Is Going Bankrupt
Mike Casetta
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March 28, 2024
Poetry
Convent
Matt Dennison
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December 14, 2021
Poetry
Rakinewis (The Capestrano Warrior)
Marc Woodward
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October 25, 2019
Poetry
Ward 8
Starr
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July 26, 2020
Art
Templar
Jenn Zed
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June 11, 2019
Poetry
The Mist on the Water
D. E. Kern
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October 24, 2023
Photography
Shadow Shoots
Kim Toft
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July 10, 2020
Fiction
We Drove to LA from Phoenix in 1965 to Buy French...
Mike Casetta
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May 4, 2024
Poetry
To look for yourself
Nathalie Spaans
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May 12, 2023
Poetry
Last Call
Dale M. Tushman
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August 4, 2025
Photography
First signs
Rod Raglin
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April 4, 2026
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Autumn
Nathalie Spaans
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November 4, 2022
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I stepped in vomit today
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 3, 2024
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Woodswoman
Sara Clancy
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June 11, 2025
Poetry
.rose.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 4, 2022
Poetry
Mediums
D. E. Kern
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April 18, 2024
Fiction
Benny the Bard: A Modern Epic
Grady VanWright
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February 21, 2025
Fiction
Marvins
Sherry Cassells
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November 28, 2021
Poetry
that realm
Michael Acker
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July 22, 2023
Poetry
Hope
Bethany Lim
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May 5, 2025
Contributor Blogs
tv appearance…
April 10, 2021
Photography
light shadows….
A.L. Waddell
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March 13, 2023
Art
In a Room that Refuses to Read
Dale Patterson
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June 6, 2020
Poetry
For the Road
Mike Casetta
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December 14, 2024
Poetry
Writing Group
Ann Kammerer
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April 27, 2024
Poetry
Wheelbarrow
james stephen
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May 27, 2025
Art
It’s okay (we love you anyway)
Marcel Herms
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July 20, 2019
Poetry
Poem in Which I Imagine My Dad Agrees to Shave My...
Lisa Summe
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November 27, 2019
Poetry
A Dream of Nether Stowey
Marc Woodward
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September 12, 2025
Poetry
Digging
Michael Acker
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August 10, 2024
Video
S.P.E.C. Zero
Jenn Zed
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June 23, 2018
Poetry
This is me not exaggerating
Mike Casetta
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October 23, 2020
Poetry
slave songs—2020
Tiko Lewis
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August 3, 2020
Poetry
The weight of quiet things
Michael Ashley
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June 16, 2025
Poetry
a dog is a dog
Cheryl Leverette
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May 27, 2020
Art
NARROWNESS
Thomas Riesner
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April 4, 2022
Poetry
My friend has
Sara Riley
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January 25, 2019
Poetry
this train rides through dusk
Maria Mazzenga
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October 17, 2021
Photography
The Great Hanah Jon Taylor on Sax
george roesch johnson
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September 9, 2019
Poetry
This is How it Ends
Kaci Skiles Laws
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November 4, 2020
Photography
Saturn Swings For The Moon – For Jenn Zed
Lance Jencks
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April 17, 2021
Art
Snagging the Bottom of the Ocean
Dale Patterson
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April 14, 2021
Poetry
There is No Proof
Mike Casetta
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November 4, 2022
Poetry
Daffodil
Matt Dennison
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November 3, 2023
Poetry
With Your Voice
Mark A. Murphy
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September 7, 2020
Art
die(d) hard
Tiko Lewis
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November 2, 2025
Poetry
Mm, Mm, Good
Matt Dennison
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February 9, 2023
Poetry
Strawberry Panic
Jenn Zed
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July 20, 2022
Poetry
MY HIGH SCHOOL CREATIVE WRITING TEACHER
Daniel J. Flore III
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June 15, 2023
Poetry
A drawing of the one that got away
Anthony Hughes
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February 19, 2021
Poetry
Maybe You Remember
Hugh Lemma
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February 23, 2025
Poetry
Kaiwah Island/Ocean Course
Dale Patterson
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October 26, 2019
Poetry
Killing conspicuous
Tom Strong
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February 5, 2020
Music
Worry
Scott Douglas
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July 13, 2022
Poetry
copper coil
Jennifer Wilder
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October 18, 2021
Art
Requiem
Jenn Zed
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July 25, 2024
Poetry
Calendar on the wall throwing flowers
Trish Saunders
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July 21, 2020
Art
Reflection
Hang Mai
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April 5, 2022
Poetry
Gottfried and Klarissa
Dick Holmes
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October 10, 2018
Poetry
he chose to
October 12, 2019
Poetry
pixelated
Michael Acker
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September 24, 2022
Poetry
Book of the Dead
Grady VanWright
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November 28, 2024
Poetry
Be Wary of Sadness in Dark Times
Andy Posner
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January 11, 2026
Poetry
The Hush, the Hush, the Knowing Hush
Grady VanWright
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May 23, 2025
Poetry
Encounter with a clown
Marc Woodward
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September 15, 2019
Art
Coyote questions
Pat Perrin
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December 1, 2024
Photography
A16 Twenty 15
silent lotus
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August 13, 2018
Poetry
Blanks
Tom Speaks
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August 24, 2021
Poetry
Fool Moon
Tom Strong
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November 21, 2023
Poetry
I Must Be Careful What I Leave
Raymond Huffman
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November 21, 2022
Art
Untitled
Ammama Malik
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April 3, 2022
Poetry
A Dream of the Basement
Vincent Casaregola
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January 26, 2024
Poetry
Last Night By The Rain
Hugh Lemma
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August 21, 2024
Poetry
TIMES I FELT LIKE A LOSER
Daniel J. Flore III
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May 1, 2025
Art
Anatomy Of a Feline
Doug Flaherty
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March 25, 2020
Poetry
Cowkeeper
Ieuan ap hywel
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September 13, 2024
Photography
patterns
Anthony Hughes
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June 17, 2018
Art
Lysergic Deviations I
Subhadeep De
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September 24, 2018
Poetry
Bathroom Haiku
Niall M Oliver
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February 13, 2020
Video
’67 GTX Triple Black 440 Super Commando
Grady VanWright
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January 6, 2025
Art
My Last Thought Is Snow
Jenn Zed
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April 3, 2018
Poetry
What Do You Call This? Bubba Ganish?
Michael Acker
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December 14, 2018
Video
F A M K E
Jenn Zed
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April 17, 2018
Fiction
10 North Fulton
Rick Pernod
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October 10, 2022
Poetry
“El sueño de la razón produce monstruos”
Wim Coleman
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January 20, 2025
Poetry
Epiphany
Julie A. Dickson
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November 10, 2023
Poetry
Certificate of achievement
Ken Tomaro
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November 4, 2022
Poetry
Terns
Cameron McClure
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September 10, 2020
Poetry
Not to Love
james stephen
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September 27, 2025
Poetry
My Sister Cape
Sherry Cassells
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June 21, 2023
Poetry
Where I go from here
David Belcher
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June 4, 2021
Poetry
Calibrations
Cameron McClure
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June 19, 2018
Poetry
The Whole Day Went Dark
james stephen
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February 9, 2022
Poetry
I Beg Your Pardon?
Sara Clancy
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September 16, 2024
Poetry
Pantoum: American Recessional
Wim Coleman
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October 25, 2024
Art
REMY, LULU, AND THE BIG NOSE
Tom Strong
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May 24, 2020
Poetry
Just Another Dream Waking
RC James
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October 29, 2020
Art
Her Secret
Elina Ghanbari
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October 12, 2018
Art
Hanne
Jenn Zed
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June 24, 2019
Art
The Last Days of Denmark
Jenn Zed
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November 21, 2019
Photography
Nadine Professional Imaging
Frank Doorhof
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May 27, 2018
Digital Art
The Damage
Elina Ghanbari
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August 26, 2024
Poetry
Green
heidi selig
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July 15, 2025
Poetry
italian blue
Rob Breeding
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November 29, 2023
Music
Prendere Lucciole Per Lanterne (To Take Fireflies For Lanterns)
Marc Woodward
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July 5, 2024
Poetry
open tuning
Sara Clancy
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October 17, 2022
Fiction
The Hitman
Michael Acker
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October 2, 2024
Poetry and Author Reading
Electricity, Yes
Matt Dennison
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December 3, 2025
Poetry
Townies
Acklum Harwood
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May 16, 2025
Poetry
To You, I Shall Be Unique in All the World
Kaci Skiles Laws
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August 26, 2023
Poetry
riding the front
Jennifer Wilder
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April 24, 2025
Art
3 Selfies
Barry Burgess
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July 31, 2024
Poetry
Remission
Ann Kammerer
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October 31, 2023
Poetry
It’s been so long
Lyn Lifshin
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June 18, 2018
Fiction
Jack Struggles with an Equation
Cameron McClure
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February 4, 2024
Art
The Language of Objects—Digital Series
Dale Patterson
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August 29, 2020
Poetry
the moon chimes in
Robert Stastny
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November 22, 2022
Poetry
How Do You Know When You’re Dead
John Gurney
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March 14, 2025
Fiction
Last Word Dressed in a Gray Suit
Akeith Walters
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June 14, 2024
Poetry
Adept
Matt Dennison
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April 3, 2024
Poetry
Artificial Intelligence
Morgan Driscoll
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July 11, 2019
Poetry
The Dead Out Here
james stephen
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March 18, 2024
Art
Barfly
Marcel Herms
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June 17, 2018
Poetry
After her best friend’s hubby’s funeral
Paul Brookes
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December 4, 2023
Video
Man on Knees
Lance Jencks
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January 19, 2019
Poetry
lemme say this while ain’t nobody lookin’
Tiko Lewis
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October 7, 2018
Poetry
her mouth
January 7, 2023
Contributor Blogs
How Your Creative Work Can Outlive You
Lance Jencks
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December 9, 2021
Poetry
you on your coast, me on mine
Rob Breeding
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June 22, 2024
Poetry
Que Sera Sera
Tom Strong
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February 19, 2026
Music
You’re Strange
Jenn Zed
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December 21, 2018
Poetry
TIM THE TAPPER
Mark Anthony Pearce
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December 3, 2021
Photography
.reborn.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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August 22, 2019
Poetry
tomatoes
Lance Watson
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July 7, 2025
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