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Hospital (Self Isolation Sonnet)
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March 2, 2021
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Hugh Lemma
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February 21, 2024
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Beatles Fan from Buenos Aires
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February 1, 2021
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Ode to the Remaining Toothpaste in the Tube
Andy Posner
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October 11, 2024
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June 23, 2024
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a tale of two poets and a boy from the Bronx
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December 19, 2020
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.new work.
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November 13, 2022
Art
Storming the Capitol No. 1: White Man’s Rage
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January 29, 2021
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Shrewing
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January 26, 2023
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The Danger
Michael Ashley
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June 21, 2021
Poetry
Psalm 2024/5784 For the Newish Year
Dale M. Tushman
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November 4, 2024
Poetry
Drawn to the Wilderness
Dale Patterson
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January 5, 2024
Art
Glitch
Jenn Zed
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April 26, 2018
Art
My Beautiful Grief
Elina Ghanbari
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May 10, 2019
Poetry
a murder of words
Michael Acker
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March 11, 2021
Art
Aquatic #4
Hugh Lemma
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August 31, 2018
Poetry
Tied Down
Ann Kammerer
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January 22, 2024
Art
Nocturnal Caffeination
Subhadeep De
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September 12, 2018
Poetry
the girl not exactly from Ipanema
Jenn Zed
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October 9, 2019
Poetry
there was this
Lawrence George
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January 10, 2021
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Apricot
Jenn Zed
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November 3, 2019
Poetry
THE BODY BODY
Jefferson Carter
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October 15, 2021
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Untitled
Amanda Villafranco
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May 19, 2019
Fiction
Unpublished Page
Lance Jencks
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May 14, 2018
Art
The Politician’s Con
Dale Patterson
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January 11, 2020
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The Forest
Christina Quinn
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December 10, 2018
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Sightseeing
Tom Strong
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December 14, 2019
Art
Abstract Terms
Michael Acker
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February 8, 2021
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Hairry
Kim Toft
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June 8, 2018
Poetry
Why are you always defending him?
Jennifer Wilder
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March 26, 2021
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July 16, 2018
Poetry
negative balance at the flea market lice market
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 19, 2019
Art
Where is the end of line
Nicholas Wintzler
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January 16, 2022
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averse
Tiko Lewis
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January 18, 2022
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Ink and Pencil
Jenn Zed
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February 13, 2019
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Angry Mind
Taylor Bain
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December 30, 2018
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Charlie Goes to New Castle
Robert Stastny
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March 15, 2024
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The Future of Rain
Eliot Jacobson
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October 23, 2019
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Air Bag
Jill Winkowski
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December 6, 2019
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4 a.m.
Larry Houston
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August 24, 2022
Music
Down to the dust
RC James
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January 21, 2019
Art
Mao-Trump
Jenn Zed
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July 7, 2019
Poetry
Fire Moon Rising
Mark Grinyer
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October 31, 2020
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All She Left Me Was a William Burroughs Novel
RC James
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September 24, 2021
Poetry
The Love Death Cannot Touch
Tom Strong
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March 12, 2024
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The Sacrifice
Cameron McClure
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November 13, 2023
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Small acrylic
Jennifer Gurney
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July 20, 2024
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In the Border Country
Marcel Herms
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May 19, 2018
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A More Perfect Union
Andy Posner
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November 5, 2019
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Zayda in Memory Care
Sara Clancy
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March 17, 2022
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Guard 1 and 2
Thomas Riesner
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August 19, 2024
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A face of regal splendor
Nathalie Spaans
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January 31, 2024
Fiction
The reviews are in for my poetry …
Eliot Jacobson
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October 24, 2021
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Skeptic’s Crèche
Sara Clancy
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March 29, 2023
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Haikus
Robert Stastny
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November 13, 2021
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Dark light
Kim Toft
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September 3, 2020
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I think I died
Kaci Skiles Laws
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April 25, 2021
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Forgotten faces
Sheela Mamidenna
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June 29, 2021
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The fattest guy at the pool
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 9, 2020
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Heavens to Murgatroyd — A Love Story
Sherry Cassells
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November 25, 2023
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Lisa Summe
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June 4, 2020
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Snagging the Bottom of the Ocean
Dale Patterson
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April 14, 2021
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Ocean City, NJ, 1967, & Other Work
Phyllis Green
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November 14, 2020
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..
Hugh Lemma
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December 16, 2022
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no title worthwhile
Rob Breeding
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August 6, 2024
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Kill for Candy, Fuck for Free
Jenn Zed
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September 30, 2021
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Polar Ideas
Dale Patterson
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September 8, 2019
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Juliet
Jenn Zed
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September 8, 2024
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Karin Dreijer Andersson – 2
Jenn Zed
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June 1, 2018
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The Day Glenn Miller’s Plane Disappeared
Trish Saunders
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November 11, 2019
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In this life, we met
Hang Mai
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June 17, 2023
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City of peace
David Belcher
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February 2, 2022
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.this.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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May 14, 2023
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Life Forms, Eventually to Wonder
Pat Perrin
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September 19, 2024
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All my bent metal
L.J.
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June 30, 2023
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Hunger
Matt Dennison
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September 2, 2024
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HUNG LIKE A HEBREW NATIONAL
Douglas Goodwin
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August 18, 2020
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Dragon lady
Frank Doorhof
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May 22, 2018
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Urban Reinvention 06
Mark Preier
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April 6, 2018
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What about us
Marcel Herms
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April 20, 2018
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I CAN’T BURY THE CORPSE OF YOUR MEMORY
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 19, 2023
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Curtain Closed
Trish Saunders
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September 12, 2020
Poetry
found
Mike Casetta
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June 1, 2024
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The lady you keep yapping with on the phone
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 19, 2020
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The Daughter
Peter Cashorali
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March 27, 2024
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Biohacker Series
Jenn Zed
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August 11, 2020
Art
Experiments with a copy machine part 1
Marcel Herms
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September 14, 2019
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michael visits his favorite webcam girl
Jennifer Wilder
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March 3, 2021
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No Carp in the Park
silent lotus
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December 16, 2018
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a fair crop
Matt Dennison
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November 7, 2022
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Abruptly
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January 25, 2024
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Penumbra
Hugh Lemma
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May 28, 2024
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Safe Text
Ann Kammerer
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January 3, 2021
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The curve of tenderness
Trish Saunders
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June 13, 2019
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The Fool
Michael Ashley
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October 2, 2018
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Poem in Which I Imagine My Dad Agrees to Shave My...
Lisa Summe
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November 27, 2019
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Redshift
Hugh Lemma
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November 7, 2023
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TIMOTHY
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April 26, 2018
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The Tannhäuser Gate .. series
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March 4, 2024
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April 10, 2021
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.reborn.
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August 22, 2019
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aqueous
Michael Acker
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October 3, 2023
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Ikebana
Tom Strong
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August 20, 2020
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Tribute from a Wooden Hut
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March 11, 2024
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The Poem I Didn’t Want To Write
Grady VanWright
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December 4, 2024
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Something Keeps Cutting the Spider’s Web
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October 21, 2022
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Coming Out
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November 26, 2019
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Dad
heidi selig
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November 19, 2024
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SECRETS
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October 24, 2019
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Anointing the Dead
Susan Peters
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August 12, 2023
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my-Tune
Jay Gandhi
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September 30, 2018
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4:48 a.m.
james stephen
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December 5, 2022
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Pain of the sex
Nathalie Spaans
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February 14, 2023
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Aegir
Marcel Herms
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June 22, 2022
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Melon Man
Gerard Sarnat
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August 9, 2018
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Daintiness
Michael Acker
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December 2, 2024
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Pomp and Circumstance
Tom Riordan
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June 22, 2020
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Because time is an artist
Sara Clancy
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April 5, 2024
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Karambol
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August 26, 2021
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Jungle Sonnet
Michael Ashley
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November 7, 2024
Music
Zed Point – Android Girls
Jenn Zed
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November 13, 2019
Poetry
SHELTERING AT HOME
Jefferson Carter
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September 2, 2020
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Visionaries
Michael Acker
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May 15, 2019
Poetry
Reentry
Grady VanWright
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October 8, 2024
Art
Glory to the newborn king
Marcel Herms
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July 7, 2020
Poetry
The Witness
silent lotus
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August 1, 2021
Photography
The project
Kim Toft
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October 28, 2021
Poetry
11 Million Buttons
Tom Strong
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March 14, 2023
Poetry
of Moments that loiter
silent lotus
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December 27, 2021
Poetry
I COULD HANDLE MY BRAIN WITH WHITE NOISE COMING FROM ABOVE
Daniel J. Flore III
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September 5, 2023
Poetry
Cereal for Dinner
Jordan Trethewey
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May 21, 2024
Art
The pains of pointless jobs
Marcel Herms
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June 15, 2022
Art
Everybody Swims/Lino Cut
george roesch johnson
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June 20, 2019
Poetry
Umwelt
Jenn Zed
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December 13, 2020
Fiction
The Blue Ghost
Ann Kammerer
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July 30, 2019
Poetry
10:08 a.m.
james stephen
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February 18, 2021
Poetry
I WAS SENSITIVE
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 10, 2022
Poetry
Changing Shapes of Rain
Miya Ko
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October 7, 2020
Art
De oproerkraaier
Marcel Herms
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September 23, 2019
Blog
Free Broadside: Leeza Simmons Sikes’ Bitchy Poems
Open Arts Forum
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March 22, 2023
Poetry
haiku
Michael Acker
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July 29, 2023
Poetry
I Shall Live by the Ocean
Mary MacGowan
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September 29, 2024
Poetry
Show and Tell
Cameron McClure
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June 20, 2023
Photography
The Snook Room
Stephen B White
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October 3, 2018
Art
Abstracted River Realism
Patrice Cameron
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April 4, 2023
Photography
Femmes Fatales
Nichole Spates
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May 19, 2019
Photography
Limited Light
Paul Rabinowitz
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May 9, 2021
Music
Restitution
Kaci Skiles Laws
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May 29, 2020
Poetry
Bubble Wrap
Sara Clancy
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August 20, 2023
Poetry
that realm
Michael Acker
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July 22, 2023
Poetry
To The Silence
Trish Saunders
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August 11, 2024
Poetry
Against Poe
Jefferson Carter
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December 28, 2018
Poetry
After the Visit
Sara Clancy
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December 29, 2022
Art
Self Portrait in dark mood
george roesch johnson
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October 4, 2019
Poetry
A Boat Called Isabelle
Margarita Serafimova
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February 26, 2019
Music
Selections from Forthcoming Album, “Low & Lily”
Jenn Zed
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April 22, 2021
Art
Sale
R. jones
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August 2, 2021
Poetry
Chisos Dream
Raymond Huffman
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May 24, 2023
Poetry
Strand #1: Abstractions
Hugh Lemma
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March 10, 2024
Photography
Entrance, St Kilda’s Episcopal Church, Lochbuie, Mull (Scotland)
Tim Tucker
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March 29, 2024
Poetry
On a Dance, or a Whim
Mary MacGowan
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November 20, 2024
Contributor Blogs
Why publishing a book is important
Miya Ko
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November 27, 2020
Photography
Kyoto is doing great
Mark Preier
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June 17, 2018
Poetry
Reinbert plays Satie
Nathalie Spaans
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February 25, 2023
Fiction
Marvins
Sherry Cassells
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November 28, 2021
Poetry
Misery Chic
Jenn Zed
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October 25, 2020
Poetry
We Were Nine
Matt Dennison
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June 16, 2024
Poetry
The Gig Econ
Lawrence George
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September 21, 2019
Art
Commencement
Dale Patterson
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March 12, 2021
Art
Black History Month – Sketches
Tiko Lewis
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February 4, 2023
Poetry
You Are Here
Mike Casetta
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September 25, 2018
Poetry
In Guadalupe’s Bed
Tom Riordan
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January 5, 2019
Poetry
Reasons to Send Advice-Givers On Their Way
Trish Saunders
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May 14, 2024
Art
In a Room that Refuses to Read
Dale Patterson
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June 6, 2020
Contributor Blogs
Winners of the Poetry Contest, Lockdown Prayers, 2021
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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May 18, 2021
Poetry
On the Phone with Zayda
Sara Clancy
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October 13, 2021
Poetry
Troubles
Chloe Zumbrun
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April 16, 2021
Poetry
Interior Decorating for the Autistic Mistress
Cheryl Leverette
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January 12, 2019
Art
CQ DE OU-OZ HANNE
Jenn Zed
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May 11, 2019
Fiction
Go Fish
Sherry Cassells
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February 15, 2022
Poetry
Tonight, I Am Grieving for a Mouse
Palline Plum
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November 4, 2021
Poetry
Neon Neck
Michael Thomas Ellis
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August 23, 2020
Poetry
The Arena of Aesthetic Elaboration
Jenn Zed
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May 31, 2018
Showcase
The Miki Collection
Jenn Zed
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June 30, 2018
Poetry
97.8% Impotent
Lance Jencks
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September 11, 2022
Art
Vleugellam Fladderend
Marcel Herms
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April 23, 2018
Art
Nebula Heartstrings
Taylor Bain
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January 2, 2019
Poetry
Long John Silver’s Parley: A Meditation Upon Mammon
Wim Coleman
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October 20, 2024
Art
how it is
R. jones
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April 11, 2022
Poetry
Melissa’s Bicycle
Lawrence George
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November 1, 2020
Art
Full Metal Bitch
Jenn Zed
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May 28, 2020
Poetry
22 Sept 22
Marc Woodward
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November 19, 2022
Poetry
all natural zero calorie existence
Tiko Lewis
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June 27, 2018
Poetry
The body of Christ
KIMBERLY McNeil
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January 15, 2022
Photography
Primavera
Michael Ashley
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May 31, 2018
Art
Korean Wonder Woman I
Chunbum Park
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January 22, 2022
Poetry
FUZZY TREE
Jefferson Carter
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March 20, 2023
Poetry
he chose to
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October 12, 2019
Poetry
Breathless
Josianne Barrette-Moran
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November 19, 2019
Poetry
A Dream of the Basement
Vincent Casaregola
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January 26, 2024
Poetry
How to Become Invisible
Mary McCarthy
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June 11, 2018
Poetry
when he begins to speak
Jan Harper
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September 15, 2023
Photography
Harris and Lewis, Outer Hebrides – Series
Tim Tucker
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March 20, 2024
Poetry
Missing (for my grandparents)
Nolcha Fox
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July 31, 2022
Art
Automaga
Nicholas Wintzler
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December 12, 2021
Fiction
The Dark Watchers
Lawrence George
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July 16, 2023
Poetry
An Amity of Witches
Sara Clancy
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October 31, 2024
Poetry
Toby, Tobias Dog
Doug Flaherty
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September 2, 2019
Poetry
Square Jaw and GSOH
Cameron McClure
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December 6, 2022
Showcase
Covid Times
OAF Artists & Writers
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May 18, 2020
Poetry
there is something about circling
Michael Ashley
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November 2, 2024
Poetry
Her Knickers
Paul Brookes
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September 21, 2020
Poetry
RED HOT
Daniel J. Flore III
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January 10, 2023
Poetry
These spectacles have seen ages
Jay Gandhi
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November 30, 2020
Poetry
A Failed Attempt at Re-parenting
Mike Casetta
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May 30, 2020
Fiction
Watercolour Lake
Sherry Cassells
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March 31, 2024
Music
Strange Things at Very Low Temperatures
Jenn Zed
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September 7, 2022
Blog
Submittable: Too Expensive
Open Arts Forum
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May 17, 2019
Performance Art
New Muses for a Posthuman Age
Ian Badcoe
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June 2, 2018
Art
“Oh no, please don’t”
Hang Mai
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April 1, 2024
Poetry
The Right Kind of Babies
james stephen
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September 18, 2021
Poetry
Calendar on the wall throwing flowers
Trish Saunders
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July 21, 2020
Art
self portrait #2
Tiko Lewis
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April 9, 2023
Poetry
Carry Me
Raymond Huffman
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October 9, 2023
Poetry
First we release the horses
Trish Saunders
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June 28, 2019
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