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The Woman I Always Knew I Could Be
Love of Lilacs: A Photographic Gallery by Rod Raglin
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Four Acrylic Nature Paintings by Vincent Bihn II
Jungian Shadow
4 year old driveway chalk art
Brood
Ceyx azureus (the azure kingfisher)
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A Gallery of Ten Flower Photographs by Jay Dougherty
A Gallery of Twelve New Zealand Photographs by John Austin, 2019-2025
Sunset Drama: A Gallery of Ten Vancouver Sunset Photographs by Rod…
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Love of Lilacs: A Photographic Gallery by Rod Raglin
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The 12 beers of Christmas
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Creative Non-Fiction
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September’s End
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Art
..nothing substantial..
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Abstract Art Is Better in the Abstract
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Poetry
Interior Decorating for the Autistic Mistress
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Poetry
The shy, wild dogs of February
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July 2, 2023
Art
Uncle Darryl and Aunt Rhonda at Yosemite Falls, 1965
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June 26, 2019
Fiction
The Dark Watchers
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July 16, 2023
Art
Double Dare
Jenn Zed
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
je parle Français
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Poetry
A Great Fuck
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June 24, 2018
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‘wings
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January 14, 2025
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No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye
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Poetry
Reinbert plays Satie
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February 25, 2023
Art
Four New Acrylic Paintings by Phyllis Green
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February 9, 2026
Fiction
A Difficult Character
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January 13, 2022
Poetry
This is how the world ends
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August 14, 2021
Art
self portrait #2
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April 9, 2023
Poetry
a murder of words
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March 11, 2021
Poetry
I Was Sentenced to Death
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May 17, 2026
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Visible Memory Punctuation
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August 16, 2021
Poetry
an interesting night in the emergency room
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unceremoniously
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Poetry
In Three Parts
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May 1, 2024
Poetry
200Kmph and Nineteen, Berlin
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August 2, 2020
Photography
Drinkers Converge
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July 23, 2020
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Corona
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Poetry
The Voodoo of Doll Shoes
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May 10, 2024
Poetry
Thutam Nguyen
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January 22, 2021
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October 11, 2021
Poetry
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August 6, 2019
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BARRED
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 17, 2024
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20th Century Wannabe
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June 19, 2018
Photography
Mundane Beauty
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July 28, 2025
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That’s The Theory
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May 16, 2026
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4 year old driveway chalk art
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July 22, 2026
Poetry
A Father’s Advice
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December 4, 2022
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Mexican Hat Dance
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September 30, 2019
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Extinct Birds – Series of 3
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February 19, 2025
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The Pump
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Silence Reflection
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September 22, 2024
Readings
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Poetry
The End of the World
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December 11, 2025
Photography
The Secret of Wan Li
Mark Preier
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June 5, 2018
Flash and Short Fiction
The Recurring Red Scarf
Sherry Cassells
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December 19, 2025
Poetry
Mississippi Catch and Release
Tom Strong
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April 17, 2023
Poetry
x
Sean M Hines
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Tokyo Subway Salary Men
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July 23, 2019
Poetry
IT FEELS LIKE THE END OF MY LIFE
Daniel J. Flore III
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July 13, 2024
Poetry
Capitalism in Cambodia
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January 6, 2020
Poetry
Mountain Hymn
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February 28, 2025
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Spiralling
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June 28, 2026
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K. Thorn’s a Dancer
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February 27, 2021
Fiction
The reviews are in for my poetry …
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October 24, 2021
Poetry
Patience
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October 5, 2023
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..best..
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Existential Angst
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Clapham Rick
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March 7, 2026
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Black History Month – Sketches
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particularities
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Half Ginkgo
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The Rust of Iron
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Heart Attack
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May 18, 2019
Art
Asian Hybridity
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Suicidal in Tuscany
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May 24, 2019
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Apricot
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Poetry
Old Maid
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November 26, 2019
Poetry
The astronaut
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
.neutered.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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April 27, 2025
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when he begins to speak
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September 15, 2023
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That Summer in Oz
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February 26, 2026
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The Emigrant
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November 28, 2022
Art
Menace
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November 8, 2019
Poetry
My head is a guillotine
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 15, 2020
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tomatoes
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July 7, 2025
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Blissed-out by exhaustion
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State of the Art
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Poetry
time lapse poem
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Non-fiction
Love Springs from Descendants of the Personal Ad
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Done Gone Wrong
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Poetry
HEY BUK
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Hidden Riddles
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“No Betta” Blues
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To My Replacements
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September 15, 2025
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Crow
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Ghosts
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May 20, 2023
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Come What May
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Lies Told by a Metronome
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January 31, 2020
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A Package from Home
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Last Year’s Census
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May 29, 2018
Art
adjust, course correct, then flow
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April 2, 2023
Poetry
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October 5, 2019
Humor
billionaires gone bitchmode: the final tweetdown
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Art
Silent Wishes
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May 3, 2026
Poetry
there is something about circling
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November 2, 2024
Showcase
Urban Exploration – Excavating the Everyday
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October 30, 2019
Poetry
perennials
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December 20, 2022
Fiction
Enough
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April 28, 2023
Poetry
JAWIN’ WITH THE WIND
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June 29, 2024
Poetry
A Familiar Place
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May 1, 2023
Poetry
Bonds
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February 7, 2019
Photography
Backside
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June 10, 2019
Poetry
It is October in Maine
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November 23, 2024
Photography
Four Spanish Winterscapes
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February 1, 2026
Poetry
Woodswoman
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June 11, 2025
Poetry
he chose to
October 12, 2019
Poetry
un-christmassed
Jan Harper
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April 19, 2025
Art
Four Acrylic Nature Paintings by Vincent Bihn II
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August 15, 2026
Poetry
She Always Wanted a Lap Cat
Tom Strong
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June 8, 2026
Poetry
Nothing But Wind and Grass
Jason Ryberg
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August 25, 2024
Video
Climbing the Great Heater of Life
Lance Jencks
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March 31, 2018
Video
Have Made It
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April 5, 2018
Poetry
Shooting Rats with Buddha
Marc Woodward
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December 21, 2025
Poetry
Blood Oranges / ice cubes & straws
silent lotus
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November 7, 2021
Poetry
Loose Change
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January 11, 2019
Poetry
January thinking
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May 2, 2024
Poetry and Art
A Reptilian Operetta
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October 27, 2025
Poetry
The world as I know it ends
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April 4, 2025
Poetry
Mores of the morning
silent lotus
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December 2, 2021
Poetry
Don’t Wake Daddy
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June 4, 2022
Poetry
Earthquake
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May 2, 2025
Poetry
Regret
Andy Posner
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February 18, 2023
Photography
Winter Woodpile
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December 24, 2025
Poetry
Art class
Dr Padmashree RP
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September 20, 2025
Art
Ink and Bone: An Inktober Celebration
Tiko Lewis
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October 22, 2022
Poetry
The Purpose of Floors
Matt Dennison
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December 12, 2024
Poetry
a dog is a dog
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May 27, 2020
Poetry
HOW TO TELL A COMPLETE STRANGER YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 8, 2023
Poetry
America America
Michael Ashley
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August 12, 2018
Contributor Blogs
Why publishing a book is important
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November 27, 2020
Poetry
First World Problem
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April 23, 2025
Poetry
The Petrifying Things
Michael Ashley
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November 21, 2020
Poetry
Speaks Louder Than
Hugh Lemma
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September 2, 2025
Art
Fading
Elina Ghanbari
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August 30, 2018
Poetry
good guys
Lance Watson
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August 5, 2025
Art
Fiber fantasia!
L.J.
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January 4, 2025
Poetry
June Ledger
Hugh Lemma
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July 24, 2026
Poetry
Sweet Jane
Jenn Zed
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December 24, 2019
Poetry
Another Blue Room
David A Estringel
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December 23, 2018
Art
Before the Storm
Dale Patterson
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November 9, 2019
Poetry
you have to see it from her POV
David E. Matthews
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October 1, 2019
Poetry
Guru Guru
Nathalie Spaans
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June 2, 2024
Poetry
last of days
Rob Breeding
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January 15, 2025
Poetry
Sass
james stephen
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September 21, 2023
Poetry
Bird Orchestra through the Night
Obed Ladiny
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June 30, 2026
Poetry
Elementary
Ann Kammerer
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July 19, 2023
Poetry
Give Me a Pen, Give Me a Pencil
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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October 25, 2021
Poetry
In the Port of Saint Petersburg
Alfie Shoyger
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October 12, 2020
Poetry
Grove of Trees Under Which We Are Side by Side, Shape...
Chloe Zumbrun
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November 7, 2020
Poetry
pixelated
Michael Acker
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September 24, 2022
Poetry
Bliss
Michael Ashley
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May 27, 2018
Art
Scarecrow
Stian Kjørsvik
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October 16, 2019
Poetry
My Name
james stephen
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December 4, 2021
Poetry
Divine Sequence
Miya Ko
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December 28, 2022
Poetry
His Coat
Obed Ladiny
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May 11, 2023
Poetry
He Will Build Wings from Sheets of Paper
Mike Casetta
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November 23, 2019
Poetry
Halloween 2022
Raymond Huffman
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November 2, 2022
Poetry
An unenlightened response to a bully
David Belcher
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July 24, 2025
Poetry
The Atom of Language
Michael Acker
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May 26, 2019
Poetry
Woe Is Me
Tom Strong
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December 30, 2022
Video
Videoclip for Vietor 430
Nicholas Wintzler
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April 23, 2022
Poetry
averse
Tiko Lewis
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January 18, 2022
Performance Art
New Muses for a Posthuman Age
Ian Badcoe
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
The Spirit of Christmas
Andy Posner
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December 27, 2021
Art
L-Scape 9–Trip
Jenn Zed
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March 1, 2021
Art
In a Room With No Windows
Dale Patterson
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February 9, 2020
Photography
Just passing through: Birds from Bosque del Apache, NM
Jay Dougherty
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December 26, 2025
Poetry
A day in the life of a social media activist
Lance Watson
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March 28, 2026
Fiction
Traveling West
John Gurney
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February 19, 2022
Poetry and Art
Can’t Wait for 25
Barry Burgess
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January 26, 2025
Poetry
A Messiah Morning
silent lotus
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May 21, 2018
Poetry
America legalizes murder
Lance Watson
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January 9, 2026
Photography
Agnosia Series
Nicholas Wintzler
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July 15, 2021
Art
Wabbit with isographs
Tiko Lewis
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February 16, 2023
Photography
.the hawfinch.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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July 27, 2018
Poetry
Hospital (Self Isolation Sonnet)
Paul Brookes
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March 2, 2021
Poetry
variety is a variation of similarity (email #409)
Ron Sardino
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May 8, 2021
Photography
Alignment 06
Mark Preier
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April 9, 2018
Showcase
I took that personally
Nicholas Wintzler
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August 20, 2021
Photography
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Grave
Jay Dougherty
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February 12, 2019
Photography
The wall
Kim Toft
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May 22, 2019
Poetry
As I Cross the Bartholomew County Line Last Saturday Night
Amanda Villafranco
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October 20, 2019
Poetry
i found god behind a gas station dumpster and he owes...
Lance Watson
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July 22, 2025
Poetry
One Night
Matt Dennison
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November 21, 2022
Poetry
DEADMAN
KIMBERLY McNeil
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July 9, 2021
Poetry
Childless
KIMBERLY McNeil
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October 17, 2020
Art
Blight
Taylor Bain
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December 18, 2019
Poetry
October Wind
Raymond Huffman
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December 11, 2022
Poetry
haphazard
Michael Acker
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February 16, 2019
Photography
Lost In The Woods
Tom Strong
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January 11, 2025
Photography
Counterpoint
Mark Preier
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April 12, 2018
Music
Roses
Avery Fogarty
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January 10, 2019
Poetry
The Insect Sonnets: Grasshopper
Paul Brookes
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July 10, 2021
Art
intoxicated attack on a french graphic novel
Jess Kangas
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May 19, 2018
Poetry
Me and Faranelli
Anthony Hughes
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July 30, 2021
Poetry
Walking The Circle
Tom Strong
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October 26, 2022
Poetry
Digital Revenge
Jay Gandhi
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May 17, 2021
Poetry
Pale Yellow with Self-Doubt
Maria Mazzenga
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May 19, 2018
Poetry
spectral cannibalization
Ron Sardino
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July 6, 2025
Poetry
head nod
Mike Casetta
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July 12, 2023
Poetry
Lechmere Viaduct
Starr
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February 18, 2020
Poetry
negative balance at the flea market lice market
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 19, 2019
Poetry
I am he shouted
Cameron McClure
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August 1, 2020
Poetry
Paste Wax
Ann Kammerer
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November 24, 2022
Poetry
Waning & Waxing
silent lotus
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September 18, 2019
Poetry
Reminder
Wim Coleman
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October 21, 2024
Interviews
An Interview with Artist Ann Chernow
Bernie Langs
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October 19, 2020
Poetry
As it Was in the Beginning, Is Now and Ever Shall...
Tom Strong
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April 25, 2023
Poetry
Blur
james stephen
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July 25, 2023
Poetry
Flight
Nancy Johnson James
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September 2, 2018
Poetry
Bravery
Andy Posner
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December 18, 2025
Art
Kyn #1
Tiko Lewis
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July 16, 2026
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