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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
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Roadside Memorial Shrines – Chile
The crow knows
A Gallery of Ten Flower Photographs by Jay Dougherty
A Gallery of Twelve New Zealand Photographs by John Austin, 2019-2025
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Jenn Zed’s “The Shape of Your Mouth” Is Now Streaming Everywhere
“I Once Was Lost…”
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Coyotes
Susan Peters
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August 6, 2023
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Write You Back
Sara Clancy
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October 31, 2025
Poetry
Border Reflections
Steve Klepetar
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July 8, 2018
Art
Widow and Child
Subhadeep De
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August 18, 2018
Music
My City of Sin
Concussionbox
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January 8, 2022
Poetry
Untitled
Amanda Villafranco
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May 19, 2019
Poetry
HOW TO TELL A COMPLETE STRANGER YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 8, 2023
Poetry
Gottfried and Klarissa
Dick Holmes
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October 10, 2018
Poetry
Today I Need Your Best Poems
Cameron McClure
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May 6, 2021
Poetry
Other People’s Bathrobes
Trish Saunders
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March 13, 2021
Non-fiction
Camel
Colin Payton
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June 26, 2024
Poetry
A Boat Called Isabelle
Margarita Serafimova
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February 26, 2019
Poetry
Brain dead fuckwits everywhere
Michael Ashley
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August 2, 2019
Showcase
along the stream that fell from clouds & other poems
Milner Place
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December 21, 2024
Art
Don’t shoot the artist
R. jones
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February 26, 2021
Poetry
How Do You Know When You’re Dead
John Gurney
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March 14, 2025
Poetry
of Moments that loiter
silent lotus
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December 27, 2021
Poetry
Leaving for Florida
Dale Patterson
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August 13, 2023
Art
Time to take it all back
Marcel Herms
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July 24, 2018
Poetry
When I got free
Anisa Mosaiebiniya
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October 4, 2024
Music
Done Gone Wrong
RC James
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October 14, 2021
Poetry
The weight of quiet things
Michael Ashley
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June 16, 2025
Music
Open Your Eyes
Matt Dennison
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September 14, 2024
Art
Aribtrarium # 25702
David E. Matthews
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March 3, 2026
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Rumpelstiltskin and the Miller’s Daughter
Catherine Forsayeth
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October 9, 2024
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This is how I create a realistic painting
RamyaSadasivam
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July 6, 2022
Poetry
terlingua
Rob Breeding
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February 17, 2024
Poetry
I’m Going to Let Myself Go
Sara Clancy
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April 28, 2024
Poetry
.O.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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December 1, 2022
Poetry
rogue
Michael Acker
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September 4, 2023
Poetry
. green.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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November 24, 2022
Poetry
Clapham Rick
Marc Woodward
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March 7, 2026
Poetry
Don’t You Worry, Jackie Boy
james stephen
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February 11, 2021
Photography
When The Real Dread Is Not Enough (Halloween Redux)
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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December 2, 2025
Poetry
Bravery
Andy Posner
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December 18, 2025
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Maybe You Remember
Hugh Lemma
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February 23, 2025
Poetry
Mad auntie Pauline was right
Niall M Oliver
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May 28, 2025
Art
Elvis Has Left the Building
Lorette C. Luzajic
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December 18, 2019
Showcase
I took that personally
Nicholas Wintzler
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August 20, 2021
Poetry
i am not the melting snowman
Mike Casetta
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July 10, 2023
Poetry
Presence
Hugh Lemma
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October 19, 2023
Art
digital/mixed media art
Doug Flaherty
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August 26, 2019
Poetry
now I am become Death – sapphic trauma # 25185
David E. Matthews
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December 5, 2023
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JENN ZED CHALLENGE: Ekphrastic Review writing responses
Jordan Trethewey
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October 11, 2019
Poetry
His Terrible Will
Robin Tomens
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May 15, 2026
Music
Fine on the Outside – New Album
Jenn Zed
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November 15, 2021
Poetry and Art
Unfulfillment
Soodabeh Saeidnia
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August 29, 2026
Poetry
Swan Diver
Ann Kammerer
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April 30, 2019
Art
The Last Days of Denmark
Jenn Zed
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November 21, 2019
Poetry
unceremoniously
Michael Acker
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October 26, 2022
Poetry
Against Poe
Jefferson Carter
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December 28, 2018
Art
Arbitrariumanualis # 26840 – 50501
David E. Matthews
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April 14, 2025
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Merry Xmas 2025
Tom Strong
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December 25, 2025
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Sleepless Nights
Elina Ghanbari
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January 30, 2023
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ROUGH WATER COLOR: A Gallery of 19 Watercolor Paintings by Robert...
Robert Stastny
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July 8, 2025
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As Ash Falls
Grady VanWright
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December 20, 2025
Poetry
transition home
Rob Breeding
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March 26, 2025
Poetry
In Love with a Woman in Her Later Years (for Harmina)
Ieuan ap hywel
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April 23, 2024
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Pool Hall
Matt Dennison
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August 25, 2025
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The Moon So Close
Trish Saunders
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March 15, 2025
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Artist Postcard: Isaac Aden
Paul Pissarro
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February 27, 2025
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Dreams deferred
Obed Ladiny
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June 21, 2026
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the canvas of the covenant
silent lotus
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February 24, 2020
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Mixolydian 01
Mark Preier
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April 10, 2018
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De rentmeesters & other new work
Marcel Herms
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July 19, 2021
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Scents Memory
Sara Clancy
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August 19, 2026
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Who Will Find Us?
Alison Hicks
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January 19, 2022
Poetry
Bliss
Michael Ashley
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May 27, 2018
Music
You’re Strange
Jenn Zed
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December 21, 2018
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For the Road
Mike Casetta
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December 14, 2024
Fiction
A Peaceful World
Lance Watson
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June 21, 2025
Poetry
merry fucking christmas
Lance Watson
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December 23, 2025
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Sale
R. jones
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August 2, 2021
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Four by Phyllis Green
Phyllis Green
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May 29, 2019
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..best..
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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December 9, 2024
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Abstract Terms
Michael Acker
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February 8, 2021
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Actual Persons, Living or Dead
Michelle Brooks
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July 3, 2018
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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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The Sadness of Celia
Marc Woodward
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August 23, 2026
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Curating Dust in Digital Times
Jordan Trethewey
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May 19, 2018
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that realm
Michael Acker
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July 22, 2023
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And holy holy, the life it held
Nathalie Spaans
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March 22, 2024
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He Is That Sun (For Tut ’22)
Paul Brookes
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January 13, 2023
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Lost in a Small Closet
Dale Patterson
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January 22, 2023
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.harbor.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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June 26, 2023
Poetry
Reinbert plays Satie
Nathalie Spaans
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February 25, 2023
Poetry
Book of the Dead
Grady VanWright
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November 28, 2024
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Beginning with “needless”
james stephen
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May 22, 2024
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No one died when the house burned down
Kaci Skiles Laws
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February 7, 2023
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Cycling Dhyana
Tom Strong
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September 11, 2021
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DOOR MAT
Lyn Lifshin
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April 19, 2018
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Why are you always defending him?
Jennifer Wilder
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March 26, 2021
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junk in corners
james stephen
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June 2, 2021
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Bottom feeding at the gas station slots
Daniel J. Flore III
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October 14, 2022
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Visions
Alexander Limarev
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March 23, 2025
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Coins in the Canal
Grady VanWright
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August 29, 2025
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Daniel J. Flore III marked himself safe
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 12, 2022
Art
In the Deep Blue
Hang Mai
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May 18, 2023
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Icarus reincarnated
Mike Casetta
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October 5, 2022
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Moments
Dale Patterson
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December 1, 2022
Art
Her Secret
Elina Ghanbari
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October 12, 2018
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The Gardener
Ann Kammerer
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June 19, 2019
Art
Abstracted River Realism
Patrice Cameron
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April 4, 2023
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Don’t Wear It Out
Chloe Zumbrun
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November 19, 2020
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Now that you’ve gone
Jay Gandhi
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July 22, 2024
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In a Forest
Sherry Cassells
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February 9, 2024
Poetry
Void
Amanda Villafranco
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May 23, 2019
Poetry
My Son, My Son
Susan Peters
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November 25, 2020
Flash and Short Fiction
Oh, To Live By Dog Years
Barry Burgess
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February 14, 2026
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Life On The Rocks
Tom Strong
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November 20, 2025
Poetry
Sonnet
Allan Johnston
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July 6, 2018
Poetry
The Color of Color
Tom Strong
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February 5, 2023
Poetry
Safe Text
Ann Kammerer
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January 3, 2021
Photography
.the boat.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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January 27, 2019
Art
abstract
Elina Ghanbari
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August 5, 2018
Poetry
Nothing but White
Dale Patterson
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April 27, 2023
Poetry
La Rochelle
Jenn Zed
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October 19, 2022
Photography
Pigeon Rhapsody in Blue
Mark Preier
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September 16, 2018
Photography
Sunset Drama: A Gallery of Ten Vancouver Sunset Photographs by Rod...
Rod Raglin
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July 15, 2026
Poetry
he read
May 5, 2022
Poetry
CULTURE YOU BASTARD
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 13, 2025
Poetry
Signs of Life
Andy Posner
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November 6, 2024
Poetry
Regarding a Corpse
Andy Posner
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February 16, 2021
Poetry
Calendar on the wall throwing flowers
Trish Saunders
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July 21, 2020
Poetry
Recurring Dream
Martin Slavin
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October 8, 2019
Poetry
Prendere lucciole per lanterne (‘to take fireflies for lanterns’)
Marc Woodward
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October 7, 2021
Poetry
The Long Letter That I Wrote You
Jill Winkowski
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October 12, 2021
Poetry
The Last Time in the Hospital
Mary McCarthy
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July 12, 2018
Poetry
Memoriam in light rain
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 13, 2023
Poetry
First Light
D. E. Kern
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December 5, 2025
Poetry
On Faking My Death
Mike Casetta
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February 4, 2025
Photography
A Gallery of Ten Flower Photographs by Jay Dougherty
Jay Dougherty
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August 6, 2026
Poetry
There goes Brian they say
Michael Ashley
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January 5, 2026
Poetry
Singing
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 13, 2024
Poetry
haiku
Michael Acker
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July 29, 2023
Poetry
Wooden Spoons
John Gurney
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May 23, 2023
Poetry
Bubble Wrap
Sara Clancy
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August 20, 2023
Poetry
BEAR STREET
Mark Anthony Pearce
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November 12, 2020
Art
Resurfacing
Zoe Nikolopoulou
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April 30, 2026
Poetry
matteo
Rob Breeding
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November 11, 2024
Poetry
Harvest
Mike Casetta
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October 22, 2021
Poetry
Meeting an Old Friend After Twenty Years
Bob Bradshaw
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April 15, 2026
Poetry
Morning Staff Meeting at the VA
Mike Casetta
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July 20, 2020
Art
Black History Month 2025
Tiko Lewis
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April 7, 2025
Poetry
The state of things
Matt Dennison
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May 18, 2019
Poetry
big nose (for Spark)
Tiko Lewis
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September 29, 2025
Poetry
Upon My Return
Hugh Lemma
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January 18, 2023
Poetry
Post Op for Richard Brautigan
Mike Casetta
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April 17, 2022
Poetry
200Kmph and Nineteen, Berlin
Jenn Zed
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August 2, 2020
Poetry
The black rose of poverty
Daniel J. Flore III
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February 11, 2023
Poetry
Indelible (Thanksgiving)
Julie Desmond
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November 27, 2025
Poetry
We The Exhausted
Sara Clancy
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July 11, 2026
Art
Electric pH Acid Test (collage by Bernie Langs)
Bernie Langs
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September 12, 2019
Poetry
Eucalyptus
Alison Hicks
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June 23, 2026
Poetry
After Seeing You in Sullivan’s
Trish Saunders
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January 6, 2022
Poetry
in Wait of Return
silent lotus
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August 14, 2019
Poetry
EXTRAMARITAL POETRY
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 16, 2022
Art
Jail time
Marcel Herms
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October 27, 2021
Photography
Excavation Site
Mark Preier
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July 1, 2018
Poetry
Less Tomorrow
James Spears
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June 3, 2018
Poetry
Galileo Never Rode a Rickshaw
Michael Acker
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February 21, 2021
Acrylic and Digital Art
A Gallery of Nine Abstract Acrylic and Digital Paintings by Elina...
Elina Ghanbari
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March 16, 2026
Art
War all the time
Marcel Herms
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June 18, 2018
Video
Artist Postcard: Jillian Li
Paul Pissarro
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January 12, 2025
Poetry
POSTCARD FROM MY SICKNESS #3 (LETTER TO ME)
Daniel J. Flore III
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December 24, 2022
Animation
nudity and that sort of thing
Chris Daykin
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April 12, 2023
Poetry
MONSTERS
Obed Ladiny
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December 4, 2025
Art
Lockdown 2021
Jenn Zed
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January 9, 2021
Poetry
The astronaut
Maria Mazzenga
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June 2, 2018
Performance Art
New Muses for a Posthuman Age
Ian Badcoe
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June 2, 2018
Poetry
THE PLEASURES OF WORK
Mark Anthony Pearce
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December 18, 2022
Art
Harmeet prefers orchids
Phyllis Green
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February 20, 2019
Art
TIMOTHY
Thomas Yarbrough
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April 26, 2018
Poetry
YOUR UGLY SUN
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 16, 2022
Poetry
Patience
Mike Casetta
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October 5, 2023
Art
Fiber fantasia!
L.J.
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January 4, 2025
Poetry
To You, I Shall Be Unique in All the World
Kaci Skiles Laws
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August 26, 2023
Art
Power of diagonals
Patrice Cameron
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October 29, 2024
Poetry
First World Problem
Lance Jencks
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April 23, 2025
Poetry
you on your coast, me on mine
Rob Breeding
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June 22, 2024
Poetry
I Am That
Hugh Lemma
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April 16, 2026
Poetry
Yugen
Tom Strong
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June 22, 2019
Poetry
Chandelier Spider
Paul Brookes
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October 23, 2025
Poetry
where are all the stars?
Michael Ashley
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April 7, 2026
Non-fiction
The Hurt Vote
Grady VanWright
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June 6, 2025
Poetry
EVERYWHERE
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 11, 2023
Poetry
my chesapeake
Rob Breeding
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December 6, 2025
Poetry
A Fall Can Be a Little Thing
Peter J. King
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March 26, 2026
Photography
Urban Reinvention 06
Mark Preier
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April 6, 2018
Non-fiction
War Season
Lance Watson
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May 26, 2026
Poetry
Earthquake
Andy Posner
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May 2, 2025
Poetry
Body Politic
Wim Coleman
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November 8, 2024
Poetry
The Ashes
Michael Ashley
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July 17, 2025
Poetry
Sleeping with Dana
Daniel J. Flore III
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November 17, 2021
Art
Extinct Birds – Series of 3
Mary MacGowan
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February 19, 2025
Fiction
The Wormhole Killers
Grady VanWright
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November 22, 2025
Poetry
.two houses.
Sonja Benskin Mesher
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October 28, 2022
Poetry
To My Dearest Whore (City)
Obed Ladiny
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October 1, 2022
Poetry
not here
Joel Best
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April 14, 2026
Poetry
Missing
Claire Mora Parsons
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June 30, 2018
Art
Untitled
Ammama Malik
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April 3, 2022
Poetry
Alone
Raymond Huffman
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February 24, 2023
Art
Edmund Conti Gallery
Edmund Conti
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June 8, 2025
Art
I Shall Continue My Narrative
Robin Tomens
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May 10, 2026
Art
The Battle
Renee Elizabeth
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January 28, 2019
Photography
Drinkers Converge
John Austin
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July 23, 2020
Poetry
The too real dream of guilt in one glance
Lyn Lifshin
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May 6, 2020
Poetry
Apology
Andy Posner
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October 26, 2025
Poetry
peep show politics
Tiko Lewis
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June 20, 2019
Poetry
Beatles Fan from Buenos Aires
Mark Anthony Pearce
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February 1, 2021
Poetry
Reflections
Mike Casetta
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September 16, 2023
Poetry
spectral cannibalization
Ron Sardino
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July 6, 2025
Poetry
At the Casino with No Money
Daniel J. Flore III
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August 6, 2022
Poetry
No Sky for an Atheist
Sherry Cassells
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February 8, 2022
Poetry
The United Nations of Oz
Dale M. Tushman
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December 29, 2024
Poetry
Chimera
Bethany Lim
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July 19, 2020
Poetry
Looking through you
Ken Tomaro
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April 14, 2024
Poetry
Pulling Thread from a Red Paisley Pillow
Dale Patterson
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June 16, 2020
Art
The Visit
Renee Elizabeth
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March 8, 2025
Poetry
The Trap
Rich Glinnen
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July 1, 2026
Art
Storming the Capitol No. 1: White Man’s Rage
Cat Jones
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January 29, 2021
Poetry
Similarities I Share With Jesus
Mike Casetta
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September 7, 2018
Poetry
Umwelt
Jenn Zed
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December 13, 2020
Art
inktober 2024 #3
Tiko Lewis
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October 30, 2024
Poetry
Ode to the Forgotten Hour
Mohit Saini
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August 9, 2025
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