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2 days ago2 minpoetry"Ljubljana", "Small Window", "Benchmark"...by Frederick PollackLjubljana “I knew he was in love with me,” she said, “but my new, wealthy husband, then one by one the children, those who lived and...
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2 days ago2 minpoetry"Currying Forms", "On the Hacking of His Facebook Account"...by Ben NardolilliCurrying Forms See all this? I use this as an excuse to avoid cooking, learning about it, shopping for ingredients, setting down recipes,...
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Jun 121 minpoetry"hello sister, hello sun" by Freedom Strangean approximation of sunlight on my red/gold curls the sidewalk cracks and the flowers that push through. i've always envied your...
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Jun 121 minpoetry “Doomsday Turnstile” & “I Carry a Shovel” by M. E. SilvermanDoomsday Turnstile The turnstile cranks. With every turn, another person slides toward doomsday. A camera clicks. A picture captures the...
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Jun 121 minpoetry"Circulaire" by Bex HainsworthLa Rochelle, France It’s been ten years since I sat in the dust by the side of a dirt road, dry grass prickling my legs. Lonely girl,...
Jun 121 mincreative nonfiction"Queen of Wrath" by Russell HehnMy 27-year-old mother is forever blasting down the bubbling asphalt of late-summer Mississippi in a sky-blue 1978 Mercury Cougar—so wide...
Jun 121 minpoetry"Concrète Dasein", "Syllabic Idyllic", "Revenge of Venus"...by Rose KnappConcrète Dasein What if Dasein encompassed the theoretical And the concrete? What if Dasein is A type of alien music? What if Dasein was...
Jun 122 minpoetry“Moonlight in Paradise", “Betrayal", “The Countess"...by Eric BurgoyneMoonlight in Paradise A vacant lifeguard tower twelve feet over damp sand guards long since gone moonlit clouds softly shifting sitting...
Jun 122 minpoetry"the wedding feast at east haven" by w v sutrait was in the elks lodge at east haven Connecticut that the wedding guest saw his failure clear its bitter taste mingling with weak...
Jun 122 minpoetry"Drunken Jazzy Night" by Daniel GrovesThe piano sits resolute, awaiting its Shirley As cigar smoke and alcohol aroma fills the air. The jazz band preps; the bass, the...