poetry 31/38

May 1, 20221 min read

"Fire & Brimstone" by Sol Kim Cowell

I wear my sin like a sinner does, like I was born to it. I was never cast out, because I was never in the garden to begin with; I never...

May 1, 20221 min read

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"Hunger pains" by Damien Posterino

Poor poets who can’t afford food feast on metaphors. I’ve replaced my desires with the best finely ground espresso- nonstop hot black...

"A Manual On How Best To Love Me", "Do You Believe", & "It's Here" by Caitlin Mundy

May 1, 20225 min read

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"A Manual On How Best To Love Me", "Do You Believe", & "It's Here" by Caitlin Mundy

A Manual on How Best To Love Me 1. Know that I will never get tired of looking at pictures of cute animals, or petting dogs. So if you’re...

May 1, 20221 min read

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"Waving Marigolds" by Gavin Turner

The day leant its full weight on my back, Grated shins, black with dust from the mine, Lifting heavy, flopping soles homewards to where...

May 1, 20221 min read

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"A Windless Morning" by Taylor Stoneman

Tufts of grass glow golden in morning light, sun bringing sustenance to my skin, sunburnt and chapped from yesterday. I live here now, on...

May 1, 20221 min read

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"Tips for a Healthy Life" by Ly Faulk

To put some more fun in your life, pet a dog, take a walk. Let your skin fall to the floor. Eat your young. Take what is yours and let no...

"4:00 a.m. again (3-21-22)" by Belinda Subraman

May 1, 20221 min read

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"4:00 a.m. again (3-21-22)" by Belinda Subraman

4:00 a.m. again (3-21-22) and no sleep I tried forest sounds including a stream and an owl. I tried happy tv traveling, remodeling other...

"Sixty-seven storks", "Found", "Murder of crows", & "Enough" by Adrian Harte

May 1, 20222 min read

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"Sixty-seven storks", "Found", "Murder of crows", & "Enough" by Adrian Harte

SIXTY-SEVEN STORKS Sixty-seven storks came before you were born, the cigognes of Aubonne. One nested on our roof. My name's 23, she said....

"On the Stones of the Temple Floors Incantations are Written"...by Steve Passey

May 1, 20223 min read

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"On the Stones of the Temple Floors Incantations are Written"...by Steve Passey

On the Stones of the Temple Floors Incantations are Written There comes a time when most people start walking back, walking back to...

Apr 17, 20223 min read

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"Resting Heart Rate", "The Northeast Direct", "Walking Around"...by Beth Mulcahy

Resting Heart Rate The hollow heart pumps peace rhythmically, contracting and dilating, pushing calm methodically against the flow of...

Apr 17, 20222 min read

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"Fledgling", "Voice-Over Mine", & "Drift" by Melissa Flores Anderson

Fledgling The way you smell brings me back To the feel of your smile against my hair, The sound of breath on my cheek. The feel of your...

Apr 17, 20222 min read

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"The Life and Times of Suku and Dukhu" by Ankit Raj

Once upon a time in a village by the river, lived Suku and Dukhu, sister and brother. Suku and Dukhu wasn’t their real name. It was their...

Apr 17, 20221 min read

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"Cruelty in the Head, Kindness in the Heart" by Drew Pisarra

Part of my training was to learn how to smile as my mind secretly plotted your undoing, to agree and nod and make nice and keep quiet...

Apr 17, 20222 min read

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"spare.", "I like the way the cat feels on my back", "on that."...by Georgie Bailey

spare. We paint her old house creating constellations of ...

Apr 17, 20222 min read

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"The Heart, The Mind", "Crates", "We Shared Only This Earth"...by Ali Nasir

The Heart, The Mind Often, these two will have tea together. Turning in the sun, devouring fields of bluegrass. I won’t lie ...

Apr 17, 20222 min read

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"Monsters Under the Bed", "Consequences of 50 Shades", "Fan My Flames"...by Aimee Nicole

CW: BDSM and sexual content. Monsters Under the Bed How nervous I am to fall asleep and meet the roulette of nightmares. The only thing I...

Apr 17, 20221 min read

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"Fog-Blooming" by Bernardo Villela

Condensation convolutes my vision making it hard to see the fog-blooming tree. The crow flies up it (as the crow flies) and seeks a perch...

Apr 17, 20223 min read

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"The Widow", "Losing the Better Part of Us", & "Our Poor Circulation" by Mikal Wix

The Widow Courage is a centrifuge, an open mouth, a subterranean subterfuge, a shoe untied. Where are his glasses? I ask no one. Alone is...

Apr 17, 20223 min read

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"Halfway Through", "I Am a Tree, I Am Not", "Outside, Searching "...by Valencia Wilianto

Halfway Through Maybe it has to be this way. All these griefs passing through just to make a sharp left turn or even a sudden stop. We...

Apr 17, 20221 min read

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"A Woman Loses Friends" by Candice Kelsey

Sometimes the urban coyotes would jump her fence and piss on the trunk of her Japanese Pine; sometimes they would rub their faces on the...