poetry 6/38

Mar 312 min read

"Black Moon Lilith", "Where is the Center of Gravity?", "Pilgrimage in the Shape of a Prayer" & "As the Earth Does Her Dance With the Sun" by Naomi Ruth Lowinsky

A Word from the Poet: My poem “Madelyn Dunham, Passing On” won first prize in the Obama Millennium Contest. I also have won the Blue...

Mar 311 min read

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"Old Royal Oak" by C.C. Apap

once, wandering a half-dressed, bare street—lithe and light, she led me to a bench. and forever we sat in the warm dusk, before I had the...

"nobody told me being sober sucks" by Jack Moody

Mar 312 min read

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"nobody told me being sober sucks" by Jack Moody

they didn’t they lied the sun would burn brighter and mornings would sail along like a great enveloping soul they said that nights would...

Mar 173 min read

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"Hemingway" by Mauricio Velazquez

Hemingway could not grab a shotgun and shoot himself. He lacked the arms to do so. His namesake would be horrified at the circumstances....

"Heartbreak in All Forms" & "Journey of Tears" by Ashlee Hoskins

Mar 172 min read

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"Heartbreak in All Forms" & "Journey of Tears" by Ashlee Hoskins

Heartbreak in All Forms Heartbreak is more than just a lover. It comes in many shapes and sizes. Once from a favorite plate shattered in...

"After the precondition" & "In the customary fashion" by Townes-Thomas

Mar 172 min read

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"After the precondition" & "In the customary fashion" by Townes-Thomas

After the precondition A history of seedless planning resolved itself in purple sheets for local consul swaddling; the council...

"Lost in the Forest", "Event Horizon", & "Volition" by Hossein Sobhani

Mar 172 min read

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"Lost in the Forest", "Event Horizon", & "Volition" by Hossein Sobhani

Lost in the Forest Corsage curated for your chest, I am wearing emerald to match your eyes as we go in the forest for a walk. I point to...

"Home Feeling", "House of Green Chairs", & "What Survives" by A. Jenson

Mar 173 min read

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"Home Feeling", "House of Green Chairs", & "What Survives" by A. Jenson

Home Feeling I woke up to rain and pain in my stomach eagles chittering and a barge blare staring outside at the devouring grey bleeding...

"Grief of Hands Burned to Dust" & "Boroughs" by Mirm Hurula

Mar 172 min read

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"Grief of Hands Burned to Dust" & "Boroughs" by Mirm Hurula

Grief of Hands Burned to Dust I just thought about how I won’t hold your hand again the wrinkles all over each knuckle you’ve been using...

"Marriage Counseling Over a Game of Go" & "Video Games" by Alex Carrigan

Mar 172 min read

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"Marriage Counseling Over a Game of Go" & "Video Games" by Alex Carrigan

Marriage Counseling Over a Game of Go There are 391 points on this Go board for us to position where we feel our most confident. Where we...

"Inherited Memory: Back from the Mikveh" & "Avalanche" by Laura C Lippman

Mar 32 min read

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"Inherited Memory: Back from the Mikveh" & "Avalanche" by Laura C Lippman

INHERITED MEMORY: BACK FROM THE MIKVEH Setting: penumbra of lamplight, clothed in warm flannel, back from the mikveh, my bleeding done....

"Anniversary", "When I Say Loneliness", "Art + Pain > No Pain, No Art", & "Psychic" by Danielle Lisa

Mar 33 min read

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"Anniversary", "When I Say Loneliness", "Art + Pain > No Pain, No Art", & "Psychic" by Danielle Lisa

ANNIVERSARY I stick my thumb out and demand a ride. It’s our anniversary. Of the day we died in our last lives. I want to celebrate with...

"I Don’t Have a Gondola or An Oar or Money to Pay a Gondolier" by Matthew Isaac Sobin

Mar 31 min read

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"I Don’t Have a Gondola or An Oar or Money to Pay a Gondolier" by Matthew Isaac Sobin

So I’ve been wandering sodden streets, crossing narrow bridges. It shouldn't be any great surprise that I’m lost in Venice. It’s the...

"The Resounding Silence" & "Broken Mug" by Claudia Wysocky

Mar 32 min read

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"The Resounding Silence" & "Broken Mug" by Claudia Wysocky

The Resounding Silence The silence was resounding— Stifling as it crept into my every thought. The silence was all consuming— Reshaping...

"fisherman", "iscariot online" & "indian summer" by J. R. Wilkerson

Mar 31 min read

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"fisherman", "iscariot online" & "indian summer" by J. R. Wilkerson

fisherman he is only seen in flashes, gold thrashes on the line, reeling it was not he who was found, so cold to the touch, that sallow...

"Whimsy", "Offshoots", "Turn Up" & "First Cousin" by Susan Shea

Mar 32 min read

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"Whimsy", "Offshoots", "Turn Up" & "First Cousin" by Susan Shea

Whimsy The day I saw the life-like parrot swaying on a string in front of your kitchen window I knew you had made a pivot in the cage...

"Disney’s recycled animations" & "SPOF" by Mike Santora

Mar 32 min read

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"Disney’s recycled animations" & "SPOF" by Mike Santora

Disney’s recycled animations It’s been said that Woolie Reitherman had the cels of those scenes drawn over each other because it had...

"Plumb or Plum?", "Kansas Clouds", "Staring at the Ceiling", & "Cupcake Land" by Jason Ryberg

Mar 32 min read

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"Plumb or Plum?", "Kansas Clouds", "Staring at the Ceiling", & "Cupcake Land" by Jason Ryberg

Plumb or Plum? There, just outside my living room window, are six standard issue, old school mailboxes fixed on top of six wooden posts...

"Novel in the Making", "Triste", "One Night a Bear", & "Smiling Fish" by Laurie Kuntz

Mar 33 min read

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"Novel in the Making", "Triste", "One Night a Bear", & "Smiling Fish" by Laurie Kuntz

Novel in the Making The story is short, and not very novel. A man and a woman, both brisk as cloud breaks: The woman is not bad, but...

"my friends show up to my wake" by Berin Aptoula

Mar 31 min read

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"my friends show up to my wake" by Berin Aptoula

Both a cartoonist and writer, Berin Aptoula holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Adelphi University, where she also teaches. If you’re...