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Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

Six Feet

Dotty LeMieux

The length of my dog's leash. Meeting another,
twelve feet between wary humans,
dogs sniff nose ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Melancholy 1 min

Dorothy's Poem

Lorraine Schein

The gray field of the rain had risen.
She slept on the worn patchwork quilt
of the sky.

When ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Melancholy 1 min Mature Audience

iPhone

Ann Garrett

Phone on
Enter passcode:
****
Phone (app)
Favorites
Swish
Edi
Scroll down
Done ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

Passing from the Light I Glimpse

Matt Dennison

Passing from the light, I glimpse
my daughter in the midnight kitchen
glow, dipping ice-cream ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

The Crosswalk

Kenneth Margolin

Between these yellow lines,
The promise of safety
Retreats before the distraction, impatience, the ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

Darkroom Liaisons

Avra Margariti

The poltergeists come,
one by one,
and they do not know
one another's faces,
only the ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Romance 1 min Mature Audience

On Being Gay in Yemassee

Despy Boutris

I'll never forget us
entraining this freight at dusklight
to escape cabbage farms, rusted ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Nature 1 min

April Morning With Cicadasong

Despy Boutris

And still I'm traipsing through the fields
of wildflowers and grass and foxtails. Beyond
these ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

The Tiger in the Asian Wood

Charles Joseph Albert

The tiger in the Asian wood
gives no thought to "did" or "should,"
but, ever tense and present ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Melancholy 1 min

D.I.V.O.R.C.E

Mark J. Mitchell

He lost his second wife in Buffalo.
She hid behind his books and slipped away
on their due date ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

Identity

Husnaa Hashim

Noun. Consistency in one's personhood regardless of externalities.
II cannot escape theveil on my ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

DNT PNIC

Francis Daulerio

Sure, a few of the vowels are missing,but I'm no dummy,though rushing toward the nextinconsequential ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

Middle of the Night Moon

Francis Daulerio

Holy is the thingon its slow dance across the night,all chalk-faced and beaming,filling the ... [+]