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Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

Poppy Seeds

Corina Kowalski

On Sunday morning the air is sweet,
orange zest and poppy seeds and
flour pushed across the ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Nature 1 min

Fish in Winter

Ana Pugatch

After school my brother slinks
into the blue shade of the pines.

Every year it seems, he ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Historical 1 min Mature Audience

While Transporting Motorcycles in Vietnam

Mountain Nose

I wedge myself between the Hondas,
Giving up my place to him,
Moving slowly and with help.
Pant ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

April Fool

Miriam Sagan

you say
"rabbit rabbit"—
it's the first day
of the month I was born in,
and I kiss you ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

Off-Label Uses of the VR Stock Photo Gallery

Davian Aw

your macbook open on untreated pine
coffee brimming with a milky fern
cashmere sweater hugging ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Nature 1 min

Whispers from the Sand

Hannah Rousselot

The seashells near the ocean
where I grew up are storytellers.

Every morning, feet burning ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

Fun-Size

Emily Dorffer

I was born, Mom says, dollhouse-
ready, pre-Barbie hair a field
of curls, the early bird that ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

The Newcomer

RA Allen

This dictionary defines "rooihout"
as a South African tree on page 2624;
"aasvogel," a ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

Toast

Rhea Rose

The girl upstairs doesn't know
How old I am.
I mean old old old
I don't know either,
I ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

Planting wildflowers

DS Maolalai

It begins in the back
garden. ripping up weeds
against resistance
like being 8 years old ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

Rain in the Streets

Bolivar T. Caceres

The intricate sounds of Orozco's Guitarra and
the beep, beep, from passing automobiles fill
... [+]

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 ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Nature 1 min

Prayer

Kate Angus

There was a wilder
tinge to the air—purple-

scented, fennel fronds shaking green as ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Nature 1 min

No hurry, maybe tomorrow

Susan O'Neal

A silky warm scent coats the air.
Soft layered rose tutus push
their blush pale skirts
to float ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Romance 1 min

The Trouble With Pre-Hung Doors

Kelli Ann Brommel

Here we go tra-la-la
Fixing the house, hammer in hand
The soles of our feet stained to match ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min Mature Audience

12th & Fisher

Jacquelyn Jordan

I went to Philadelphia to see the house that I grew up in.
It's being demolished to make room ... [+]