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My Words

11.15.09 Posted in today's words by

Jimmi Ware is a global citizen striving to make a difference. She volunteers her time facilitating poetry workshops with at-risk youth and victims of abuse. She is founder of the Black Feather Put On Earth To Speak (POETS) in Anchorage, AK. This nonprofit group of artists is committed to raising awareness for the prevention of […]


Signify the Apple

11.14.09 Posted in today's words, vox poetica originals by

The apples are still delicious this fall. Signify the Apple By Annmarie Lockhart There are as many theories about the apple as there are stars in the sky. Is it fair to say it meant something different to Eve than it did to Adam? Did either of them know that then; do either of them […]


Thinking

11.13.09 Posted in today's words by

Clyde Borg is a retired high school teacher and administrator. He has been writing nonfiction and poetry since 1998. He resides in Fords, NJ. This poem gives the reader a potent image of what seems to happen when we stir up an idea or two. May your thoughts always run clear as clean water, particularly […]


Choices

11.12.09 Posted in today's words by

Bettie Coffin (she swears that’s her real name!) is an award-winning poet who lives in a cottage in the quaint town of Gaston, NC, with her dog Blue. She once submitted using her initials in hopes that she would be assumed a man and her poem would be accepted for publication by a motocross magazine. […]


He’s a keeper

11.11.09 Posted in today's words by

Sarah Endo’s poems have appeared here before (Contributor Series 1: 9/11, The tv is on at work; Flora, a Garden-Variety Poem; Just Born)  and you have read and loved them. Note the way Sarah uses humor in this poem, delivered gently and in a loving, teasing manner. He’s a keeper By Sarah Endo He’s had […]


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