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Distracted

12.17.09 Posted in today's words by

R. Martin Basden, of Norfolk VA, spoke to us recently about his fickle muse (Interruption). Here he writes about a very different type of inspiration, a point of contact in the most unexpected of moments. It’s impossible to read this and not feel the tickle on your own hand and the smile spreading across your […]


Tenth Anniversary Poem, for a Writer’s Wife

12.16.09 Posted in today's words by

Hadley Hury keeps busy in Tennessee. His suspense novel The Edge of the Gulf was published in 2003 and his collection of short stories It’s Not the Heat was published in 2007. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in Image, Colorado North, Grapevine, and Green Mountains Review. He is college counselor and chair of […]


Tempt Me Not

12.15.09 Posted in today's words by

Gary Beck is a New Yorker who has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and occasional art dealer. In addition he has found time to ply the trades of tennis pro, ditch digger, and salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. […]


Poésies Fraternelles

12.14.09 Posted in words to linger on by

Maxwell K Riggsbee Jr’s poem Beginnings Never End debuted at vox poetica in July. He is a technology executive who spends much of his time traveling between coasts and abroad. All that travel allows Maxwell to explore the boundaries of technology as he explores the boundaries of physical space. This is a collection of his […]


Advice for Albert on Our Relativity

12.14.09 Posted in today's words by

Kenneth Karrer is a Texan. He is also a musician, freelance writer, and member of Austin Poets at Large (APAL). He retired from teaching in 2008 and now works for the Texas Education Agency in Austin. His poem is a step back in time and through memory, a journey through physics and fun, and a […]


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