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Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant, For Valentine’s Day

02.23.10 Posted in Contributor Series 4, today's words by

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the ElephantFor Valentine’s DayBy Jeanette Cheezum For Valentine’s Day he made me his wifethe next year we gave new life.He gave me jewelry for each of his littlegirls. Little did he know he was mypearl. Sun up, sun down, I always knew wherehe could be found. Together we madeit through […]


Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant, Remnants

02.22.10 Posted in Contributor Series 4, today's words by

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant Remnants By Kim Klugh Shadows gather on a January afternoon; I give in to hazy memories of a cheap guitar, a torn bus ticket and clinging regrets of a song, unsung. Kim Klugh’s poetry (Yours Was the First Face, Afterwards, Jack’s Demise, Untitled) has appeared at vox poetica […]


Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant, Virtual Love

02.21.10 Posted in Contributor Series 4, today's words by

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant Virtual Love By Joan McNerney A long slim poem full of hyperbole and alliteration drifted into the wrong e-mail box. There she met an erudite rich text format manual. They became attached. Her fleeting metaphors lifting his technical jargon. They were a word couple spinning through cyberspace giddy […]


Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant, Failed Romance

02.20.10 Posted in Contributor Series 4, today's words by

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant Failed Romance By Stan Galloway The little boy offers his best fire truck and invites her to the box while she sees the castles that he has not built and the prince who has not ridden to the rescue. He says he likes the way she shows the […]


Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant, To A Past Love

02.19.10 Posted in Contributor Series 4, today's words by

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant To A Past Love By Jean M Hendrickson I no longer measure past woes; have stopped setting snares to catch tiny wrongs, flowers fill my yard. The closer you come the faster my heart beats, I’ll run to greet you beneath a blue moon arms filled with blossoms […]


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