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Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Friends of a Feather

12.21.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Friends of a Feather By Clarissa McFairy When my bones are old and creaking like door hinges in haunted rooms And my laugh is crisp and crackly like autumn leaves underfoot And winter goes ice skating on my marbly shoulder blades, I shall have a feather boa […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Resurrection

12.20.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Resurrection By Joanna S Lee I dig myself into the hollows of your cheeks, brush the grit from lashes tangling your two eyes into glossy caverns with ripples troubling just behind the iris; tokens of a time that will wash clean the maleficence from memory like a […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Bones

12.19.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Bones By Jeanette Cheezum Her bones are not lovely anymore. She turned one hundred yesterday. Outlived two husbands, short and tall, saw two sons and a granddaughter fight foolish wars. Always big money made them die. Helpless pawns in this world of greed. Built a company by […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Horse’s Skull with White Rose

12.19.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Horse’s Skull with White Rose (after the painting by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1931) By Neil Ellman Picked clean By the merciless sun Bleached a white calm Never to run again In barren valleys Vacant eyes Remember running free And wild When wind With delicate hands Loosened the reins […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, The Inevitable Outcome

12.18.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone The Inevitable Outcome By Christine Tapson There are no ordinary moments Nothing miraculous in the routine Life can be a cruel torturer And I run for the restroom. The angry heads of the predators Will prescribe the future. The unexpected catches the unaware who fall and break […]


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