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Used

07.13.13 Posted in today's words by

Scott Owens’ most recent poem to appear here was The Kindness of Strangers (April 2013). UsedBy Scott Owens I want to be used up by life,all resources expended,all reserves exhausted,thistle picked clean.river run dry.I want to work to the lastminute at making and giving,and take nothing with me. After my last breath,if there is anything leftunused, I’ll […]


Last Load Out of Leesburg: April 17

07.12.13 Posted in today's words by

KC Bosch’s most recent poem to appear here was AMC (January 2013). Last Load Out of Leesburg: April 17By KC Bosch Amazing number of last-minute thingspacked in,over, around, and beside me.Helmet and pie plates,cleaning supplies,wall art, and an unhappy plant.Broken-bill marlinstrapped to the roof.One fake glass eyewatching the stars. Something electricalis very, very wrong, headlights too dim,this little four bangerwants to […]


Stunted, Thwarted

07.11.13 Posted in today's words by

Holly Day’s most recent poem to appear here was Missing Keystrokes (June 2013). Stunted, Thwarted By Holly Day The tulips I grow in pots never do as well as the ones spreading rampant in my backyard bulbs swollen big as fists sprays of flowers bursting like fireworks from a single hidden point. Every time I tryto recreate […]


Colors of the Orient

07.11.13 Posted in words to linger on by

Eileen Frost’s work has appeared at Cavalcade of the Stars. Colors of the OrientBy Eileen Frost Parchment moon o’er streets of gold,the sleight of dragons’ wings;cherry blossoms, lantern’s glow,the fare of noble kings. Stoic, cliff-faced majesty, spring forthin quaking birth;sleek and stony sentinels hold fastthe fragile earth. Mirror lakes enshroudedin a misty China blue‘neath reaching arms […]


Ticking

07.10.13 Posted in today's words by

Sam Barbee’s poems have appeared in Crucible, Asheville Poetry Review, Potato Eyes, Georgia Journal, St Andrews Review, Charlotte Poetry Review, and Pembroke Magazine. He was awarded an Emerging Artist’s Grant from the Winston-Salem Arts Council in 1994 to publish his first collection Changes of Venue (Mount Olive Press); has been a featured poet on the North Carolina Public Radio Station WFDD, […]


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