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Going Out to Eat

01.27.14 Posted in today's words by

Jimmie Kepler’s most recent poem to appear here was Coffee (September 2013). Going Out to Eat By Jimmie Kepler Sweetheart, do you have a preference on where we go out to eat? …..No. Anywhere you want is ok with me, dear. Great. There’s a McDonald’s. They have a senior coffee discount. …..Oh, but look! There’s […]


Shards

01.26.14 Posted in today's words by

Bill Webb’s most recent poem to appear here was Translucent (August 2013). Shards By Bill Webb our words shatter, crystalline daggers wounding where they fall dispersed randomly across the sample molecules are mostly space, how can they be sharp? words are nothing at all, but cut deeper still I place each bare foot carefully treading […]


Martha Makes Space on the Catwalk

01.25.14 Posted in today's words by

Tracy Koretsky is the author of the 15-time award-winning novel Ropeless (Present Tense Press 2005). Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Tracy offers complimentary copies of her memoir in poem Even Before My Own Name at her website, where you will also […]


Poem on a Norwegian Theme

01.24.14 Posted in today's words by

George Freek is a poet/playwright living in Illinois. His poetry has recently appeared in The Missing Slate, Hamilton Stone Review, The Burning Word, The Oklahoma Review, Bone Parade, The Tower Journal, and The Poydras Review. Poem on a Norwegian Theme By George Freek The willows are crones with long shaggy hair, sipping tea with the […]


Evil Inclination

01.23.14 Posted in today's words by

Richard Schnap’s most recent poem to appear here was Heiress (November 2013). Evil Inclination By Richard Schnap He always noticed when a tree was cut down, Its naked stump as pitiful as an amputated limb, And he wondered why it was severed from the earth For it was healthy, with bright green leaves And colorful […]


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