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Homespun Homily

04.17.14 Posted in today's words by

William C Ross’ most recent poem to appear here was September Song (December 2013). Homespun Homily By William C Ross That flash of anger that sparks in your eyes Had best not drift down to your tongue. As the toothpaste cannot return to the tube, So the bell cannot be unrung. Sometimes the best words […]


Folded Flag

04.15.14 Posted in today's words by

Nick Talent’s most recent poem to appear here was One Bad Bulb (December 2013). Folded Flag By Nick Talent The same medals are pinned to his chest the same granite sets his jaw but his eyes, now closed are a clouded mirror in a photo, obscuring stories I only heard in opiate-sleep fragments during thrashing […]


Two Dusty Guitars

04.13.14 Posted in today's words by

The Rev James Warnke is a psychotherapist in private practice, a consultant in blindness and visual impairment, an Episcopal priest and spiritual director in the Diocese of Newark, former chairperson of the psycho-social division of the International Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and past president of the New York Milton H […]


Forces of Nature

04.12.14 Posted in today's words by

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was Borrowed Steel (October 2013). Forces of Nature By Murray Dunlap It came in like a hurricane Nothing left standing Just a breeze through my fingers In this shadow of a life Once lived But now living again Nothing is stable Nothing tied down Nothing remains, that […]


There Is No 14th Street

04.11.14 Posted in today's words by

Faith Brody Patane was born and raised in South Jersey, right outside Philadelphia. She graduated from the University of the Arts in 2006 with a BFA in writing for film and television. She wrote the script for Miss December, a feature film that was locally shot in Philadelphia and received awards from several notable film […]


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