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Michael Chabon

07.16.14 Posted in today's words by

JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. His work has appeared in a variety of places including Venn Magazine, Eye on Life Magazine, and Eunoia Review. Visit his blog. Michael Chabon By JD DeHart I am jealous of the one person I know who met Kurt Vonnegut And equally jealous of the girl Daisy-in-her-hair child […]


dwell

07.15.14 Posted in today's words by

James Owens’ poem Now appeared here in October 2013. dwell By James Owens again, these robins! –gathering straw from that nest I pulled down last year  


No Guns on Streets, Part II

07.14.14 Posted in today's words by

Katya Bitar’s poem No Guns on Streets, Part II appeared here in June 2014. No Guns on Streets, Part II By Katya Bitar There are no guns on streets, they are in police officers’ pockets, we are told to trust them There are no guns on streets, they are in Wal-Mart, being sold to the […]


Look It Up

07.13.14 Posted in today's words by

Howie Good’s most recent poem to appear here was Do Wa Ditty (A Love Song) (November 2009). Look It Up By Howie Good A list. The 10 most frequently looked up words on Merriam-Webster.com in the past 24 hours. Love is No. 3. No. 4 is irony.  


Simulacrum

07.12.14 Posted in today's words by

Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was There Is a Zabava (June 2014). Simulacrum (for Marichka) The black and white, sixty-some year old photograph blares against the bedroom wall’s whiteness. Prababusya Marichka stares at me, and I return her brown-eyed gaze. I say, “Pryvit, temni ochi” (Hello, dark eyes). “We peasant women,” I […]


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