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Spring at Last

10.10.14 Posted in today's words by

Harris Tobias’ most recent poem to appear here was Riches (September 2014). Spring at Last By Harris Tobias What snow is left upon the ground Lies in ratty tatters The new buds I found are all that matters The seasons change The clockwork gears grind and mesh And raise the curtain on a fresh scene […]


This Is the Stream

10.09.14 Posted in today's words by

Ralph Monday writes in Harriman TN. This Is the Stream By Ralph Monday The Rubicon does not make us bleed. Neither do all the rivers that run through us, not the Nile, the Red Sea, the Euphrates, Tigris. The bloodstream is a river, all tributaries branching to the sea. We bleed for our loss, for […]


These lines are old

10.08.14 Posted in today's words by

Kay Middleton’s most recent poem to appear here was Hurricane Sandy (December 2012). These lines are old By Kay Middleton These lines are old, they repeat. You had a woman once who paid rent where she did not live and cleaned where she did not live and hung clothes in your closet. She rested a […]


I Make Myself the Center of Things

10.07.14 Posted in today's words by

Frank Cavano’s most recent poem to appear here was Attention Walmart Shoppers (February 2014).  I Make Myself the Center of Things By Frank Cavano I make myself the center of things like the Earth before they knew like the hub of a phantom wheel can you hear my cry all you tiny eyes? do I […]


Breakable Things

10.06.14 Posted in today's words by

Loren Kleinman’s poetry has appeared in journals such as Nimrod, Wilderness House Literary Review, Paterson Literary Review, Narrative Northeast, and New Jersey Poets. Her interviews have appeared in IndieReader, USA Today, and The Huffington Post. She is the author of Flamenco Sketches (Spire Press 2003), The Dark Cave Between My Ribs (Winter Goose Publishing 2014), […]


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