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I’m Busy Right Now

06.20.16 Posted in today's words by

Andrew Badger’s most recent poem to appear here was “Haiku” (May 2016)  I’m Busy Right Now By Andrew Badger Can’t you see I’m busy lovely muse? Dishes to put away, laundry to do, and my head is stuck in volume two of a thrilling trilogy by Ken Follett? So for this opus you’ve stuck in […]


Yesterday Night in my Dreams

06.19.16 Posted in today's words by

Sushant Supriye’s most recent poem to appear here was Thus Spoke the Father (May 2016). Yesterday Night in my Dreams Translated from Hindi By Sushant Supriye Yesterday night in my dreams Gandhari refused to blindfold herself Eklavya refused to offer his thumb to Dronacharya Sita refused to go through ordeal by fire Draupadi did not […]


Watcher

06.18.16 Posted in today's words by

Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was “Writer” (May 2016) Watcher By Marc Carver I sit around waiting for something to happen. Look at the woman with orange legs, her boyfriend looks at me, doesn’t look too happy. I look at the pale woman pushing a trolley she looks and moves like death she […]


The Hill

06.17.16 Posted in today's words by

The Hill By Gary Priest The hill carpets its deceit with daisies. It hides a descent that the devil would envy and that eight year-old aeronauts must defy. To be free is to take flight at top speed, without care for gravity or grazed knees. Running on adolescent imprudence. Each step planted as assuredly as […]


Bloodline

06.16.16 Posted in today's words by

Michael Copeland’s most recent poem to appear here was “In Love” (November 2013)  Bloodline By Michael Copeland Don’t cry for me, ladies of glory, simply ’cause I have no destiny. My heart will always beat as true. You are my sisters, my blood, the wine of my existence, without you, I am nothing. Your wings […]


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