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The pigeon

06.10.16 Posted in today's words by

Perry L. Powell’s most recent poem to appear here was “Skin” (January 2014) The Pigeon By Perry L. Powell Dirty bird in the park your coat of city trash and soot gathered on the square in your corporations demanding bread from a homeless man and not flying. When the hawk no longer flies, when the […]


The coming extinction of teacups

06.09.16 Posted in today's words by

Patricia Saunders’ most recent poem to appear here was “The birds will fly over the volcano” (July 2014) The coming extinction of teacups By Patricia Saunders What can you do with old teacups? Too short to hold flowers, too wide to hold pencils. They’re altogether too frilly and fragile. Only actors love them, for the […]


Ursula

06.08.16 Posted in today's words by

John Grey’s most recent poem to appear here was “Car Nerd” (May 2014)  URSULA By John Grey She puts seed out for the birds in winter, watches from the iced-up window as they leap from dish to barren lilac bush and back again. She plays cupid for cardinals, orchestra leader for the tit-mouse and the […]


Haiku sequence

06.07.16 Posted in today's words by

Haiku sequence By Nicholas Damion Alexander leafless tree on a book, branches like hands begging for rain an AC unit thundering at your ears like a coming storm while Time drizzles its wet disappointment into your pen


Ars Poetica

06.06.16 Posted in today's words by

Maureen Donatelli’s most recent poem to appear here was Daydream at the End of Winter (March 2013)  Ars Poetica By Maureen Donatelli However unlikely, it all depends upon the pulse soft skin along the inner wrist, the tiny bones the tangled curve of fingers guiding ink flow, words divining ground finding the seep, planting spaces […]


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