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The woman on the park bench

06.25.17 Posted in today's words by

Ana Paula Amaral TK The woman on the park bench By Ana Paula Amaral The wind washes the leaves But when you leave, you take the wind with you My heart for a walk around the park I’ve never seen it again And it has never written me a postcard As every sunless Sunday, Here […]


At Dawn

06.24.17 Posted in today's words by

Julie Ellinger Hunt’s most recent poem to appear here was “Fleur” (May 2017) At Dawn By Julie Ellinger Hunt At dawn, they all come to rest, Not just the hungry locusts, The owl at his post. But inside Rattling pinball ringing racing Cerebral nonsense all thumbs Where even-palmed, calming linear Thoughts await on borders. Hair pulling, […]


Waking Without You

06.23.17 Posted in today's words by

Sandy Patton’s most recent poem to appear here was “Familiar Stranger” (February 2017) Waking Without You By Sandy Patton Drifting along in a dreamlike haze, time hovers as if suspended. An idyllic nirvana, a brief respite before my private demon, reality, shatters sweet slumber. First light sucker- punches me. I gasp your name, my voice raspy, […]


Thirty

06.22.17 Posted in today's words by

Donovan James lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. Thirty By Donovan James In the serene clarity of age and sobriety, I re-enter the old apartment of this ape, Discarded character traits of Baltimore, The Carolinas Strewn across the floor, Remnants of the passionate throes Of Portland. It’s like entering a room after a party, —Something […]


Fragments of Divulged

06.21.17 Posted in today's words by

AJ Huffman’s most recent poem to appear here was “Neon Bracelets and Nonsense” (May 2017) Fragments of Divulged By AJ Huffman Time can recall any dream, shift its intensity until it flashes like a star, echoes like an absence. Superstition slithers, a snake lying in my ear, whispering lean forward until I fall face-first into common […]


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