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December Advice

12.01.17 Posted in today's words by

Lucas Powers’ most recent poem to appear here was “Mountaineer” (March 2017) December Advice By Lucas Powers If you ever Happen to die And go someplace Deep— Do not eat the pomegranate— And for god’s sake Don’t swallow Its seeds Persephone Found out The hard way— There’s no easy Way out of hell Those seeds […]


Behemoth

11.30.17 Posted in today's words by

Josh Seymour’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Mortician” (October 2017) Behemoth By Josh Seymour I gaze outside my window and see the layout of mountains scattered throughout the plains shooting out of the land like creatures hidden beneath the earth. There is one of these great beings that captures my eye, a […]


Never to Forget

11.29.17 Posted in today's words by

Glenn Johnson’s most recent poem to appear here was “Love’s Hearth” (September 2017) Never to Forget Dedicated to Morgan By Glenn Johnson Before you were a beautiful woman You were a beautiful child This I will never forget Please Lend me pictures of your youth Button-eyed to dewy-eyed The sweetness of your journey Pudgy hands […]


Etheric Lover

11.28.17 Posted in today's words by

Etheric Lover By Angela Helen Visitor by way of dreams, Your soul messages me Dreams of present lovers And of Faces I have seen Or of strangers mysteriously During meditation Feeling your elation With every inhalation An energetic flirtation Revealing Inner lunation Physical realm lusts us Using lovers as vessels To provoke, make messes So […]


In Dreams

11.27.17 Posted in today's words by

Sandy Patton’s most recent poem to appear here was “Legacy 1908” (September 2017) In Dreams By Sandy Patton Another night, the same damn dream. Like lyrics of a well-loved song, it plays over and over, bits and pieces of a painful past toying with my mind and heartstrings, leaving me both shaken, yet hopeful. I […]


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