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Sanskrit riddle

07.30.18 Posted in today's words by

Linda Sonrisa’s most recent poem to appear here was “Life Turns” (May 2018).  Sanskrit riddle By Linda Sonrisa Poolside at the Center for Human Potential a petite, tanned rogue smiles at me from behind his whiskers, while With shy tenderness he strokes the bronze belly of the dark-haired beauty beside him Later, she gives him […]


Two by Charlene James-Duguid

07.29.18 Posted in today's words by

Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was “Magic Mushroom Day” (June 2018).  Wonder Struck By Charlene James-Duguid All of science can not explain, Though it tries mightily, The off beats of the human heart, The perfume of a baby’s breath. If it could take the common patterns: The steaming coffee, the floss, the […]


Desert Sands Shifts

07.28.18 Posted in today's words by

Jose Trejo’s most recent poem to appear here was “Chicome Acatl Izcalli Ome Tochtli / Seven Reed Resurgence Two Rabbit” (June 2018).  Desert Sands Shifts By Jose Trejo At these precise moments mountains blue clouds shift shape into electricity: Nahui Calli Izcalli Ome Tochtli the pen bleeds another time. This rhyme form is omnipresent: Mirrors […]


The Day the Earth Stood Still

07.27.18 Posted in today's words by

Patrick Theron Erickson’s most recent poem to appear here was “Corpses” (June 2018).  The Day the Earth Stood Still By Patrick Theron Erickson “O sun stand still over Gibeon “O moon over the Valley of Aijalon” So the sun stood still and the moon stopped Yet earth and moon revolve around the sun and not […]


One More Ride

07.26.18 Posted in today's words by

Ann Christine Tabaka’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Blink of an Eye” (April 2018). One More Ride By Ann Christine Tabaka Father worked the rails. Free passage was our right. Hours rocking back and forth to the constant rhythm of the train. Foreheads pressed to cool fuliginous windows, scenery streaming by at […]


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