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Cortina

06.05.18 Posted in today's words by

Sanjeev Sethi is an Indian poet based in Mumbai. Cortina By Sanjeev Sethi Your absence linked annals to depositories never found in any kitty of emotional line ups. That is it about pruning and parsing: it leaves you without a leg. Mull and maul as much as you care, it’s gone in a heartbeat, evanescent […]


Nothing

06.04.18 Posted in today's words by

Howard F. Stein’s most recent poem to appear here was “Once” (May 2018).  Nothing By Howard F. Stein  Your smiling eyes met mine and stayed, a kind of skin on skin, as if eyes could touch. Perhaps it was nothing more than a trick my longing played on me to turn desire into a kind […]


Table Wine

06.03.18 Posted in today's words by

Thomas Locicero’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Good Man” (May 2018). Table Wine for Joan By Thomas Locicero In kindness, I used the word “inexpensive” to give him the impression he shopped wisely. The stubby little neck, the Buddha body, housing rejects from vines and wineries, you would drink it only because […]


A Baby Fascinated by a Coke Can Remembers

06.02.18 Posted in today's words by

Wendy Freborg’s most recent poem to appear here was “If Children Are the Future” (August 2017).  A Baby Fascinated by a Coke Can Remembers By Wendy Freborg Oh, my Coke can friend, You were so bright. Your red was like no other. I gave my heart, my happy talk to you. I thought the light […]


Let Me Listen to the Song of God

06.01.18 Posted in today's words by

Joe Bisicchia writes of our shared dynamic. An Honorable Mention recipient for the Fernando Rielo XXXII World Prize for Mystical Poetry, his works have appeared in numerous publications. His website is JoeBisicchia.com. Let Me Listen to the Song of God By Joe Bisicchia Should I turn my ear and look away? Will I dismiss a fellow […]


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