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A Good Man

05.02.18 Posted in today's words by

Thomas Locicero’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Rest of the World” (March 2018).  A Good Man By Thomas Locicero He had a reputation as a good man, even as a boy, by what he would do as opposed to what others his age would not do, and back then he had no […]


In Waiting

05.01.18 Posted in today's words by

Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “Coming Through” (March 2018).  In Waiting By Molly Frederick Sometimes,       the innocent blue eyes   of an afternoon sky       conceal something white            and wonderful.      . . . Later,    trees begin fashioning                  filigreed sleeves. Pines and firs bend,   reciting their holiest […]


Talk About the Weather

04.30.18 Posted in today's words by

Judith Askew lives and writes in Cotuit, Massachusetts. In 2016, her collection On The Loose was selected by Tony Hoagland to be the first book published by Bass River Press on Cape Cod. She has won several other poetry awards, including being a featured poet in Masspoetry.org Spotlight Archives. She won the Annual Joe Gouveia Outer Most Poetry Contest judged […]


Drive-By

04.29.18 Posted in today's words by

Patricia Asuncion’s most recent poem to appear here was “The History of the Present King” (February 2018).  Drive-By By Patricia Asuncion Cars insulate, cut fast    getaways from street people who provoke guilt with hunger that angers well-behaved routines. The Voiceless crouch     clean forgot in fast-paced apathy, marooned with crude cardboard confessions, dismissed by […]


the wild dreamer, hugger of trees

04.28.18 Posted in today's words by

Linda M. Crate’s most recent poem to appear here was “dying sparrow” (June 2013).  the wild dreamer, hugger of trees By Linda M. Crate beyond the weeping willows the apple trees and stars i sat appreciating all of the beauty that kissed me beneath the sweet smelling pine whose needles didn’t cut or bite like […]


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