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04.04.20 Posted in today's words by

Jason E. Ybarra is an assistant professor of physics at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia. Business casual By Jason E. Ybarra I wonder if when this is over will we return to wearing pants?


Looking For That Miracle

04.03.20 Posted in today's words by

Michael Copeland’s most recent poem to appear here was “Vain to a Fault” (January 2020). Looking For That Miracle By Michael Copeland Throughout my life I’ve believed in hope that intangible feeling of tomorrow the knowing that a higher power exists Never has doubt entered my mind not even now in the midst of pandemic […]


My Uncle Joe Died Today

04.02.20 Posted in today's words by

Thomas Locicero’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Poet is Not a Priest” (October 2019). My Uncle Joe Died Today By Thomas Locicero We are still quarantined. The two thousandth American died only three days after The one thousandth. My Uncle Joe died today. But he had been dying for more than a […]


Preston Fritz Smith Pandemic Haiku Sequence

04.01.20 Posted in today's words by

Preston Fritz Smith is a conservatory-trained musician and actor based in New York City since 2003. He most recently co-starred in season 2 of the HBO series Succession. Preston’s most creative moments come while doing late night sets of pull-ups on scaffolding projects around Chelsea or while playing Brahms on his Chickering piano. 1. Loudly […]


Song-objection-obsession, facing a grave not William Carlos Williams’

03.31.20 Posted in today's words by

T.S. Hidalgo’s most recent poem to appear here was “Dead Bullfighter in Front of a Mirror” (February 2020). Song-objection-obsession, facing a grave not William Carlos Williams’ By T.S. Hidalgo In a tank, the cited obsession. A prosperous eccentric, war veteran, decides, every once in a while, to steamroll the door of a nearby cemetery, pulls […]


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