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Love in the Time of COVID-19

03.22.20 Posted in today's words by

Ed Zahniser’s most recent poem to appear here was “Gestalt Declaration of Co-Dependence” (June 2019). Love in the Time of COVID-19 By Ed Zahniser At the grocery store, toilet-paper shelves were bare, while at our public library staff wondered why their patrons asked: “Do you have any books printed on soft papers?” Many were first-time […]


Advice from the Tarot: Two of Pentacles

03.21.20 Posted in today's words by

Katy Rydell lives and writes in Portland, Maine. Advice from the Tarot: Two of Pentacles By Katy Rydell Juggle the balls up and down Keep your balance Feel your weight Shift your feet None of this will last forever All you can do is stagger about stay in motion entertain and not drown


My life as money

03.20.20 Posted in today's words by

Casey Killingsworth has work in The American Journal of Poetry, Kimera, Spindrift, Rain, Slightly West, Timberline Review, COG, Common Ground Review, Typehouse,  Bangalore Review, Two Thirds North, and other journals. His book of poems, A Handbook for Water, was published by Cranberry Press in 1995. As well he has a book on the poetry of […]


Night Owl

03.19.20 Posted in today's words by

Ruth Gooley’s most recent poem to appear here was “Duel to the Death” (February 2020). Night Owl By Ruth Gooley A silhouette against the paling of the sky, still as a print, profile left, until it stretches, wings as wide as a drift of souls, it seems, then aloft, quiet as the mouse it seeks, […]


Upon Packing to Move

03.18.20 Posted in today's words by

Dianne Deloren’s most recent poem to appear here was “What’s Your Brand of Loneliness?” (July 2019). Upon Packing to Move By Dianne Deloren Upon Packing to Move . . . Sorting through dusty boxes of stuff, The sum and detritus of a life, Flipping through photos from times and places I can barely recall Until […]


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