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Fine Line

02.20.17 Posted in today's words by

Devon Balwit’s most recent poem to appear here was “what words?” (December 2016) Fine Line By Devon Balwit             do not brandish the stump             over the heads of others             don’t knock with the white cane             against the windows […]


What Magnitude

02.19.17 Posted in today's words by

Jude Folly lives and writes in southern California.  What Magnitude By Jude Folly at what magnitude of torn limbs he pulled apart your senses; he, a phantom and zealous lover seamlessly fused; the dark arts of his palms conjuring tempests of delight from your flesh; the deus ex machina of the moment, a ruptured unit of […]


Roses and Ravens

02.18.17 Posted in today's words by

Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was “There Are No Athiests In Infidelity” (January 2015)  Roses and Ravens By Nicole Yurcaba I keep the Draculas he gives me taped inside journals, framed on flat white walls: the Bela Lugosis and Count Choculas snipped from pop-culture magazines and mainstream cereal boxes by a man who cloaks […]


The Bard of Byron

02.17.17 Posted in today's words by

Gregory Gunn’s most recent poem to appear here was “Surviving Modern Thermopylae” (November 2016) The Bard of Byron By Gregory Gunn To surrender the ecstasy of hopelessness, The elation of melancholy, the joy of its Expression in a sweeter metre mellifluous, And all de rigueur that the robust heart inhibits; To renounce the order and efficiency, […]


Falling

02.16.17 Posted in today's words by

Heather Minette’s most recent poem to appear here was “Return” (December 2016) Falling By Heather Minette Swallowing a cry, I closed his front gate behind me, and from his bedroom window he watched, as I looked to the night sky and witnessed a speck of silver, falling. A silent confirmation. A reflection. A finale. We, too, […]


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