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October

10.02.16 Posted in today's words by

Andrew Badger’s most recent poem to appear here was “Alleluia” (July 2016)  October By Andrew Badger All Saints Eve cool, moon lit in a cloudless sky seeing hordes of ghouls, demons, and frightful creatures using the voices of neighborhood kids threatening us with drastic tricks should we not bless them with treats that dentists secretly condone […]


October’s Smooth

10.01.16 Posted in today's words by

Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “Two, Together” (August 2016)  October’s Smooth By Molly Frederick Sunlight flickers through dry, curled leaves under gentle prickings of the wind. Autumn’s round, ripe blandishments have arrived, and  how easily they persuade. An afternoon, inseparable from air, gives shiny beaks hard proof of what has been, and […]


Shorebirds

09.30.16 Posted in today's words by

Moriah LaChapell’s most recent poem to appear here was “Love’s Succession” (April 2013)  Shorebirds By Moriah LaChapell My father taught me the language of birds. the signals in primal movement and sound. The significance of wings and trills transferred through trees, across water. Tonight after we spoke, I watched loons float across water as a boat […]


The Reservoir

09.29.16 Posted in today's words by

James H. Duncan’s most recent poem to appear here was “Red Tulip” (February 2012)  The Reservoir By James H. Duncan dawn blue water where jagged pines bleed mirror images across sparkling ripples, mallards shattered the skin, and motes of summer hang in the air the scent of wet earth and mud dreams or hallucinations? seasons or […]


I Get What Lonely is About

09.28.16 Posted in today's words by

Dale Leffler’s most recent poem to appear here was “High Mileage Low Maintenance” (July 2016)  I Get What Lonely is About By Dale Leffler I get what lonely is about it’s about a singleness of existence an absence of the other the overwhelming loudness of the quiet. Sharing decades with one other expands one’s sphere of […]


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