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The Dwindling

03.12.14 Posted in today's words by

Barbara McNinch lives in Rocky Point NC. The Dwindling By Barbara McNinch Cicadas sing slow end of summer songs half-hearted ready for the end. Down drift their husks as one by one they give up. The summer is gone.  


No Sun

03.11.14 Posted in today's words by

Mitchell Krochmalnik Grabois was born in the Bronx and now splits his time between Denver and a 120-year-old one-room schoolhouse in Riverton Township MI. His short fiction and poems have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines in the United States and internationally. He is a regular contributor the The Prague Revue. Mitchell has been nominated […]


Words Put to Paper

03.10.14 Posted in today's words by

Ken Zamkoff is a professor of medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine/Baptist Medical Care Center, where he works as a hematologist/bone marrow transplant physician. He lives in Weaverville NC, which is near Asheville. Ken enjoys hiking in the mountains, cooking, reading, and labrador retrievers. Words Put to Paper By Ken Zamkoff Words put […]


In the Midst

03.09.14 Posted in today's words by

Another example of how to use metaphor by Julie Ellinger Hunt. In the Midst By Julie Ellinger Hunt Stuck, in sorts, between two worlds. In one place, my feet in poured cement, in the other, I am floating above ant people as they weave through their 9-5 day. When I can linger long enough, I […]


Can Kill Above

03.08.14 Posted in today's words by

Steven Minchin’s most recent poem to appear here was … This Is a Two-Man Tally Sheet (February 2014). Can Kill Above By Steven Minchin yes I take big notice of planes sometimes in the backyard when there is a screaming a pair flying I get up once for two days the skies were closed –quiet– […]


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