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Ode to a Kohlrabi

09.09.19 Posted in today's words by

Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was “Moon Talk” (August 2019).  Ode to a Kohlrabi By Charlene James-Duguid Well, Think of what its like to be an undistinguished, unloved, unappreciated, left in the grocery bin, Vegetable. Add to that a name That, though it rolls off the tongue, Rhymes with nothing else romantic, […]


Authors of Time

09.08.19 Posted in today's words by

Michael Copeland’s most recent poem to appear here was “Sea Glass” (August 2019).  Authors of Time By Michael Copeland If Oscar was Wilde and Thornton was Wilder and Dorian was definitely Gray, could mere mortal men, in haste, and in time, be inspired by St. Vincent Millay. True believers in writings by Washington Irving and […]


TV Berates the Snob

09.07.19 Posted in today's words by

Alexander Morgan lives and writes in Birmingham, Michigan, USA.  TV Berates the Snob By Alexander Morgan He was not of an age but for all time! —Ben Jonson on Shakespeare For decades, you took me for granted. Called me a wasteland. Made me cry. Your waist hasn’t always been to brag about. Just sayin’. You […]


Conversations With Myself

09.06.19 Posted in today's words by

Sandy Patton’s most recent poem to appear here was “Her Mermaid” (March 2019). Conversations With Myself (An Alzheimer’s Patient’s Plea) By Sandy Patton I am here, not for long, I know. Soon I will fade away, and there will be no coming back, but, for now, I’m here, and sometimes, I’m still me. My lucid […]


Poem

09.05.19 Posted in today's words by

Bharti Bansal lives and writes in Shimla, India. Poem By Bharti Bansal What makes a bad poem My body is a typewriter Scribbling words on it without punctuations So that the world can read it any way it likes You see a full stop ends the sentence a way too early And i am a […]


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