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Identity Crisis

01.26.12 Posted in today's words by

Debbie Feller is a former mail lady turned full-time caregiver who blogs daily and has poetry published at Referential Magazine and Unfold. Identity Crisis By Debbie Feller Cut with a child’s purple scissorsin an attempt to keepour identities safe a hundred tiny squares of paperblow across the lawnsdropped, spilled, torn as messy as real lifepicked up carefullywith hands, rake and […]


Winter

01.25.12 Posted in today's words by

Bette Hileman’s most recent poem to appear here was Peaceable Kingdom (November 2011). Winter By Bette Hileman I know winter is comingwhen the cat’s long furfeels warm underneath and cool on top.I know winter is closewhen my feet are cold.I know winter is approachingby ringing in my earsthat sounds like distant cicadasthough none are singing.I know winter […]


Home is far away

01.24.12 Posted in today's words by

Mirza Ahsanul Hossain lives and writes in Bangladesh. Home is far away By Mirza Ahsanul Hossain I went homeBut came backHopingBiding timeThinking you wouldLet me inBut there was no answerWhen I knockedThis is not what I wantedI wanted YouWhere were you?Why didn’t you answer?Was it becauseYou knew it was me?


The Clouds

01.23.12 Posted in today's words by

Danica Green lives in England. Cloud watching inspires all kinds of writing. Have you ever written a poem about something you saw in the clouds? The Clouds By Danica Green The clouds peel away as I watch,Layers that open to expose blue souls,The large chasing the small and merging Themselves as one. A community that lives […]


Love in Bohemia

01.22.12 Posted in today's words by

Ben Nardolilli’s most recent poem to appear here was Supernatural As (November 2011). Love in Bohemia By Ben Nardolilli I’ve given youAll the darkness I have,Now I’m empty for real,Give me some of your light,It must be there,I followed you all these daysAnd miles, hoping for a spark,We managed fires without them,But I’m tired of rubbing sticks,I […]


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