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Cancer

05.05.11 Posted in today's words by

Jenny Beaver Billings’ poem poetry was posted here in April 2011. This powerful poem is concise and spare, but it conveys a big feeling. Cancer By Jenny Beaver Billings As if we could see what they were saying, my brother and I pushed and shoved watched  from the thick-paned oval window as our mom and dad walked […]


You Are What You Eat

05.04.11 Posted in today's words by

Mike Berger’s most recent poem here was Eat Your Heart Out Robert Frost. Have you noticed that Mike makes good use of humor in his poetry? You Are What You Eat By Mike Berger Some friends invited me to a  “You Are What You Eat” seminar. It proved to be most enlightening. The presenter made some […]


Those We Love

05.03.11 Posted in today's words by

Anannya Dasgupta is finishing up a doctoral dissertation on magic in seventeenth century England. She also writes poetry, flash fiction, and comments on piles and piles of student papers every week. When she can take a break from writing, she takes photographs, sits zazen, and communes with her goldfish Rex Havoc. Her artwork and writing […]


Black Woman Please

05.01.11 Posted in today's words by

This is the first poem by Levester Ford to appear at vox poetica. I’d love to tell you a little more about him, but he didn’t include a bio. Now you know what happens when I am left to write the story myself … I will not fake a story for Levester tonight. I will, […]


O April

05.01.11 Posted in today's words by

Rita Budrionis’ poem Klondike Margarita was published here in November 2010. The month poems that appear here from time to tome, were written by the Albright Poets in response to prompts. Would you like to see them gathered together in one place? That idea is under consideration. O April By Rita Budrionis O April, you […]


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