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What Is There

06.13.19 Posted in today's words by

Alita Pirkopf’s most recent poem to appear here was “I Turn to Paper” (April 2019). What Is There By Alita Pirkopf Years ago, from his car seat, my child commented on what he saw every day; so much concrete all the way—to school, store, play. One evening, through a restaurant window, I viewed straight lines, […]


#assange

06.12.19 Posted in today's words by

Steven Minchin’s most recent poem to appear here was “#android” (May 2019). #assange By Steven Minchin I know how to make a hush a scream A secret a sensation I can get richer in hiding while being highlighted I know how to tell without leaking A headline and a jailor are making me history


Cluster

06.11.19 Posted in today's words by

Alexa Findlay’s most recent poem to appear here was “Newfound” (April 2019). Cluster After Rapids by Hiroshi Yoshida by Alexa Findlay there lies a river its temperature luke-warm, but slightly chilly that streams between monstrous snow-capped mountains fog spreading like wild fire hiding the beauty from the world who desires to see it as its […]


Woodpile

06.10.19 Posted in today's words by

Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “Some Good Things” (April 2019).  Woodpile By Molly Frederick Still there— just where it was the last time I looked, and the time before that, and all those times before that— A jumble of firewood, crisp-edged and clean, more than a cord of it, open to […]


Forward Movement

06.09.19 Posted in today's words by

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was “Pace” (May 2019). Forward Movement By Murray Dunlap In dire need of validation In dire need of hope We spin our gears in tedious plays to gain forward movement Profit, security, sanity, love We hope for more And more But we backpedal in times of conflict […]


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