The apples are still delicious this fall. Signify the Apple By Annmarie Lockhart There are as many theories about the apple as there are stars in the sky. Is it fair to say it meant something different to Eve than it did to Adam? Did either of them know that then; do either of them […]
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Thinking
Clyde Borg is a retired high school teacher and administrator. He has been writing nonfiction and poetry since 1998. He resides in Fords, NJ. This poem gives the reader a potent image of what seems to happen when we stir up an idea or two. May your thoughts always run clear as clean water, particularly […]
Choices
Bettie Coffin (she swears that’s her real name!) is an award-winning poet who lives in a cottage in the quaint town of Gaston, NC, with her dog Blue. She once submitted using her initials in hopes that she would be assumed a man and her poem would be accepted for publication by a motocross magazine. […]
He’s a keeper
Sarah Endo’s poems have appeared here before (Contributor Series 1: 9/11, The tv is on at work; Flora, a Garden-Variety Poem; Just Born) and you have read and loved them. Note the way Sarah uses humor in this poem, delivered gently and in a loving, teasing manner. He’s a keeper By Sarah Endo He’s had […]
Soldier
You read Bobbie Troy’s poem Dear Diane here in October. Today brings us more evocative poetry from this Virginia poet. Imagery serves to flesh out this poem, it also serves to register the continuity of man and war/community and isolation. This week we celebrate Veteran’s Day, so think about someone you know who happens to […]
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