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To have

05.14.19 Posted in today's words by

Edgar Davis’s most recent poem to appear here was “From Old to New” (March 2019). To have By Edgar Davis To have all these things made by human hands, and to have not joy, peace and happiness, is to have nothing— and to feel utter emptiness.


Polyorchidism

05.13.19 Posted in today's words by

Lou Pugliese’s most recent poem to appear here was “Please don’t understand” (September 2018). Polyorchidism By Lou Pugliese If anyone even does care Polyorchids are really quite rare The tri brand has two Where they normally grew And one that is simply a spare and another: The grasshopper in my pants I love to be […]


When My Father

05.12.19 Posted in today's words by

Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was “Dancing to Aerosmith in my Underwear” (February 2019).  When My Father By Nicole Yurcaba When my father asks me to build his coffin, I am 31. When he requests a hand-carved wooden box for his ashes, I am 31. When he tells me Spread my ashes […]


Flavour

05.11.19 Posted in today's words by

Diarmuid ó Maolalaí recently returned to Ireland after four years away, now spending his days working maintenance dispatch for a bank and his nights looking out the window and wishing he had a view. His first collection, Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden, was published in 2016 by the Encircle Press. He has twice been nominated for the […]


Difference

05.10.19 Posted in today's words by

Sushant Supriye’s most recent poem to appear here was “The touch” (March 2019).  Difference By Sushant Supriye The magnificent house built of marble and expensive foreign tiles is home to you whereas I am a wanderer like the wind. For you, sleeping on soft mattresses is homecoming, whereas for me, being lost in search of […]


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