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An Addict’s Poem

01.26.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Grace Ames is a freelance writer and poet from Charleston SC. She is currently writing her first novel. An Addict’s Poem By Grace Ames I have never been punished with an addictionuntil I found that one thingI couldn’t let go of …  I would think about dream aboutpray for Feel it in my handsagainst my skinmy […]


Storm Over North Africa

01.23.12 Posted in words to linger on by

JB Hogan was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize for his story “Kerosene Heat.” His dystopian novel New Columbia was published in Aphelion and his prize-winning e-book Near Love Stories is online at Cervena Barva Press. His stories and poems appear in journals such as Cynic Online Magazine, Istanbul Literary Review, Every Day Poets, Ranfurly Review, and The Dead Mule School of Southern […]


Jung

01.19.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was Venison (November 2011). Jung By Charlene James-Duguid If Jung could tape my head,Live in my dreams,The dramaOf mythsWould seem mundane,UnredeemableIn dullness. If only in these dreamsJung could peer,At the corner of my imagesHeld for photostat.I’d give more proof,Send him a moment’sVision,Colored,Framed,Shiny,Transparent. In every way,Hold him fixedWithin the gloryOf […]


how to find the calendar made for the muse

01.16.12 Posted in words to linger on by

PMPope’s most recent poem to appear here was Autumn’s Song From Tomorrow(November 2011). His book of poems, Written All Over Your Face{book}, was released in December 2011 from unbound CONTENT. how to find the calendar made for the muse By PMPope You have to rummage through all this papersearching for one pieceyou scribbled out of a lyrical daydedicatedly […]


I Whisper the Hope and Coming of Existing

01.12.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Chris G Vaillancourt’s most recent poem to appear here was The Silence of This House (November 2011). I Whisper the Hope and Coming of Existing By Chris G Vaillancourt I whisper the hope and coming of existing.I twist the pages of this book I am reading.Its lines are filled with in-between distances,on-and-off realities, yes-and-no seeking prayers. And […]


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