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Elmira Diner

09.08.17 Posted in today's words by

Elmira Diner By Tim Dyson ‘We used to make shit around here, rail cars, in-ground gas tanks, lots of tooling, decent wages pretty good dough, a life And this ole gal, what can I say, went to the prom,  became a mom For a long time, seems like things went our way, not like it […]


Marine

09.07.17 Posted in today's words by

Erren Gerraud Kelly’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Long Goodbye” (August 2017) Marine By Erren Gerraud Kelly I didn’t tell her this Would be my only day in San Francisco I was just here to read Some poems And then back to l.a. I may live there, but san Francisco will always have […]


there it goes . . .

09.06.17 Posted in today's words by

Maria Arana’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Passing Time” (July 2017) there it goes… By Maria Arana there it goes reunion like bunions giggles that gurgle fingers without scope and finding peace was never this easy eventually it all stops death catches fire and friends join the embers that’s where I’ll be […]


She asked me if I could “sum it up nicely”

09.05.17 Posted in today's words by

John J. McKenna’s most recent poem to appear here was “Shenandoah” (April 2017) She asked me if I could “sum it up nicely” By John J. McKenna She asked me if I “could sum it up nicely?” “Sum it up nicely?—No. I can sum it up quick and truthfully, though,” I replied. I pointed to her […]


Struggling against more turbulence

09.04.17 Posted in today's words by

Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was “And though the stars came by” (August 2017) By Simon Perchik Struggling against more turbulence this broken concrete can’t shut down and cool—your shadow’s too old leans down and though the wall falls closer and closer it tries to rest your face —a sleeping face still circling […]


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