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Bled Out

10.13.16 Posted in today's words by

Gary Priest’s most recent poem to appear here was “Fresh Red Paint” (August 2016)  Bled Out By Gary Priest The sun sinks like a scuttled ship. A moment shared with you, as precious and desperate as that last cigarette before quitting, again. The taste torments us. Lips with only goodbye left. Tongues that stopped making sense, […]


Contemplating Gainsborough’s Blue Boy

10.12.16 Posted in today's words by

Frieda Landau’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Beginning of Forever” (August 2016)   Contemplating Gainsborough’s Blue Boy By Frieda Landau Little Boy Blue . . . so safe and snug, wrapped in the smug convention that hides the fetid stench of depredation and despair.


dripping rain drizzles

10.11.16 Posted in today's words by

Daniel Wilcox’s most recent poem to appear here was The Pull-Out Coyote (August 2014)  dripping rain drizzles against our foggy window— blowing my wet nose


Onset of Autumn

10.10.16 Posted in today's words by

Gregory Gunn’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Transcendental Mariner” (September 2016)  Onset of Autumn By Gregory Gunn There was a time when you provided me with generally everything a man could want. Oh such conviction to fan the flames! Until your fiery imagination crackled and spat between the arrangement of the unobstructed and […]


Used Editions

10.09.16 Posted in today's words by

Bob McNeil’s most recent poem to appear here was “sword of words” (April 2011)  Used Editions By Bob McNeil Each existence will be another autobiographical edition on a 1.8 million-year-old bookshelf. Your tome, although awaiting more chapters, should receive herds of blurbs because it exists.  ` Grant yourself a good review each day, knowing you […]


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