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A Present

09.03.16 Posted in today's words by

A Present By David Subacchi When I give a present, he said I give a piece of myself That’s what it feels like When I write a letter, he said I send a piece of myself That’s what it feels like So many means Of fast communication Yet we say so little Only the trivial […]


First Deserve, Then Desire

09.02.16 Posted in today's words by

Pijush Kanti Deb’s most recent poem to appear here was “Floating Body” (July 2016)  First Deserve, Then Desire By Pijush Kanti Deb Greed lays the countless eggs of endless desires but scholars and saints are serious in saying ‘’First deserve, then desire’’— so, all pretend to be deserved shamelessly and boost the degrees of their desires […]


Seagirl

09.01.16 Posted in today's words by

Ralph Monday’s most recent poem to appear here was “This Is The Stream” (October 2014). His book Empty Houses and American Renditions was published in May 2015; it is available for order at Amazon. Narcissus the Sorcerer was published in June 2015 and is available for order here. Seagirl By Ralph Monday Seaweed draped your hair like […]


The Garden of Matisse

08.31.16 Posted in today's words by

The Garden of Matisse By Lise Colas Just a space on a studio wall, a sway of shapes against dazzling white, your bold hands like rakes combing at seaweed, shaping colours from light, lucid patterns of ecstasy spill into a medusa ballet chasing the tail of a parakeet into a stab of pleasure cut out […]


The Beginning of Forever

08.30.16 Posted in today's words by

Frieda Landau’s most recent poem to appear here was “All Hands on Deck” (June 2015)  The Beginning of Forever By Frieda Landau A smile . . .      a glance . . .     a not so accidental        touch of hands . . .


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