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Not a Single Tear

09.13.15 Posted in today's words by

Laura Zucca-Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was Mocking the Sunrise (August 2015). Not a Single Tear By Laura Zucca-Scott Baby face Not shedding a tear You face the camera Like a gun Your hands are up You surrender A four-year-old Syrian child An involuntary warrior Captive of a world She did not choose […]


For Mama

09.10.15 Posted in today's words by

Erren Geraud Kelly’s most recent poem to appear here was Stephen (August 2015). For Mama By Erren Geraud Kelly when i got the news i forgot about work and my grades which is what sons do i ran as fast as i could not knowing last night she went to bed with a fire burning […]


Stephen

08.14.15 Posted in today's words by

Erren Geraud Kelly’s most recent poem to appear here was Ferguson, Missouri (July 2015). Stephen By Erren Geraud Kelly forgive them for they know not what they do they could throw daggers at me and i would be happy a child of the most high has nothing to do with fear even as they persecuted […]


Mocking the Sunrise

08.07.15 Posted in today's words by

Laura Zucca-Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was My Father as a Little Boy (July 2015). Mocking the Sunrise By Laura Zucca-Scott We mock the sunrise In eternal struggles So confused Our names Don’t matter We kiss the sunset To hide our fears We live We die Each day  


My father as a little boy

07.18.15 Posted in today's words by

Laura Zucca-Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was Just a Walk–July 1943 (June 2015). My father as a Little Boy By Laura Zucca-Scott When my father was a little boy He took a train to escape the war The train was late and stopped many times Every time the fear of bombs grasped his […]


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