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Girl Talk

01.23.15 Posted in today's words by

Nick Talent’s most recent poem to appear here was Pulling the Thread (September 2014). Girl Talk By Nick Talent Girl, I hear you. You think he loves you because he feeds you good. I guess you haven’t noticed how often he sips and swigs quiet-like or how he drives with a Bud between his knees […]


At the coffee shop after the storm

01.22.15 Posted in today's words by

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Fulcrum found (December 2014). At the coffee shop after the storm By Christopher Roe The windows are all steamed up the gray world outside is a ghost the coffee shop alive with chatter the air filled with the smell of toast. With a rumble and flashing […]


the collusion of poet & composer

01.10.15 Posted in today's words by

Charles Clifford Brooks III’s most recent poem to appear here was The Conclusions of an Older Brother (December 2014). the collusion of poet & composer By Charles Clifford Brooks III when you witness your guitar played first by someone else– a slack-faced man who gets those six strings to beg– the quasi-honor is humbling. it’s […]


Hungry Mornings and Thirsty Nights

01.09.15 Posted in today's words by

Jeanette Cheezum’s most recent poem to appear here was Lament (December 2014). Hungry Mornings and Thirsty Nights By Jeanette Cheezum Baby on the way, but can’t stay. Too busy running the roads, not enough time to play. Money in the pocket spends like water. Booze in the gut doesn’t clear the head. She’s found me […]


Sydney

01.08.15 Posted in today's words by

Erren Geraud Kelly’s most recent poem to appear here was Coffeehouse Poem #47 (December 2014). Sydney By Erren Geraud Kelly whose smile is bigger than any ego whose eyes are deeper than jupiter whose love is bigger than my appetite who should not be having breakfast in a homeless shelter in oregon but back in […]


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