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The Light

05.28.14 Posted in today's words by

Nancy Scott wrote this poem. The Light By Nancy Scott When I was a girl and lived in the city I used to get up early, stand at the window of my tiny apartment to watch the dawn break over the tall buildings. I called my ritual “welcoming the light,” and I loved it, loved […]


Say Pocket

05.27.14 Posted in today's words by

Kevin Acers lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, their cat, and a potted plant names Fronds Kafka. His writings appear in Red River Review, Oklahoma Review, The Prose-Poem Project, Illya’s Honey, The Centrifugal Eye, Z-Composition, and Decades Review. His book, Time Machine: Prose Poems and Vignettes, is available at Amazon. He is working on […]


Twilight

05.26.14 Posted in today's words by

Pere Risteski was born in Struga, Macedonia. He lives in Ohrid and works as a teacher. Pere has participated in numerous seminars and conferences, earning certificates in pedagogy, education, education management and other disciplines. He has written more than 30 academic papers and has published 3 books of poetry, Sin of the first love, Wayside winds, […]


Moon

05.25.14 Posted in today's words by

Neil Ellman’s last poem to appear here was An Excerpt from the Diary of a Man Growing Old: Elegy for Clarabel (March 2013). Moon (after the woodcut in the Home is a Foreign Place series by Zarina Hashmi) By Neil Ellman If it disappeared like a magician’s coin behind his ear he would have to […]


Because (and a Translation Once Removed)

05.24.14 Posted in today's words by

K Leaman is a young writer who has recently finished her first novel. She is currently editing it and pursuing publication. Some of her work has appeared in Award-Winning Young Writers of America 2012. Visit her blog. This is a piece from her Translations collection, a concept that explores creativity and the limits and possibilities […]


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