Paula Ray wrote this poem. Kaleidoscope Hearts By Paula Ray The mind will go for a walk across galaxies One star-studded sentence at a time The darkness between one beam of light And something moving in the distance Freedom, curiosity, openness A cup waiting to be filled with Reflective particles that beckon A closer look […]
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If I Were a Poet
Julie Ellinger Hunt sometimes writes about writing and always masters metaphor. If I Were a Poet By Julie Ellinger Hunt If I were a poet, I’d climb up the side of buildings peering into windows watching life happen in a frame If I were a poet, I’d fly above us taking verbal snapshots placing debris […]
Purple Dove
Thomas Piekarski’s poem Islander appeared here in November 2013. Purple Dove By Thomas Piekarski How many times have I gotten my hopes inflated only to have them die inside a tear? Why has the austere frontier dangling above not sent a purple dove Earthward this spring? What botanist can come up with an equation negating […]
A Brief Word About Butterflies
Patrick Stevens’ most recent poem to appear here was Bow Ties, published as part of Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays (July 2012). A Brief Word About Butterflies By Patrick Stevens I haven’t written one of these in eleven months and the last one was trash, so who knows when the last actual poem flowed out […]
Extinct
Clinton Van Inman’s poetic observations. Extinct By Clinton Van Inman Sixty million years ago in a wink An asteroid crashed to Earth in a clink Wiped out the dinosaurs in a blink And made everything else go extinct Except the hairy one who learned to think Now he’s called the missing link. Was it fate […]
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