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Dumbfounded Notes

08.11.13 Posted in today's words by

Sy Roth’s most recent poem to appear here was Even the Dark Night Sings the Shiva Song (July 2013).Dumbfounded NotesBy Sy Roth Never could figure out a B flat from a C sharp,Ear lunker that I am.Strings to be played ape Tarzan’s yodeling cryAs he swings from branch to branch pounding his chest. Musicality raises a bedeviling […]


Epiphany

08.10.13 Posted in today's words by

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Last poem of the year (July 2013).EpiphanyBy Christopher Roe Beneath the weight of sadness bentthe silver coins of treason spentI heard a bird sing in a treeand whales were singing far at seaand crickets they were singing tooas morning caused the dove to coooutside my window […]


Beauty Lost

08.09.13 Posted in today's words by

Keith D’Sa’s poem untitled appeared here in May 2013.Beauty LostBy Keith D’Sa In a mazeof the now and the absurdgrows a single flower, Much like a tumorupon an unsuspecting organ.Chariot wheels and cartwheels All trample this being;weeds are treated better.In this maze of reality and  The surreal, a wandering soulstands long enough to stareas the world’s beauty […]


Communion

08.08.13 Posted in today's words by

Richard Schnap’s most recent poem to appear here was Antidote (May 2013).CommunionBy Richard Schnap I remember her eyesThe way one remembersThe headlights of a carArriving to take you home And I remember her scentThe way one remembersThe perfume of a roseAs it opens to the sky And I remember her voiceThe way one remembersThe cry of a […]


Literally

08.08.13 Posted in words to linger on by

Sarah Endo’s most recent poem to appear here was this (February 2013). LiterallyBy Sarah Endo The radio host intones,“Cape Cod National Seashore isliterally washing away,” which is dispiritingto an aging Atlantic aficionado, but also amusingto a lifelong language loverbecause “littorally” means having to do with the shore–the listener is at least ninety-nine percent sure. A confirmatory Google search […]


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