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Walking Denali Highway

06.08.20 Posted in today's words by

Gene Ervine lives and writes in Anchorage, Alaska. Walking Denali Highway Late May Morning By Gene Ervine Bird songs I never  learned greet me each step. Alert in this moment walking and watching. A ptarmigan stands sentinel on a snowbank brown head and neck, still winter-white below. Other white feathers in piles or blown under […]


Dry Tortugas National Park

06.07.20 Posted in today's words by

KJ Hannah Greenberg’s most recent poem to appear here was “Her Epidemic of Bicycles” (May 2020). Dry Tortugas National Park By KJ Hannah Greenberg “Jut ‘cause,” creates stupid, unsafe, ugly buildings. Mainstream, bizarro, or other types of storytelling Makes improved, external dwellings, mainly bars. Persons recognized under custom, or edict of state, Create havens for […]


Amnesia

06.06.20 Posted in today's words by

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was “Debt” (September 2019).  Amnesia By Murray Dunlap Strange place this is Between living and dying Feelings of years past, like yesterday But feelings of closer times Vanished with no trace Where do I find peace in this unknown world Where do I crawl and say, this […]


Things we don’t yet possess

06.05.20 Posted in today's words by

James H. Duncan’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Reservoir” (September 2016). Things we don’t yet possess By James H. Duncan letters arrive in the mail ragged and torn and damp from miles and skies, blue ink bleeding and the words skipping out of existence beyond the torn edge of lined paper where […]


Which Knee?

06.04.20 Posted in today's words by

Jason Ybarra’s most recent poem to appear here was “Business Casual” (April 2020) Which Knee? By Jason Ybarra Which knee angers you? Which knee keeps you up at night? The knee pressed into the ground to elevate, or the knee pressed into a neck, to suffocate? Which knee angers you? Which knee will cause you […]


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