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Forgiveness

07.22.12 Posted in today's words by

Milenko Å½upanović was born in Kotor Montenegro in 1978. He still lives in Kotor, but he is Croatian. He is a marine engineer who spends his free time writing fiction, science fiction, horror, comic books, and poetry. He has published a collection of his stories called The One Who Walked on Water and his work has appeared at journals […]


Superstitious

07.21.12 Posted in today's words by

DM Aderibigbe is a 23-year-old writer from Lagos, Nigeria, an undergraduate student of history and strategic studies at the University of Lagos. He writes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, plays, and song lyrics. His debut novel, Sisyphean, will be published in America soon.SuperstitiousBy DM AderibigbeShe is dancing in my sleep.My dream peeps from thedoor of the room, […]


Point Pleasant Beach in January

07.20.12 Posted in today's words by

Jolene Paternoster, a recent graduate of Skidmore College, lives in Northern New Jersey, where she works as a freelance editor. She has recently been awarded the Academy of American Poets Prize for a selection from her senior project in poetry. Her work has appeared in Skidmore College’s literary magazinesPalimpsest and Folio. She looks forward to furthering her studies […]


I love the way men talk

07.19.12 Posted in today's words by

Cassie Premo Steele’s most recent poem to appear here was I Loved This Landscape into Being (May 2012), from her collection The Pomegranate Papers, available at unbound CONTENT and Amazon. I love the way men talkBy Cassie Premo SteeleI love the way men talkabout sports, how metaphorsspout from their mouths–mitt to the side, lay up,change of defense.They are poets, menwhen […]


untitled

07.19.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Michael Ceraolo’s most recent poem to appear here was Working Class Hero (April 2012). untitledBy Michael Ceraolo A mid-July night, and a late softball game(another loss: we’ve won only one game all season)Postgame: at a bar on the creek’s shoreStepping outside for a moment, I seea light show taking place over the lake to the north,a show […]


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