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Sap Run

10.07.11 Posted in today's words by

BR Belletryst’s most recent poem here was untitled, published as part of Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone. Doesn’t this poem make you think of Georgia O’Keeffe?  Sap RunBy BR Belletryst Each day I dreamed of death in the belly of the mountain saw the spirit of the mother cricket playing her joyful song […]


When I Grow Up

10.06.11 Posted in today's words by

Sarah Anne Stinnett’s poem For My Dear Doctor, Dr. Seuss, appeared here in August 2011.    When I Grow Up By Sarah Anne Stinnett   I want to be a shaman so when I touch a blind man’s fingertips he sees my soul. I want to smell like oranges so tangerine and carmine explode in his […]


Elizabeth in Rome, 1962

10.06.11 Posted in words to linger on by

Joseph Harker is the pseudonym of a vagrant twentysomething from the East Coast. When not wandering from city to city an getting into mischief, he writes poems whenever he can. You can see his work in both print and online journals such as Chantarelle’s Notebook, Ganymede, and qarrtsiluni, but it’s easier to find him at his blog. So far, his […]


The Doctor

10.05.11 Posted in today's words by

Katrina Guarascio’s most recent poem to appear here was Thank You (August 2011).  The DoctorBy Katrina Guarascio Go to the doctor. He says he won’t; no use. He is already broken, already dead. He doesn’t need a doctor to say it. He doesn’t need confirmation. I try to convince him the doctor can help. Heal your migraines, […]


Deadly Feast

10.04.11 Posted in today's words by

Aarushi Vyas’ poem I Don’t Know appeared here in August 2011.  Deadly FeastBy Aarushi Vyas Angry, inflamed, and upset enveloped in gloom and bitterness my soul danced in the flames of the inferno boiling inside cooking up an elaborate meal but what I was eating was me


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