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Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, They Speak of Hearts

12.10.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone They Speak of Hearts By Telly McGaha But what of them, mere sponge pumps keeping the trains on time (but one maiden clinging to the track slows the whole system down). They beat in sync with everything, boringly rising and falling, as expected, like the tide. Take […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Attend to the Bones

12.10.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone. Need I say more? Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Attend to the Bones By Sharon Poch I find a deer carcass wedged between sliding wet rocks slick with lichen Bleached sinews bind cloven hooves, lifeless legs to ribs, to vertebrae, to bloated face mask […]


Letter to Myself on December 3

12.09.10 Posted in words to linger on by

Amy Alley is an award-winning artist located in Upstate South Carolina. She is also a writer (contributor to THUMP Magazine), poet, mother, educator, free spirit, and tree-hugging lover of nature who resides near the woods and stream. Her art is held in public and private collections nationally and abroad and her short stories and poetry have […]


Killed by Kindness

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Mildred Speidel’s poem Bed of Roses appeared here in November. Today she gives us a tribute poem. Killed by Kindness By Mildred Speidel Blonde hair boy Raised by aunt Mother taught him music He wrote poetry He read books He wrote songs He sang them He trusted He was shot that day because he trusted people to […]


Remembering Waikiki

12.08.10 Posted in today's words by

Stan Galloway’s poem Apology appeared in October as part of Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words. Today he gives us a poem about revisiting a moment in time. Click here for an audio reading of the poem and some words from Stan about the poem.  Remembering Waikiki By Stan Galloway Unnumbered days have passed since we looked […]


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