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Rainy Nights

03.06.10 Posted in today's words by

Jekwu Anyaegbuna was born and educated in Nigeria. He took his first degree from the University of Ilorin. He participated in the 2009 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop organized by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. He lives and works and writes in Lagos, Nigeria. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Meskot, Dark Lady Poetry, […]


Greatest Story Ever Told

03.05.10 Posted in today's words by

Mark William Jackson is a poet currently based in Sydney, Australia. Mark’s work tends to the introspective and narrative, questioning meaning and extracting emotions from particular situations. He makes use of vivid metaphor and he believes “poetry should punch into your head or break out like your drunken father.” You can read more of his […]


Aviary

03.04.10 Posted in today's words by

Methinks the birds enjoy flitting around the snow cover so their colors may be set off by our winter gloom. Rae Spencer has written a poem about winter and birds and inspiration and meaning. You know what Rae is capable of. Since her work first appeared here (Lore, What If, I dropped it again) she […]


O, March

03.03.10 Posted in today's words by

OK. How many of you still have snow on the ground? That many? Well then, this one is for you! Thank you Sharon Poch for putting words to it for us! You may remember that Sharon lives and writes in Virginia Beach VA, and that part of the country has seen more than its share […]


Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant, His Muse Commands

03.02.10 Posted in Contributor Series 4, today's words by

How better to end a contributor series about love than with a love poem from a muse to her writer? Listen to Annmarie read this poem and talk on the Cassie Premo Steele Poetry Show about Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant.Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the ElephantHis Muse CommandsBy Annmarie Lockhart“‘Write more and […]


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