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THE NIGHT FORGES ON
By Josef Desade What is she staring at? The wind’s fingers playing the fabric of her pants as if a harp, subtle shifts, and vibrations in...
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LOST LOTUS
By Elizabeth TenHouten Lotus, mud-born, white flower, bloodless, cloaked, engulfed. in confusion, Lotus arises in longing, illumination...
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SLEEPING ON THE WATER
By Lu Godfrey The goose sleeps On the water His head hidden and his feathers out The rain snipes the pond and tears the trees’ petals out...
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WHAT COUNTS AS A LIFE FULFILLED
By Doug Stuber What counts as a life fulfilled? When it takes four hours to pull your head off the pillow, living up to ancestral...
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A FRAYED KNOT
By Danielle Rabulan On this cold day desperate For air, I open a window and The rain gushes through The gap. My hands lose their Grip and...
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AN ARTIST'S PAIN
By Anthony Gorin A hand, wrinkled and scarred, shaking as the cold wind blows, a hole in my heart, I try to fill. Using my blood, sweat...
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DEMON
By George Murray I share a room with a demon that lives in my head, The nights are unsettling and consumed by dread. The thing’s he says...
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LA LA LAND
By Aia Less a part of me died i’ve changed i’m not looking to go back i’ve told them that they’re not getting who i am what happened in...
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THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
By Jennifer Juan I break branches, in my sleep, with soft steps, that tried to be gentle. I am walking, wistful, in the woods, warm winds...
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TEA PARTY (FULL MOON)
By Douglas Graham Wilson I am soliciting compliments from the bone china scattered around me in the moonlight— a fragile and brittle...
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TAXI
By Rhiannon Owens In a far off corner of my mind I see this playing out, but I'm too drunk and numb as he parks the taxi in a secluded...
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PLEASE. BELIEVE, FELLOW DANDELIONS
By S. Vardhan You are a dandelion in a war zone. People, blind to the earth, focus on you feeling like a flower. You’re too sensitive....
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OCEAN
By Craig Shalvey The words rested uncomfortably on my tongue Like a mouth full of marbles I knew I couldn’t swallow them down. As though...
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NIGHTMARES, ANTICIPATION & GHOSTED
By Diane Lowman Nightmares As the nights lengthen So too the nightmares thrown by The bright moon's shadow Anticipation Sitting and...
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SHE DRINKS HER COFFEE BLACK
By April Lucìa She seems reckless, She drinks her coffee black Never flinches at the hot flick of a lighter, Or the cold touch of an...
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SLEEPING DEATH
By Enoch Black They call me in to convince her to let go, She holds her baby who has no moral glow. She looks at me with tears in her...
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MISSING PIECE
By Joy Clyne I am haunted by the conversation Of a sister’s bond Born before my first breath The silence that swims in tears Shock of a...
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FOREVER FEARS
By Ella Penn A single second a fragment of doubt, when the words we are speaking carry no clout. Maybe a moment, maybe three years, all...
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ENTRAILS
By Ali Stone A past of mere offal The ruins of a childhood were colossal. Dreams trailed like bloodied entrails, Shame and disgust flowed...
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RAIN ON GLASS
By R. J. Smith I sit at the hearth, my hands still rough from the handle. My back sings with a dull ache after bringing the axe down too...
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