Corinthians Said
By Emoefeoghene Akpofure Imoyin-Omene Love keeps no record of wrong, yet I can’t help but remember everything. I remember the battle...
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The Journal
Monika Trotula
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Shtetl
By Monika Trotula Round like a Passover pancake, a watchful and silent moon has ascended over the rooftops, daunting dogs. Kaddish...
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Kerry Trautman
- Oct 17, 2022
- 1 min
Usefulness
Ekphrastic Poem - Ancient Glass Vessels (Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion, shelves 4A3 and 4A7) By Kerry Trautman decide what each...
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Trae Stewart
- Oct 9, 2022
- 1 min
Judgemental Elephant
By Trae Stewart I see you, Positioned on the dusty rose window seat, hidden among kawaii pillows and frilly curtains You stare, my...
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Toti O'Brien
- Sep 4, 2022
- 2 min
Morgana; Microcosm
By Toti O'Brien Morgana In the sparkle of dawn, it shines cream and pink under timid sunbeams—like a promise. Istanbul, how long have I...
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Laura Ferries
- Aug 24, 2022
- 1 min
A Cappella
By Laura Ferries I piece together these jigsaw words thread them together in broken verse spaghetti sentences spun around my tongue...
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Kevin Coffield
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
Empty Boxes; Looking Out at the Sea
By Kevin Coffield Empty Boxes Words, tempered by time, stated and restated like cheap wine gone bad, corner me, push me into spaces where...
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Beverly M. Collins
- May 22, 2022
- 2 min
Naked Helium; Rural Memories
By Beverly M. Collins Naked Helium Someday, opinions held privately in the mind will float like balloons to be seen boldly by all as a...
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Sunil Sharma
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
Crystals Carry Topographies
By Sunil Sharma The snow glitters under a cold sun, the sheets of solid snow full of tiny crystals along the sides of the roads, each...
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Bethany Rivers
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Your Map
By Bethany Rivers (After Louise Gluck) Destinations are unclear and million-fold. I have to find ‘end’ on the map. It’s usually another...
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Becky Bei
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
Moon Woman
By Becky Bei The patriarch sits on the emerald chair in the dining room bewildered, bemused, at the jokes shared among his children,...
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Nikita Parik
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Mother Tongue; My Mother Speaks Odiya
By Nikita Parik Two poems from her newly published collection: Diacritics of Desire. Mother Tongue If you plan to rule over a people,...
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Duane Vorhees
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Love and Science
By Duane Vorhees Wasn't it Einstein who gave precision to relativity? They say a life without love is a cataclysm. Why didn't Einstein...
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Jack Pascoe
- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
Nature vs Nurture; A Perfect Storm
By Jack Pascoe Nature vs Nurture When you're hearing the cry of the chromatic crew and your heart is hankering for something that's new....
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Amit Shankar Saha
- Mar 12, 2022
- 1 min
Cryptology; Recollection
Two poems from Balconies of Time (Hawakal, 2017) by Amit Shankar Saha Cryptology Two black boats float under your irises, like...
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Ratika Bhardwaj
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
A Ride with Time; Au Revoir
By Ratika Bhardwaj A Ride with Time Time, An inexorable chariot; Every receding second, A trailing memory; You blink, breathe, Strike a...
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Julie Sampson
- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
Roots; Laying out the Poem
By Julie Sampson Roots Bracing Budleigh's coastal air this cold January day I read the notice fronting cliff rock-samphire canvas,...
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Emma Conally-Barklem
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Vespertine; Tranquil
By Emma Conally-Barklem Vespertine Delicate pinion of rose gold gathers warmth towards the centre, A gilded bloom which can only be...
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Colette Mbariko
- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Cry of the Resilient
By Colette Mbariko On the desolate nights I lie awake drowning within my solitude. The loneliness creeps in through the back door, Yet...
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Vanessa Hiller
- Jan 9, 2022
- 1 min
Running
By Vanessa Hiller I moved faster than a hurricane. Lucid dreaming followed me and swallowed me whole; I took a dram of liquid honey and...
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