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Poem: Reminders

By: JD DeHart Some people keep a string tied around a finger, Some people keep a running list on paper, While others keep a file in the back of their minds, wrong after wrong, moment after moment, a collection of…

Poem: Dominant Views

By: JD DeHart I pause, waiting for the moment to let my words drop in, funnel down, and channel through the table conversation The moment is still waiting because a few topics dance back and forth, flames of political or…

Poem: Defaulting

By: JD DeHart I default to my prior stance, coming straight back to the moment years ago I stand again on the old resolution after some travel and thought And that’s okay, because I have transformed in other ways, a…

Poem: The Wait Gate

By: JD DeHart Here we wait, for water, for mind, for a candidate that is real, Here we wait, for answers, for questions we do not know yet how to ask Here we wait, for the power of words, for…

Poem: Spinning Plates

By: Edgar Law Running a successful business, they tell me, is like spinning plates in the air, let them circle in the sun up there and be always ready for one or two to shatter so that you can pick up…

Poem: Technique

By: Edgar Law She knows how to run the meeting, how to show without telling, how to design a great presentation She knows how to manage a bow tie, make her way around a crowded table, but today it’s slipping She…

Poem: Semantic Map

By: Joshua Ford Word Goes to term Term Goes to paper Paper Goes to grade Grade Goes to power Power Goes to electricity Electricity Goes to creative Creative Goes to planet Planet Goes to calm Calm Goes to tea leaves Tea…

Poem: Huts

By: Joshua Ford We woke in a new world where all there was was huts in a nice little row. The sky above us was so nice and broad, and I was scared of it. Then the dinner bell came ringing…