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Poem: The Great Renovative Guillotine

By: Pijush Kanti Deb So steep, from the depth of your nothingness you can witness my colorful flag flapping on the top and bringing your tears down. Most probably a sea-change widens its lips from nowhere to somewhere, conflicting your…

Poem: It’s So Quiet

By: Kimberly Potter Kendrick A screaming baby Vicious tantrums as a child A voice resounding; resembling the striking a wrong note on the piano Living in a fantasy world making friends with her dolls With them she shared all her ideas,…

Poem: November Cold

By: Kimberly Potter Kendrick Memories diminished Her name he recalled Stroking his skin Kissing his forehead Profound denial Terminal, incomprehensible She reminisced Daddy’s little girl Her protector She tumbled He plucked her up Tossed her high Giggling as she towered…

Poem: Realize you’re bleeding

By: Linda M Crate i wonder how long it will take them to realize they voted for a man who doesn’t support them? voting is more than picking the pro-life candidate over the pro-choice one, and what irritates me the…

Poem: Voted for hate

By: Linda M Crate i’ll never understand how this happened, and i don’t want to believe in a future without hope; i keep praying somehow this is just a nightmare that i will wake up and the results will be…

Poem: The Lady Fair

By: Wylie Strout A stout woman with Her aged shoulders Broadly raised Flicking sticky tentacles here and there Birthing tentacles yes, here and there Oh, Mother of mine A tough old lady’s aspirations: throbbing, growing, dreaming, tugging, pulling, seizing Seeking the…

Poem: Dove

By: Wylie Strout Forgive me, for being human For being someone you did not expect to find For being true to myself For forgetting Forgive me, for having a spiritual side For being marginal at life For seeking new ground,…

Poem: Sonam Gupta, Where Are You?

I was ceaselessly awake Tweeting Typing Tapping Trundling Tumbling In the hope to see Sonam Gupta Have I heard it right ‘Sonam Gupta bewafa hai’? I left no denomination without Scribbling Striking Stroking Shooting Sending In the hope to defame…