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Poem: Wider World

By: JD DeHart There is a wider world of ideas hidden inside ink on many pages, ready to be opened up, released into the air, like a fine scent There is a wider knowledge, a broader experience, a different view…

Poem: Lawn Mower Maintenance

By: JD DeHart Most of life seems to be maintenance, keeping the edges drawn neatly Most of my soul seems to be watching the boundaries, knowing the limits, and allowing Life to flow at it needs, sprouting and thriving, a series…

Poem: Mother Would Have Liked You

By: Ruth Deming Boston Market, crucible of the western world stands as a watchtower on Welsh and York as Evelyn and I enter the air-conditioned splendor with joy and a sigh A long line of hungry people snake around the…

Poem: In Question

By: William C. Blome You show me someone who’s familiar with hawks That swoop only for barbells, And I’ll show you a goofy lummox Who’s undoubtedly rarer than the birdies In question. And, okay, it’s your refuse-heap love For me…

Poem: Wild Bird

By: Linda M Crate other women are graceful and thinner than i swans floating in the air shimmering in all their beauty perfectly content with their apparent beauty, but i have many windows open and closed some boarded shut and…

Poem: Letting go of scars

By: Linda M Crate i hide in the hallows of words trying desperately to melt away the husks and shells and pieces of me that i don’t like to lovingly caress my virtue, and make excuses for the dirtiness painted…

Poem: A Fallen Saint

By: Linda M Crate his love was a mortuary slowly swallowing pieces of her until she could not find herself for him, and it seemed to happen overnight this metamorphosis; he the fallen angel and she the saint caught in…

Poem: My only light

By: Milt Montague the blinds are tightly shut to keep out the bright sun i burrow down into my chair for comfort a computer light the only illumination my mindscreen comes alive buzzing with ephemeral ideas one seems the most…

Poem: Difference demolished

By: Sunil Sharma In a fluid world away from this one of stricter boundaries float creatures otherwise denied and banished from the kingdom of the Homo sapiens, the ones evolved the varied specimens interact in a scene not possible real-time…