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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…

Poem: No

By: Denise Marques Leitão No, no. I’m not aiming for some pre-established aesthetic. I want to be willing to be ridiculous, pathetic. Tear away all these layers that have never kept me safe. Why lacquer my words then? Instead, I’ll speak…

Poem: Water Wise

By: Denise Marques Leitão My wish, my wish, my wish is to be wise like water, supple like water, strong like water. My wish is to flow and never stop. Float to the skies, move with the wind, then fall and…

Poem: These Figures

By: Robert A. Davies Some with blank faces human and not – these figures I see as I lie in bed prepared to sleep – figures that fade dissolve into walls. Circling in the dark skimming my head — crimson dragons,…

Poem: Winter 2015 in Western Oregon

By: Robert A. Davies In our warmest winter ever a winter with many dry days my friend misses the rain that winter rain constant so constant that we scream for an occasional sunny day and then for the usual week of…