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Break your shackles, oh woman

By: Vanaja Malathy Break Your Shackles, Oh Woman! How queer, oh woman, is your conduct! when you have everything in plenty you crave for more and more when you have a person to love you madly you are dizzy about…

summer beach

‘Late Afternoon’ and other summer poems

By: Bruce Levine Late Afternoon The late afternoonChanges the mood of the dayA cooling breezeErases the oppressive heat of the morningA crystal blue skyWithout a single cloudA tiny plane slips suddenlyOnto the horizonWhere it’s going – unknownI watch my dogAs…

When Past Walks By Your Side

Port Sunlight City The cute little town near Wirral of Northwest England incredibly picturesque heritage and the aesthetic wraps around the character of the village i stroll in a trance its winding country lanes Tudor-style cottages that stand in stately…

full moon wallpaper

‘Moon Watch’ and other poems

By: J.K. Durick Moon Watch An afternoon moon isworth the waitsitting out therein an Adirondack chair.The novel I’m readingis halfway through Kansas.Its hero troubled by the terrainbut I’m really out therein my chairwanting to watch the sky.The moon in the…

green grass with bokeh lights

Green Prince

By: Sydnie Stern We are serpents on a scepterOne follows the otherLike a cat chasing a minnowalong a long riveryour scales are damp like you came from waterI’m missing an eye, I filled the chasm with Earthonly you know this…

brown wooden arrow signed

Boldface Print is Harder to Erase

By: Leigh-Anne Burley Sometimes figuring out just the right path is a waste of timetake the one ahead of you. Sometimes it is easier to go out into the rain than back into the light. Don’t be fooled by your…

lifeguard building on seashore against sundown sky

‘A Cardinal’s song’ and other Summer Haiku

By: Jim Bates A Cardinal’s songFills a clear crisp morning dawnJump-starting the day. Brilliant day endingSetting sun and dusty skyWondrous light transformed. Laying on a dockKids swirling hands in the lakePlaying with minnows. Summertime soft rainFalling on thirsty gardensPlants drink…