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March 22, 2023  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: The Last Time by Emiliano Torres

The Last Time Lying cuts the tongue, Taste – torched and twisted Hiding heat repels resolution   Leaving lies leaves lament, The truth triumphs, I’ve taken too much time.   And with time lent and spent I’ve riddled with discontent, Granted time is torment.   Penalized for two centuries And forty-five decades, to compensate, For […]

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Holly Day
April 1, 2020  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: The Old Green One

The Old Green One by Holly Day   I will make you a music box from a porn star fill her insides with gears and whistles, a key that comes out of her navel for turning in the hot summer sun or under the stars at night.   When our daughter is older, I will […]

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Alex Ewing
March 25, 2020  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: I Keep Dreaming About My Elementary School Gym Teacher

I Keep Dreaming About My Elementary School Gym Teacher by Alex Ewing   She wore short shorts Really short I remember her legs Tanned and toned In gym class, I remember The games we used to play Dodge Ball, Parachute, Scoop Ball She keeps appearing in my dreams She is holding the dodge ball Searching […]

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March 18, 2020  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: Leaving Upon Exit

 LEAVING UPON EXIT by Paige McBride                                   after Rose Marie Prins painting                                               Free, Tumbling like a […]

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