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May 10, 2023  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: The Book of Never My Always, Overdue by Bobby Parrott

The Book of Never My Always, Overdue My Bible spits out Republicans brandishing Bazookas and hand-grenades. I think they’re from the Book of Revelations, because of that whole Armageddon thing. But when a new bar of soap feels more like an old friend to my nose, the hand-worn pages of all my ancestors splay out […]

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April 17, 2023  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: Coal to Burn the World by Elinora Westfall

Coal to Burn the World I do not belong here. I, do not belong Belly down against flat earth I, Splinter like sheet glass beneath boots that crack my spine I. Do not belong. I, a feather bed to my own head My Own, very particular kind of madness Lying here, on the ground Life […]

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April 13, 2023  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: The Luscious Alabaster of a Dune by David M. Alper

The Luscious Alabaster of a Dune tells a tale of camaraderie, night squawking over the moonlight. Two- tongued, the dune sings, laying out the tracks of elation on a new, secret strand. Connect the stars. Sing along with the dune. My ocean dips in the night, discovers my secrets. Lost in the ocean. Alone. All […]

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April 5, 2023  |  By . In Online Content, Poetry

Poetry: Thorns by F. Kate Langan

Thorns I snag on things; Like the wind blown bags In the crooked fingers Of winter trees Or wool on a cold sheep’s back Clutched at by hungry thorns Or seaweed dashed and left dangling By eddying currents Against diamond sharp cliffs. I try to flow smoothly in the river of people But catch my […]

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