Showcase - Week of: 5/20-26/23

New Submissions:

• The Days After Tomorrow - By Robert Scarry

• Therapy Between Friends - By Marc OBrien

• I Need To Be Free - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Therapeutic Shamanism - By K. L. Shipley

• Self-made Therapyď - By Brenda Arledge

• Depression Ends - By  Melissa Lemay

• Cream-Filled Therapy - By Ken Gosse

• Just Hit Play - By Gail Constable

• By Mike Turner - By Mike Turner

• Love is the… - By Rockstar Girl

• A Dime - By Deepthi Monteiro

• A Special Gift - By Chris Platt

• Our Gift - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Self Love - By Margaret Karim

• I AM BLACK - By Emmatobs

• Faking Life - By Andy Cooper

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Self-made Therapyď - By Brenda Arledge

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Showcase - Week of: 5/13-19/23

New Submissions:

• The Grass is Always Greener - By Mike Turner

• Dogs walking people… - By Melissa Lemay

• The Road Traveled Back - By Andrew Scott

• "Playing With Fire" - By Brenda Arledge

• Keep on Walking - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Finding My Way… - By Rockstar Girl

• Come Out From... - By K. L. Shipley

• Haunted, They Say - By Chris Platt

• Letter To My World - By Emmatobs

• Field Of Green - By Marc OBrien

• Laundry Day - By Andy Cooper

• Rooted - By Margaret Karim

• Hope Is - By Nolcha Fox

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Haunted, They Say - By Chris Platt

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Showcase - Week of: 5/6-12/23

New Submissions:

• Green - By Emmatobs

• פֶּרַח - By Melissa Lemay

• Greenlier - By Ken Gosse

• Pirouette - By Margaret Karim

• Envy - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• God's Escrow - By Fran Pearce

• My Children - By Brittany Benko

• Spring Is Here - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Youths Don't Sleep - By Kridesh Sah

• Dark Feathers - By Eye, Mind and Pen

• The Best Of Times - By Gail Constable

• Sweet Betsy From Pike - By K. L. Shipley

• Sun In The Falling Rain - By Andrew Scott

• Forgiveness In Opinion - By Andy Cooper

• The Same Shade Of Green - By A J Wilson

• Discomfort, Pondering... - By Robert Scarry

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• My Children - By Brittany Benko

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Showcase - Week of: 4/29-5/5/23

New Submissions:

• La Bataille - By K. L. Shipley

• Bloody Past - By Emmatobs

• Respite - By Margaret Karim

• Keep Going - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Not Long Ago - By Robert Scarry

• Through Time - By Gail Constable

• Streets of Pain - By Maggie Watson

• God's Got This! - By Brenda Arledge

• In the Mind… - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Abrupt Cacophony - By Melissa Lemay

• Unlocked Engagement - By Andy Cooper

• The Human Prospective - By Fran Pearce

• Leaving Students Feeling… - By Kridesh Sah

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Unlocked Engagement - By Andy Cooper

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Showcase - Week of: 4/22-28/23

New Submissions:

• The Customer From Hell - By Stephen Johnson

• Trust the Process… - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Eugenic Dissembling - By K. L. Shipley

• Stepping Forward - By Gail Constable

• Food For Thought... - By Marc OBrien

• Eternal Romance - By Margaret Karim

• Poetry In The Rain... - By Emmatobs

• Trust in Fate - By Shih-Fang Wang

• ’Tis a Puzzlement - By Ken Gosse

• At My Best - By Andy Cooper

• The Special - By Chris Platt

• Life - By Grace Y. Estevez 

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Eternal Romance - By Margaret Karim

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Showcase - Week of: 4/15-21/23

New Submissions:

• Piglets - By Little Sonyas

• Continuity - By Margaret Karim

• In My Heart - By Gail Constable

• Enjambment - By Melissa Lemay

• Minimal Lifestyle - By Brittany Benko

• Our Challenge - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Trust: The Process - By Mike Turner

• Things Fall Apart Again - By Emmatobs

• Writing Curves In Breakups - By Andy Cooper

• Reflections on the Morning Light - By K. L. Shipley

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Trust: The Process - By Mike Turner

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Showcase - Week of: 4/8-14/23

New Submissions:

• Teardrops Are Not Enough - By Brenda Arledge

• Gone but Not Forgotten - By Fran Pearce

• I Don’t Like To... - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Italian Style Emotional - By Marc OBrien

• Sorrow on the Wind - By K. L. Shipley

• Speech Of Angels - By Giulio Magrini

• Can You Hear Me - By Gail Constable

• His Endurance - By Shih-Fang Wang

• A Special Heritage - By Chris Platt

• Undervalued - By Margaret Karim

• So Long - By Grace Y. Estevez

• Tow That Line - By Ken Gosse

• Love On Ice - By Andy Cooper

• Grief Lasts - By Mike Turner

• Be Gentle - By Akata Vesta

• Daydream - By Emmatobs

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• So Long - By Grace Y. Estevez

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Showcase - Week of: 4/1-7/23

New Submissions:

• Incumbent Narcissism - By Aadityaamlan Panda

• Real Love Flows Naturally - By Brenda Arledge

• An Eager Minor Leaguer - By Ken Gosse

• Walking Back - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Lost In The Moment - By Andrew Scott

• Where She Likes To Be - By DJ Elton

• Sugar and Spice - By K. L. Shipley

• Our First Home - By Andy Cooper

• True Identity - By Margaret Karim

• The Price - By Shih-Fang Wang

• About The Club - By Emmatobs

• Again, We Fall - By Mike Turner

• TO The City - By Dibya Dahal

• Me and You - By Khusbu Das

• Complicit - By Tracey Ross

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Lost In The Moment - By Andrew Scott

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Showcase - Week of: 3/25-31/23

New Submissions:

• Prepondering A First Date - By Ken Gosse

• The Iron Badger - By Donte-highwater

• Cold Feet Warmed - By Andy Cooper

• I Am Strong - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Within The Realms - By Audrine Max

• Feelings Of You - By Brenda Arledge

• Finished Sentences - By Chris Platt

• Role Of Mother - By Kumar Ghimire

• The Bionic Angel - By Marc OBrien

• Contrapasso - By Melissa Lemay

• Is Love A Crime? - By Emmatobs

• First Date - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Hand In Hand - By K. L. Shipley

• Only You - By Gail Constable

• Falling In… - By Fran Pearce

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Only You - By Gail Constable

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Showcase - Week of: 3/18-24/23

New Submissions:

• John Allen - By K. L. Shipley

• Jupiter - By Grace Y. Estevez 

• Almost! - By Raja Chakraborty

• Anonymity - By Margaret Karim

• Sad, Sad Side... - By Fran Pearce

• Divorce Avoided - By Andy Cooper

• Worldwide Plunge - By Tracey Ross

• Our Time, Our Story - By Gail Constable

• Happy World Poet's Day - By Emmatobs

• What Fun Looks Like - By Kumar Ghimire

• Where The Fallen… - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Misery Needs Company - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Intrinsic Schadenfreude… - By Aaditaamlan Panda

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Happy World Poet's Day - By Emmatobs

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Showcase - Week of: 3/11-17/23

New Submissions:

• Poppa's Wealthy Investment - By Marc OBrien

• Sowing, Weeding, Growing - By Fran Pearce

• Misery With Company - By Brenda Arledge

• Fighting Understanding - By Andy Cooper

• Death, The First Time - By Joe S. Thomas

• Please Stay - By Petrouchka Alexieva 

• Breaking Away - By Shih-Fang Wang

• The Night Club - By Gail Constable

• Single Mother - By Melissa Lemay

• All That She Is - By Audrine Max

• Yesterday - By Margaret Karim

• Real Mastery - By Lady FaeryJ

• Grayed Out - By Ken Gosse

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Single Mother - By Melissa Lemay

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Showcase - Week of: 3/4-10/23

New Submissions:

• Strolling - By Margaret Karim

• Gone - By Sharon Shoemaker

• Her Love - By Gail Constable

• Revolving Door - By Andy Cooper

• What Is Death - By Kumar Ghimire

• How Hard It Is... - By Russell Willis

• That Love Of Mine - By Emmatobs

• Processions - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Fated Fare... - By Aadityaamlan Panda

• The Epiphany Of… - By Fadi Abu-Deeb

• The Idyll of Everyman - By K. L. Shipley

• Rustling with the Wind - By Audrine Max

• Taking Stock Of Life - By Brenda Arledge

• Soft Whispers - By Nancy Lou Henderson

• The Newest Member of Staff - By Chris Platt

• Another Fish Story - By Judge Santiago Burdon

• Before Leaving My Past - By Petrouchka Alexieva

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Soft Whispers - By Nancy Lou Henderson

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Showcase - Week of: 2/25-3/3/23

New Submissions:

• Bowled Over - By Chris Platt

• My Old Roads - By Emmatobs

• Final Visit - By Margaret Karim

• Life's Tale - By Grace Y. Estevez 

• As Far As You… - By Alle C. Hall

• Amongst And In… - By Audrine Max

• After the Ball is Over - By Ken Gosse

• Not Inspired Today - By Andrew Scott

• Elevator Music - By Jay Maria Simpson

• Finally A Clear Day - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Searching for the Raintree - By K. L. Shipley 

• Don’t Clean The Dust - By Petrouchka Alexieva

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Searching for the Raintree - By K. L. Shipley 

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Showcase - Week of: 2/18-24/23

New Submissions:

• The Christmas I Prayed For - By Linda Troxell

• After the Winter… - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Where Are You Now - By Margaret Karim

• Hello, Young Friend - By Gail Constable

• Scared Of Goodbye - By Andy Cooper

• Holding Hand - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Back to Business - By Chris Platt

• His Last Breath - By Emmatobs

• The Path… - By Jordan Howat

• Loose Talk - By K. L. Shipley

• Awakening - By Mike Turner

• Breathe - By DL Mullan

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• After the Winter… - By Petrouchka Alexieva

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Showcase - Week of: 2/11-17/23

New Submissions:

• Untimely Demise - By Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa

• Nightly Topic - By LaVern Spencer McCarthy

• Double Rainbow - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Some Enfevered Evening - By Ken Gosse

• Their Last Rainbow - By Brenda Arledge

• The Last Moment - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Unnoticed Valentine - By Andy Cooper

• The Spirit of the 90's - By Chris Platt

• Weaver Woman - By Gail Constable

• Please Set Me Free - By Ranger CR

• The Final Breath - By Marc OBrien

• Tale Of Hope - By Margaret Karim

• Some Remain - By K. L. Shipley

• Wolves - By James Geehring

• Blur - By A Random Stranger

• Just Life - By Fran Pearce

• Oranges - By Nolcha Fox

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Please Set Me Free - By Ranger CR

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Showcase - Week of: 2/3-10/23

New Submissions:

• Prisoner - By K. L. Shipley

• Heart Yourself - By DJ Elton

• Battle - By Grace Y. Estevez 

• Trapped - By Sterling Warner

• Sinking - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Please Stay - By Andy Cooper

• Surrender - By Margaret Karim

• Corpse Bride - By Kylla Makena

• Music He Wrote - By Audrine Max

• Chakra Trauma - By Becca Hulen

• A Faint Flickering - By Mike Turner

• Auld Acquaintances - By Chris Platt

• Poetry Doesn’t… - By Melissa Lemay

• Facing Nightmares - By Brenda Arledge

• Love And Goodbyes - By Gail Constable

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Chakra Trauma - By Becca Hulen

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Showcase - Week of: 1/28-2/3/23

New Submissions:

• Driven - By K. L. Shipley

• Ekwensu - By Arusi Quera

• Ignition - By Shivpriya Kumari

• Be The One - By Linda Troxell

• A Little Girl - By Brittany Benko

• Holding On - By Gail Constable

• Wandering - By Margaret Karim

• Guiding Star - By Andrew Scott

• Later, Crocodile - By Ken Gosse

• A Fleeting Taste - By Daun Wright

• I Ride In A Barrel - By Nolcha Fox

• Breathless - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• God Bless This Family - By Ken King

• He'll Bring You… - By Brenda Arledge

• Once Upon A Starry… - By Fran Pearce

• A Forgotten Christmas... - By Chris Platt

• Causes Lost or Losing - By Russell Willis

• Spotting a Snowy Owl… - By Shih-Fang Wang

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Guiding Star - By Andrew Scott

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Showcase - Week of: 1/21-27/23

New Submissions:

• Still Writing... Still Breathing... - By Chris Platt

• Obsessive-Compulsive - By Melissa Lemay

• Weathering The Storm - By Brenda Arledge

• Man-Made Tragedies - By Shih-Fang Wang

• Locked In Silence - By Ellysa Greenhalgh

• Daedalus, North Of Eden - By Ken Gosse

• Welcoming The Day - By Gail Constable

• Grizzly Tale - By Judge Santiago Burdon

• Joy at the Funeral - By Anita G. Gorman

• Mapping Affection - By Andy Cooper

• The Last Man On Mars - By Ken King

• Covid Cult - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• I Carried You - By Nolcha Fox

• Artless - By K. L. Shipley

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• The Last Man On Mars - By Ken King

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Showcase - Week of: 1/14-20/23

New Submissions:

• Sick - By K. L. Shipley

• Pettibone - By Ken King

• The Other - By Debra Zaech

• My Love - By Brittany Benko

• Damaged Date - By Andy Cooper

• Don't Let Me… - By Linda Troxell

• Confronting A... - By Marc OBrien

• At The Precipice - By Mike Turner

• The Godfather Suit - By Chris Platt

• Stolen Innocence - By Gail Constable

• Endless Sorrow - By Shih-Fang Wang

• The Songs of... - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• Happy Being Sad - By Shivpriya Kumari

• Yesterday's Clothes - By Margaret Karim

• The Tale Of The... - By Andrea W R Jones

• June 14, 1946 10:54 AM - By Fran Pearce

• When Tragedy Strikes - By Brenda Arledge

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• Happy Being Sad - By Shivpriya Kumari

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Showcase - Week of: 1/7-13/23

New Submissions:

• New Beginnings Haunt… - By Brenda Arledge

• She Doesn't Remember - By Nolcha M Fox

• Wild Columbian Hippos - By K. L. Shipley

• Escaping Car... - By Petrouchka Alexieva

• What Pain We... - By Andrea W R Jones

• The Midnight Girl - By Shivpriya Kumari

• Historical Creed - By Margaret Karim

• Time And Life - By Shih-Fang Wang

• The Focal Point... - By Audrine Max

• Take The Plunge - By Fran Pearce

• From the Mind... - By Linda Troxell

• Dad, Will You... - By Mizol Dhiman

• Walk with God - By Brittany Benko

• Bartleby’s Finale - By Ken Gosse

• Nightflight - By Gail Constable

• Road Rage - By Debra Zaech

• My Two Sisters - By DJ Elton

• Full Circle - By DL Mullan

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Favorite Submission of The Week:

• The Midnight Girl - By Shivpriya Kumari

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