Audrine Max

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Incomprehensible Silence

…do not understand 

the words you speak

because I keep hearing 

the birds…

By Audrine Max

In Its Presence

…the most tempting

of all the fruits

that I found myself trapped in

and voraciously…

By Audrine Max

Intimacy Of A...

…single thought of her

my mind races wild

that even I

can't keep up with…

By Audrine Max

Within The Realms

…catch the wave

Never followed 

The signs prepped in line

Never jumped on…

By Audrine Max

All That She Is

… time she parts

Those lips to speak

It is only love

That pours…

By Audrine Max

Rustling with the Wind

…into the open field

where the grass and wheat

uninhibitedly danced with the wind

as if freedom and…

By Audrine Max

 
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Incomprehensible Silence
In Its Presence
Intimacy Of A...
Within The Realms
All That She Is
Rustling with the Wind
Amongst And In…
Music He Wrote
The Focal Point...
Applause Of Butterflies

Fadi Abu-Deeb

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A Wizard Is Never Late

…wavering glimpses in my head—

The scene of a luminous curve in a valley road

The zest of a new morning in a sunny pavilion 

Whispers of promises telling of a coming…

By Fadi Abu-Deeb

Oblomov

Oblomov is the protagonist…

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... the last burst of joy in his life

Running beside the bicycle of his beloved woman

Drenched with nebulous…

By Fadi Abu-Deeb

Clairvoyance

…have come

From all those humid and warm bazaars

From those home-streets of pricking noise

From the fields of fanaticism that turned…

By Fadi Abu-Deeb

The Epiphany Of…

…in the middle of a snowy plain,

I throw my head upside down 

Toward the forest behind

Like a child trying to…

By Fadi Abu-Deeb

Hiding Behind…

…digging up the root of madness,

I behold the tribes of our planet

putting off the peels of civilization;

I try to ward off the rays of the black…

By Fadi Abu-Deeb

Did I Get Lost…

…an exhausting effort of trying to make the driver understand that he should stop on the hilltop “in front of the stairs that reached up to the cemetery road” at the beginning of that slope that descended towards my home. He could hardly understand my…

By Fadi Abu-Deeb

 
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A Wizard Is Never Late
Oblomov
Clairvoyance
The Epiphany Of…
Hiding Behind…
Did I Get Lost…
Why Are You Painting?
On Cosmic Poetry
The Eyes of the Perennial
Searching for the Mental Plant
City of Countless Boats
This Night, I Wonder…

Jennifer Forrest

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Drama

…the cycle is about to end frees me from sorrow. I know what ever happens is accurate, as drama is…

By Jennifer Forrest

There's No Beginning…

Imagine time as a cycle

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…comes and goes it ever flows

there's no beginning there's no end 

round and round and round…

By Jennifer Forrest

Unlimited Treasure Trove

…I seek it there I seek it everywhere.

 It glitters it shine but it is not what I seek.

Oh where, Oh where, can it be found

on the mountains, by the…

By Jennifer Forrest

The Law Is The Law

Keep it simple

————

…to various Religions a person receives, what they give. When a person performs good actions the return of the action is favourable. Sometimes the return of one's actions…

By Jennifer Forrest

Cavedweller

…day happens. Night darkness descends”. He thought as his breath whistled through his teeth upon released. Sitting on his rocky outcrop in front of his cave again he was…

By Jennifer Forrest

The Soul Dances...

What would one…

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…for someone to experience true happiness an understanding of truth self is required. To understand the self the question “who am I” is asked and answered. So, who am I? Am I…

By Jennifer Forrest

 
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Drama
There's No Beginning…
Unlimited Treasure Trove
The Law Is The Law
Cavedweller
The Soul Dances...
Facets Of Health
New Birth
A Tear
Reveal Me On...
Dark Déjà…
Faith A Foundation Virtue
I Am Wealthy…
Road Tripper
Disciplines of the Creator
Love Songs

Marc Charette

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Unsocial Order

…the days when the uneducated understood their limitations

Preferring to listen in measured acquiescence to scholarly advice,

whose true research follows obediently, the path of…

By Marc Charette

Voyage

…with me to the dark fed by light,

the hole beyond unknown...

Enter to exit, center of spiral

into gestalt of…

By Marc Charette

Still the Bombs Drop

…World in horror watches...

and still the bombs drop


A People cry out "Mercy!"...

and still the bombs…

By Marc Charette

A Gift

…walked up to him, reclining there in his beach chair,

feigning indifference, while surreptitiously evaluating

the youthful lithe form

Drifting as effortlessly over the…

By Marc Charette

Shared Harmonic

As a tribute to the weeks’ topic - Emotional, I offer you a slight twist in perspective on Emotions

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…Love to see what's rendered...

The components, to be used in corporate blunder

Is it biological, psychological, or magic…

By Marc Charette

Fractal Love

…deceiving, morphing

realities of time and place

What was once, is now, yet to be

for you and…

By Marc Charette

 
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Unsocial Order
Voyage
Still the Bombs Drop
A Gift
Shared Harmonic
Fractal Love
Grey
Rail Daze Stories - The Bump
Age of The Follower
ADD Dreams

DJ Elton

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The Girl Knows

They think she's like this…

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…you’re a soft touch. Not one to be reckoned with

An easy target who can be used ridiculed abused misled

Taken advantage of by scammers…

By DJ Elton

They Can Be Angels

These girls are knowing…

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They are not sentimental these girls who wear the star and honour the eternal…

By DJ Elton

Coming Into 2024

Reflecting on joys and pain…

————

…sickness plays its grounding edge

And the flowers or birds can’t be seen

Or heard; they hide from…

By D J Elton

Out of the Ashes

Nothing is static in this…

————

…talk about new beginnings 

That which spring into action after an ending.

Could be a…

By DJ Elton

Treat Me Well...

My touchy relationship…

————

…and I have a close connection

We go everywhere together.

I see myself through…

By DJ Elton

Romy's Dream

Romy dreams about the…

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…a sad bad mood

Like Marie Antionette

Waiting and…

By DJ Elton

 
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The Girl Knows
They Can Be Angels
Coming Into 2024
Out of the Ashes
Treat Me Well...
Romy's Dream
There Is No...
Bright Things...
Together They Did
He Cared And Won
Shiva Calls
Where She Likes To Be
Heart Yourself
Flat As A Tack
Free
Questing Paradise
Time is Now
Owning Bliss

Aadityaamlan Panda

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Coronation In The...

I feel the best time to…

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…stayed embraced with adjourned snow,

Daintily surveyed by the peaceful dove,

Eros and Helios farewelled…

By Aadityaamlan Panda

The Derby To Destiny

…by the poppies of pride,

Thou harbour happ an heir to honour,

Ignoring instinct with avaricious abide.

Like light lures legions of…

By Aadityaamlan Panda

Renaissance Of Reckoning

…more to taste

The cynical confrontations of hopes

Acquiescing apparitions to rest

Apprehensions to…

By Aadityaamlan Panda

The Latent Ailment

…of those days bestirs my imagination. I know it is dead but...", Oliver said looking at the patterns engraved on the roof of Notre Dame. "Those arches, I know, are integral for its…

By Aadityaamlan Panda

The Spirit Of Nelumbo

…tesseract of shrinking stint,

Traumatised by the tellurian tides’ flair.

I perceive my proximities’ putrefying imprint;

The distal disdain debilitating…

By Aadityaamlan Panda

Incumbent Narcissism

…dysthymia that defuncts our esse,

Enervates our enthusiasm, entangles our eagerness,

Dampens every desire just to enliven pain,

Subtly subtends the swerve…

By Aadityaamlan Panda

 
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Coronation In The...
The Derby To Destiny
Renaissance Of Reckoning
The Latent Ailment
The Spirit Of Nelumbo
Incumbent Narcissism
Intrinsic Schadenfreude…
Fated Fare...
Latent, Innate Incentive
The Genesis of Paradise
The Placid Seashore…
Haphazard Prolepsis…
Chronicles Of A Tree's Samaritanism
The Spring

Andy Cooper

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More Than A Feeling

…Northwest’s snow

melted, ushering in an early summer.

The Seattle rain replenished the evenly cut 

backyard…

By Andy Cooper

Drowning Faults

…at night, Carson wished

he was someone other than himself.

Carson eavesdropped on the voices

of conflicting motives in his…

By Andy Cooper

Healing Cracks

…his wit’s end, Seth found a piece

of himself in a broken shard of glass

that he dodged as Erika tossed

her mother’s gifted…

By Andy Cooper

Escaping Alcohol

…mood darkened as the moon

stretched full, and the stars

applauded misery.

I despised dive bars so…

By Andy Cooper

Love In Bloom

…bloomed purple

with shades of pink and white.

I brushed my hands over the showy

yellow arrowleaf…

By Andy Cooper

I Know Why

…Jones’s Don’t Know Why.

Back then, before life took me for lessons learned,

I aimlessly followed my friends

and listened to songs that…

By Andy Cooper

 
Featured
More Than A Feeling
Drowning Faults
Healing Cracks
Escaping Alcohol
Love In Bloom
I Know Why
Repaired Faith
Our House
Subway Test
Cupid's Hitman
You Can't Run
No Defense
Believe A Dream
Wedding Derailed
Winter Twist
Behold The Healer
Thankful Smiles
Selective Outrage
November Apology
Helena's Diary
Blame Me
Engaging Invitation
Dressing Names
I See Us
Rekindled Romance
Chasing Perfection
Cheaters Prosper
Late For Fate
Lips Sealed
Signing Connections

Benjamin Nambu

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When Courage Frays…

…a clock

Ambitions chime

Like a frog

I’ll take one leap…

By Benjamin Nambu

A Moving Song

…was humming. A moving song. Never heard her sing. I lay on my bed listening, wondering what trouble kept her awake this late night, singing to…

By Benjamin Nambu

It's Not Easy

…looking for a cure

A cure for loneliness

Tried movies, music and masturbation

Like…

By Benjamin Nambu

Bloom With Cheerfulness

…and sunshine

Potions to help cope with daily motions

Don't wanna look back when old

Wondering, where did the…

By Benjamin Nambu

One Starless Night

…their little farmhouse, attention fixed on Grandpa recounting dreadful tales  best left untold, and hoping that evil spirits will catch a whiff of the incense mother was burning and be warded…

By Benjamin Nambu

Connections

…people around us who are only there for our money or services. Once that need wilts, you won't see them…

By Benjamin Nambu

 
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When Courage Frays…
A Moving Song
It's Not Easy
Bloom With Cheerfulness
One Starless Night
Connections
Overflow
A Happy Couple
Date
Beyond The Noise
Man Of God
It's Her Eyes
Tension
Keep Rising
Hope Chimes
Be In Constant Motion
Seasons
Patience
Wealth Is A Mindset
One Day
Two Naked Hands Clasp...
National Best Witch
It Happened One Christmas
A Stone Is Coming
Patriotism

Petrouchka Alexieva

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Cotton Candy...

…crown to the tiny shoes.

Her crown blossoms 

with shabby chic roses 

and shimmering…

By Petrouchka Alexieva

My Fluffy Pillow…

…knows my secrets. All, in fact.

- When I start in the morning; what coffee I sip;

how late I get up in the weekend; 

even, with what make up I…

By Petrouchka Alexieva

Singing Clouds

…spring clouds 

craft majestic crowns

on the verdant hills;

cast dancing…

By Petrouchka Alexieva

The Gold Liquid...

Coming from two different…

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…on a four-welled black horse,

He came making effort for four-hours walk

on a dusty late-summer…

By Petrouchka Alexieva

I'm A Book...

…with torn bumpy pages

With a little bit faded script

From the time I was created 

(Maybe from ages), but…

By Petrouchka Alexieva

Proposal…

…is February 29th.

By pagan Celtic tradition, once in four years

ladies have the right…

to propose a marriage…

By Petrouchka Alexieva

 
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Cotton Candy...
My Fluffy Pillow…
Singing Clouds
The Gold Liquid...
I'm A Book...
Proposal…
Internet Prison
Internet Long...
In This Floating...
I Came As A...
Inferno Subway Of Life
The Real Treasure
The Fire We...
Memories In Sepia Tones
Hey, My Friend
Salvaging the Feathers…
Hey, Mister Life
I Wish to Come Back
RIP My Past
Nature’s Healing Power
I Am A Healer
My Love Is Going Away
Last Hour
A Butterfly On My Hat
26th Mission...
The Parking Lot…
My Gypsy Soul
The Painter And The Sea
Do You Know…
Tough Love In…

Giulio Magrini

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Becoming A Little…

…old ones deliberately slid by, like an earthworm after a dreary and remorseless rain. My alternatives were to squish them, or scrutinize with wonder. Seniors mingled in…

By Giulio Magrini

Speech Of Angels

There is more to language…

————

…of language

Clumsy floating variables

To share the totality…

By Giulio Magrini

Foglie Di Zafferano

Written in Italian and translated to English

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…foglie di zafferano

Riflessa nell'acqua

Aspetta con…

By Giulio Magrini

The Old Man and...

…gaze in the mirror like I used to

But when I do I see Papa staring back

He seems so tired

The energy used 52 years…

By Giulio Magrini

Vince To Rachel…

For All Lovers

————

...time

I love you

A flake of…

By Giulio Magrini

The Pittsburgher

A memorial for Richard Caliguiri…

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…of wet

Glisten and descend

From the clouds over…

By Giulio Magrini

 
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Becoming A Little…
Speech Of Angels
Foglie Di Zafferano
The Old Man and...
Vince To Rachel…
The Pittsburgher
Turning The Channel…
Better to Be Born...
After the Strawberry Man
Artists And The Intelligentsia
My Life in Empty Space
No You Cannot Write Poetry
The Life Upstairs

Linda Troxell

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Heaven's Big Top

…vast cosmic circus, 

A juggler tosses stars.

As Saturn stands counting heads, 

To determine who is present and…

By Linda Troxell

Our Path To Salvation

There is a difference…

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…morning breeze has secrets to tell you. 

Do not go back to sleep. 

Listen to the whistle of the wind…

By Linda Troxell

For Jacob

The United States has a…

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…man was shot down in the street today.

His name is Jacob and he is someone's dad. 

Seven shots to the back was all it…

By Linda Troxell

Timeless Friends

Friendships come and go…

————

…day you packed and went away, 

I thought I'd lost a friend. 

That the closeness and the love…

By Linda Troxell

Unsure, Afraid, Insane

When you know what…

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…I am once again, 

Unsure, afraid, insane. 

Emotion surging through…

By Linda Troxell

The Christmas I Prayed For

The Lord works in mysterious…

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…of my family's Christian walk has meandered through many stages, each with a different theme. Sometimes we walked together, other times…

By Linda Troxell

 
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Heaven's Big Top
Our Path To Salvation
For Jacob
Timeless Friends
Unsure, Afraid, Insane
The Christmas I Prayed For
Be The One
Don't Let Me…
From the Mind...
Heaven and Hell
Calling Into The Void
A Cross To Bear
A Covenant With God…
This Journey
Watch The Hatred Burn
Nostalgic Daydream
Cosmic Roll...
What Do I Want…
Can I Touch Your Love?
Do We Have the Courage?
After So Long
A Whole Woman
Endless Free Fall
Circles That Beckon Me
A Friendship Born Of Fate
The Stranger
Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and...
Joy Comes In The Morning
Against All Odds
Memories Of My Brother

Grace Y. Estevez

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Oblivious Joy

…wish at times to

blind my eyes.

Unknow the truth

from time to…

By Grace Y. Estevez

Life

…always get better,

humming to my heartbeats song.

Smiling through the rough weather,

will help sorrows march…

By Grace Y. Estevez 

So Long

…used to be

lives in your eyes,

a tarnished key

holds all…

By Grace Y. Estevez

Jupiter

…disguised as a tree branch

can stand quite still to reach attack,

wears a sweet smile while stabbing backs,

carries pink hues, to hide…

By Grace Y. Estevez 

Life's Tale

…stories fill the night,

an endless tale under the sky,

the greenest forest twinkles bright,

inspiring hopes so…

By Grace Y. Estevez 

Battle

…could shield your pain,

absolve your loss and provide gain,

protect you from the hard cold rain,

assure that joy runs…

By Grace Y. Estevez 

 
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Oblivious Joy
Life
So Long
Jupiter
Life's Tale
Battle
Compensate
Possibility
One
Value
Greed
Rebuild
Pick
Reinvent
Desires
Ballerina
Wonderland
Unease
Mending
Infinite Presence
Span
Handmade
Unveiling
Mentor
Presence
Listen
Infinite Dad
Caretaker

Fran Pearce

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Night And Day

…awaiting its greeting from me and thee.

Within the night snuggle mystery and winsome delight.

Within the day, our hopes shine bright.

Wisps of the future, sighs of the past…

By Fran Pearce

Just A Thought

…cyst until it is a mass

A mass is just a mass until it is cancer

Cancer is just cancer.

Come with…

By Fran Pearce

Silver Threads

…Umbilical,

Biblical, Empirical

Tinier than the tiniest speck in WhoVille,

Greater than the…

By Fran Pearce

Her Heart Cried…

…laughing, she was not.

He cherished the moment, she did not.

He floated on their gentle kisses, she did not.

He reveled in their…

By Fran Pearce

Peace Out!

…think so. I really don’t.

What’d they take?

Oh, not much. Just my soul.

Your soul? This is crazy…

By Fran Pearce

Movin' On

Jimmy Buffet

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…cry, we can roll in the  mist

Sing, swing, sway and twist

Laugh, cry, and know the…

By Fran Pearce

 
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Night And Day
Just A Thought
Silver Threads
Her Heart Cried…
Peace Out!
Movin' On
Oh, Mamma!
Faith Joyce
Daddy Days
Route 66
The Flight Of...
Discipline? Creativity...
God's Escrow
The Human Prospective
Gone but Not Forgotten
Falling In…
Sad, Sad Side...
Sowing, Weeding, Growing
Just Life
Once Upon A Starry…
June 14, 1946 10:54 AM
Take The Plunge
Across the Pond
An Atheist Feminist…
Life Solstice
Between The Raindrops
Basics
Color Me Crazy
By Any Other Name
Meant to Be!

Russell Willis

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That Other Stuff

A poem about the stuff of…

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…are the stuff of knowledge.

Let fly the mind and heart and soul

To find that other…

By Russell Willis

We Are The Both

Life is grey or…

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…are the both

always competing

yet most of the time…

By Russell Willis

Goodbye, Rosalynn...

A memory of meeting…

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…I can smell things frying: corndogs, doughnuts, turkey wings, and any number of other members of several food groups.  The first tingles of the coming winter and blowing dust…

By Russell Willis

This Old Brick Church

About the historic brick…

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…at a crossroads

this old brick church,

straddles…

By Russell Willis

It Doesn't Give Me Hope

I once heard someone sigh…

————

…is so much

That doesn’t give me hope

There is much more…

By Russell Willis

How Hard It Is...

…years the opportunities 

to have changed my mind are countless.

The requisite open-mindedness 

I even held as a personal…

By Russell Willis

 
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That Other Stuff
We Are The Both
Goodbye, Rosalynn...
This Old Brick Church
It Doesn't Give Me Hope
How Hard It Is...
Causes Lost or Losing
Alone In The Universe?
Monometer
It’s Been A Long Time
On Character
Discernment
Poet's Passion
From the Very Last Seat
Gentle Kiss of New Year’s Eve
Memorial Day
Remember
The Moon It Fell
Wandering Around the Truth
Small Courages

Nolcha Fox

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Hope Is

…in shadows.

She looks through

the cobwebs

and…

By Nolcha Fox

Oranges

I wrote this poem for my…

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…the citrus sunset

brought you to my table.

You peeled an…

By Nolcha Fox

I Ride In A Barrel

…waterfall of regrets.

How do I return time I borrowed 

from childhood to act older than my years?

Now that my future…

By Nolcha Fox

I Carried You

I grieved when my brother killed…

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…trapped in a box, beribboned.

Your hair blond halo in the wind,

your eyes blue marbles…

By Nolcha Fox

See This

When we can't trust…

————

…promise. Broken.

Armor. Useless. See.

This…

By Nolcha Fox

Glad You Called

Sometimes we have…

————

…hello. It’s been a while.

A year, you say. H.ow are 

the kids? I know you’re…

By Nolcha Fox

 
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Hope Is
Oranges
I Ride In A Barrel
I Carried You
See This
Glad You Called
You Are A Swan
She Was Dying
We’re Bubbles
She’s A Wild Thing
Where Do You Go
Dirty Hands
Seasons Change
When I Lose My Mind
Another Drive-by
I Asked The Birds
Let Me Endure
Morning Is A River
The Journey's Never Over
I Thought Us Close
Soggy Socks
Words Into Elephants
Expired
Deferred
If I Were A Woman
Awkward

Emmatobs

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Only A Smile

…painful realm, full of bumps and holes 

It only takes a smile to make…

By Emmatobs

Happy Birthday…

Every 18th Of August serve…

————

…world that's filled with love and light

There shines a beacon, pure and bright

For a friend so dear…

By Emmatobs

I AM BLACK

Today, 25th of May, 2023, is a beautiful…

————

…of colonialism is put to the center age

And intensely illuminated by the flame of liberty

To fight for their…

By Emmatobs

Letter To My World

This is my confession to you…

————

…leaves falling down

Like a tear rolls down my face

Mother you've been such…

By Emmatobs

Green

…combination of yellow and blue

Green, the colour of inspiration and growth

Green, you indicate that things will bloom

But why my life is so full…

By Emmatobs

Bloody Past

…break in double pieces

Looking for a perfect peace

Oh! I remember in the afternoon

When the sea and the sky…

By Emmatobs

 
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Only A Smile
Happy Birthday…
I AM BLACK
Letter To My World
Green
Bloody Past
Poetry In The Rain...
Things Fall Apart Again
Daydream
About The Club
Is Love A Crime?
Happy World Poet's Day
That Love Of Mine
My Old Roads
His Last Breath
Letter To My Little Jojo
A Piece of Advice
Silence In Solitude
Cut Lives Short
Who Is To Blame
Ticket To Hell
Realm Of His Story
Mental Note
Disease Of Ideology
The Child Of Sorrow
The Skin Walker
A Country Of 419

Judge Santiago Burdon

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Another Fish Story

Story told by Irish Fisherman

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…week and decided to visit Ireland and enjoy the quaint ambience of small  fishing towns dotting the coast. My first introduction was Kinsale in County Cork, a fishing village with the…

By Judge Santiago Burdon

Grizzly Tale

Story told first hand…

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…I've never seen a bear in the wild." Two Pair said sitting next to me at the poker…

By Judge Santiago Burdon

That Kind Of Stuff

…for only a short while. I had it right in my hands. I’m still not sure if it escaped my grasp or if I intentionally let it go. I'll tell you this though, if there's a chance in hell to just touch it for a brief moment once again, I’d consider myself a lucky man. I bet there’s plenty more sorry bastards…

By Judge Santiago Burdon

Suffering Pleasure

…light candles throughout my Studio apartment not so much as to create a romantic or Gothic ambience, but instead to be able to navigate around my four hundred square foot living space with a small amount of light. Evidently, it seems my…

By Judge Santiago Burdon

December 10th 1967

Witnessed the plane crash of music legend

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…and I was an awkward fourteen years old. The Old Man and I had just spent the weekend at the cottage in Adams County Wisconsin winterizing the place. All water lines were thoroughly drained and blown out to eliminate any water they might…

By Judge Santiago Burdon

Better Than Ezra

The quest of an addict…

————

…the needle broke off in my arm again. It's these cheap Insulin syringes the Nuns hand out by the park. They don't last more than two or three times then they're useless. You can't even sharpen the point on a matchbook without the flimsy needle breaking…

By Judge Santiago Burdon

 
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Another Fish Story
Grizzly Tale
That Kind Of Stuff
Suffering Pleasure
December 10th 1967
Better Than Ezra
Boondocks Part 2
Boondocks...
Tex and CoTex
...Key Lime Pie
The Director
The Gargoyle Yawns
Wake Me Up When I'm Famous
Wooly Bully
Black Moon Promise
Get Forked
Growing Old
Two Dollar Talisman
Love Is A Stolen Car

Margaret Karim

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Global Game

…of power

Endless, global game

Powerless

Bow head in…

By Margaret Karim

Tomorrow

…is a Survivor

Stories to tell

Never does

Why revisit…

By Margaret Karim

Older Adults

…faces wear the past

Experience in each fold, wrinkle

Minds a treasure trove of knowledge

Irreverent eyes never fail…

By Margaret Karim

Essence of Love

…gentle hands

Long, nimble fingers

Age speckled

Elegance…

By Margaret Karim

Unwelcome Intrusion

…curtains drawn

Across star lit sky

Real world distanced

Blink of an…

By Margaret Karim

Reassuring

…my ashes

Under a shady tree

Release my spirit

Scatter its…

By Margaret Karim

 
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Global Game
Tomorrow
Older Adults
Essence of Love
Unwelcome Intrusion
Reassuring
Old Faithful
Town's Son
Guardian
Grateful
Regret
Daily Fray
Be At Ease
Forever Yours
Conscience
She Is Not There
Imprint
Spirit At Peace
Bewildered Eyes
Initial Grief
Born To Roam Free
Futile
In Control
Oasis
Never Change
Snapshots…
Self Love
Rooted
Pirouette
Respite

Andrew Scott

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Off Today

…but I feel a little off today

my balance for life seems mixed up

most days my zest for life

and discovering is full steam…

By Andrew Scott

Gypsy’s Mandilion

…can hear it through the trees

humming sweetly into the lightened clouds

hypnotizing strums calling as a siren

sends the soul to…

By Andrew Scott

Your Light

…I watch you

move towards your light

there are so many emotions

flowing through…

By Andrew Scott

No Words

…are no words

on what you meant to me.

Your steady hand,

words of…

By Andrew Scott

The Healed Wings

…wings are spreading

from the dust of the dead

Of the fiery Phoenix…

By Andrew Scott

The Temptress Witch

…glides in from the horizon.

You never see her appear from the sunset,

a dark figure in the glow.

The aura is inviting, and…

By Andrew Scott

 
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Off Today
Gypsy’s Mandilion
Your Light
No Words
The Healed Wings
The Temptress Witch
The Road Traveled Back
Sun In The Falling Rain
Lost In The Moment
Not Inspired Today
Guiding Star
Romantic Highways
Whispering Waves
The Climb
The Road Unknown
Touch The Sky
Signs and Symbols
Train Whistle
The Bench
The Snake's Resolve
The Drawn Hands of Hope
Rainy Day In The Junction
Healing Beads
Hard To Watch
Ocean Breeze
Saturday Morning Coffee
Traveling Broke
Nor’easter’s Hands
'Til Death Do Us Part
Hearts Crying Tonight

Marc OBrian

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Competing With Fluff

Fluff is needed to jazz…

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…strings Princess Lida created a racket instigating critics debating important issues. Paulie watched intently validating the other sides royal agenda and decision-making moves, defining…

By Marc OBrien

Knowing Tourist Season

Using the 'knowing' prompt…

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…the village, sitting outside the ‘Land Of Crosses’ gift shop, Becky Sue monitored a weary looking group getting back on the tour…

By Marc OBrien

Trigger Point

Paulie guides Becky…

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…walking back from classes, pondering the girls’ discussion conversation, that turned into a debatable argument, Paulie entered the barn where the zebra waited…

By Marc OBrien

The Zebra Confessional

The Zebra listens to…

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…powerful friendship triangle foundation’s castle wall can be formed indestructible, frustrating a deceptive invading…

By Marc OBrien

Blue Print Imagination

Someone has an…

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Late in the afternoon the zebra closed his eyes, then reopened them to see Becky Sue slide the wooden…

By Marc OBrien

The Reality Triangle

Poppa reflects upon life's…

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…peaceful prince who once challenged the powerful by suggesting he was a King and accepted the crucified punishment, Poppa softly in control, tapped…

By Marc OBrien

 
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Competing With Fluff
Knowing Tourist Season
Trigger Point
The Zebra Confessional
Blue Print Imagination
The Reality Triangle
Mother And Son Talk
In Search Of...
The Friendly Conversation
The Saddest…
The Lucky...
Building An Ice...
A Recipe Proposal
Therapy Between Friends
Field Of Green
Food For Thought...
Italian Style Emotional...
The Bionic Angel
Poppa's Wealthy Investment
The Final Breath
Confronting A...
Christmas Wishes
A Rural New Year's Eve
An Inspirational Conversation
Rural Family Paradise
The Overwhelming Smell
Creative Writing Characters
The Solitude Triangle
Guarding Chivalry Patriotism
The Aristocrat's Concern...