Masquerade of Love
/Base on Edmond Rostand…
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Though the body and face were her beau,
words he echoed came from Cyrano
who was near, but in…
By Ken Gosse
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Quinn's Journey…
/A crystalline overcast
mingled with Quinn’s resolve,
dancing on the tip of her tongue.
She’d tell her father…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreNorth Carolina Bears Witness
/… slammed the door,
shaking the framed family
photos on the oak walls.
Perhaps she’d melt …
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreA Bargain with Belief
/…falling beneath autumn’s crisp
gold and red leaves—
which, of course,
Madelyn can’t…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreBleak House
/… they were suspicious. So, my going there was a gamble. Part of my reason for going there was to gain their …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreWhere the Roses...
/…mother and my very step-mother that were fighting in our compound that caused commotion in the air. Before we knew it, neighbors had appeared and started separating them. We, the children, were little and all we could do…
By Lawal Rasheed
Read MoreA Halloween Night ...
/… in carved Jack-o’-lanterns
paved the way to Leona’s porch.
A skeleton in the window
left me in a fragile …
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreThe Weight of Regrets...
/… ruins rest on a hillside
in Temecula, California.
Bruised by past failures,
our savory intentions …
By Andy Cooper
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