The Hottest Day
/…hottest day will not
be the hottest day ever
in our time
So far we still have…
By Shih-Fang Wang
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Life Has A Purpose
/"Life Has A Purpose” shows us…
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…easy to lose hope
when one finds himself
standing all…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MoreHello . . .
/Please press . . .
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…ding, ding, buzz . . . “Welcome! Thank you for calling Multi-Maga Services Amalgamated. This call may be recorded for security purposes. Para escuchar este mensaje en español…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreHelpingless Hands
/…it appears that in this, Our Great Land,
people offer a finger instead of a hand.
Oft’ willing to help if it don’t cost a thing,
and maybe to vote if they’re…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreDespair
/…is the room of the broken heart
Capacity reached
Forlornly trying to seek the needle and thread to stitch me back together
So many limitations, so bleak
Eternity can not fix this
No sunshine
No hope
A darkened room that just gets smaller and smaller with the passing time
No recourse
No remedy to fix this
The repetitions carving the jagged line that separates the halves of the heart
No fortitude
The pericardium trying to hold steadfast
The core of the heart seeking any warmth that lay within the chambers
The darkness can not fade
It will not…
By Traci Baranek
Once Upon A Time
/…suppose I did have that “once upon a time” moment in my life, but I watched helplessly as I let it slip through my fingers; forever lost to me. I spend my days in darkness, regret, my only companion, slowly losing hope. I am the monster hiding under my bed, slowly snuffing out the last of my dreams. I have but the dimmest spark left in my cold soul, and I wonder, as I sit in silence, will it be…
By Tracey Koehler
Read MoreLittle Lies
/…lies we all believe,
because they make us feel good,
like things happen for a reason
If you do what Jesus would.
Now, the truth we don’t say out loud,
like progress comes from greed.
And, an artist is just a fool who makes
the things that no one needs.
Or, to put this another way,
you might as well be masturbating.
It’d be easier to sell the paint,
than the god damn oil painting.
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But baby, keep creating
as long as it’s liberating.
And, pour your soul into everything you do.
But me, I’ve already seen
the side where…
By Paul Resnick
What Goes Up, Must Come Down
/…deceitful and Cunning
Knowing your worst fears
Preying upon your doubts
Wait for it to pass
claustrophobic and anxious
Soon loneliness will become sadness
leading only to despair
Click.
the light is gone.
Like the flip of a switch,
The darkness rolls like a wave
It fears nothing, but for light
Mine unfortunately extinguished
I don’t fight it this time.
No kicking, no screaming.
No search for a candle
just lay down and hold my breath
air is thick with abandonment
No one is going to come for you.
Waiting and hoping extends suffering
You must simply close your…
By Becca Hulen
Not A Secret Vice
/Gluttony on a national level is not the answer to global thinking.
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…you're saying the forecast is bad.”
The four degrees Celsius kind, my lad.
“Really? Fossil fuels and factory farming?”
Overconsumption, overcombustion; it's quite alarming.
“Hmmph. What’s the worst we're looking at?”
Common sense runs thin, we all run too fat.
“Any chance we can avert?”
Hah. Headlong to a world of hurt.
“Guess no sense paying down debt.”
Nope: at least ice was nice, while it lasted.
“How much will we lose?”
The coasts and south, be singing underwater blues.
“What about the rest?”
Northern heartland will have…
By David M. Hoenig
Read MoreEmotional Avalanche
/Some people build
With a strong foundation
Love and energy
Glue and paste
Cement
A formality
Others destroy
Build downward
Rip at the core
At any crevice
Left unglued
Or flawed
Even the
Strongest structure
Can come
Undone
Power to undo
A deadly weapon.
By Denise Marsh
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