My Ghost
/…reason all of my poems about you are sad
They say you can’t miss something you’ve never had
That’s a lie I can attest
You made promises and oaths that were never…
By Becca Hulen
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The Disease
/…called us the seven sinners
Labelling themselves the winners
They said we didn’t deserve any love
As though they ruled us from up…
By Annabel Davis
Read MoreShadow People
/This is an observation
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…you and busy me
We’re so busy we don’t see
The homeless people…
By David Woods
Read MoreGuardian
/…figured this would be an easy gig. Just one of the several guys providing security for the concert. Different story if this had been a band favored by a rowdy crowd – like Metallica or the Rolling Stones. No, this one featured the pop duo Dawn and Divo, teenage heart throbs. Still, the qualification to serve as security was to be imposing. At 6’3” and 230 pounds with combat experience, Zack fit the bill. He’d been…
By John Baldwin
Read MoreAt the Beach When I Was Young
/Whenever I stand on the beach and look out at the ocean, my childhood comes to mind.
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…longing to again kick up my legs,
perform a series of perfect cartwheels,
leaving prints in the…
By Lois Perch Villemaire
Read MoreGet Me Out Of Here Blues
/These are the lyrics of a song about feeling no longer valued
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…a friend who I used to drink with
And a girl that would give me a smile
He and I would go to the fights…
By Don Edwards
Read MoreThe Lookout
/…standing at the very top
Stretching up on my toes.
On a perfectly rounded, grassy mound
crossed by…
By Helen Anderson
Read MoreIn Memoriam
/No matter the country, no matter the year, we hold them in our memory -- Lest We Forget
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…called for them, they served for us
With a promise to fight, not just talk the talk
They fought from land, from air, and…
By Sharon Cunningham
Read MoreTemporary Annoyance
/…approach her bed slowly, like every morning. She ignores me, staring at the television, that is running the usual batch of home shopping ads for portable vacuum cleaners, abdominal shapers, ultra-sharp fish cutting knives, smart neck massagers and rechargeable hearing aids. The only thing that can be useful to my…
By Marcelo Medone
Read MorePerpetual Rebirth
/…creeping gently across a wooded mountain’s face
Like a muted, living flame developing apace
Fading green and valiant gold, orange, yellow, red, they burst
In brilliance like living fireworks that linger…
By Amber Danson
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