On His Retirement
/…crowded round Derek’s desk
On the day we was retiring.
The office manager said ‘a few words’
Thanking him for everything…
By Chris Platt
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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
Read MoreViolet Violence
/…turn violent in the violet rays
Of the sun, call me undone
when I echo your insults
You somersault the…
By Slyvia Rose
Read MoreCotton Candy...
/…crown to the tiny shoes.
Her crown blossoms
with shabby chic roses
and shimmering…
By Petrouchka Alexieva
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreCalifornia Poppies
/…in the desert land
Poppies with their golden color
Push away the winter
As they welcome…
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreThe Lost and Found...
/The weekend after a chat…
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…midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over wafting scent of pizza permeating through my door—
My appetite whet by this mocking…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreMy 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
Read MoreFor Manic, Listless...
/* “second derivative”: In the branch…
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…manic, listless, bipolar, mad souls,
the rate of solitude increases…
By Ngoc Nguyen
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