Nature and Nurture
/Nature is all around us and…
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It’s glorious when the flowers sprout.
When their light fragrance fills the air.
Every young bud reminds me of …
By Debby Hackbarth
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When The Shark Bites
/When fairy tales meet the real world.
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In college, she had many boys, at least a score or more,
derrieres in chairs or on the floor—she wasn’t keeping score.
In tête-à-têtes, ménage à trois…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreStories in Wrinkles
/The creases on her cheeks,
Watchful to the change of the seasons,
The lines on her forehead,
Have witnessed the passage …
By Bimal Kishore Shrivastwa
Read MoreTeamwork Saved A Life
/Be aware of your …
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A fragile-looking woman was lying on the damp ground.
“Pete, come here, I need you to help me.”
“I think this little lady has …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreThird Gulf War
/February 28, 2026—
a Valentine's kiss screamed,
shook the earth, engulfed
schoolgirls…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreOde to Brussels Sprouts
/Funny sometimes how …
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Oh! to write a poem about
The humble Brussels Sprout
It looks just like an itty-bitty…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreThe Great Devoid
/Hormonic harmonics.
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The harmonies we once enjoyed
now seem to make my wife annoyed,
like games we used to play in bed…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreHow The Heart Beats
/I wrote this while several miles…
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The line in the woods
breaks for no one
but itself, no one …
By Sam Calhoun
Read MoreBlood for Profit
/A sky torn asunder—
killing fields, children suffer.
The gates of hell fell:
Boeing erased…
By Andy Cooper
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