From a Clean Slate...
/Life gives you surprises…
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He wasn’t a playmate.
He wasn’t a classmate.
He wasn’t my prom date…
By Debby Hackbarth
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Beyond the Apology
/After all these years
you return
to extend an olive branch
believing a sincere …
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreMysterious Muse
/I spotted you on the steps
It was Mother’s Day, but you may have been with your partner
You walked towards me and did a head nod
I think I made a …
By Samantha Merz
Read MoreFilling In the Blank
/I searched all my poems for “tabula rasa”
but found a blank slate—not a horse at the gate.
In this large, empty casa, I shouted “Qué pasa?”
There wasn’t an answer. I chose not …
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreChalk to Slate
/I view blank slate
Thus contemplate
My feelings, dreams and hopes
Wins versus loss…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreThe Sins of the Father
/Liam has always known he was adopted. His adoptive parents had always been honest about that. He did see Alan and Josie, who raised him, as his parents, but now, in his late twenties, he started to wonder about his biological parents. The idea niggled at…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreMonthly Meandering
/This couple enjoyed wandering …
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We were an adventurous pair: a girl and a boy.
Our monthly meandering through the forest generated joy.
One springtime hike was filled with enormous …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreA Green Carnivore
/Unlike most plants
that draw substance from soil
the earth is merely your anchor
your appetite is for …
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreDon’t Mess With The Snail
/Hey, stop right there, you human being,
Don’t you dare call me a worthless snail
Who wanders across the kitchen floor
Messily oozing a slimy …
By K. J. Watson
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