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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
Fall-Out – 1950s
Fall-Out - 1950s
(Fall-out chases you in the country - follows you to the city.)If you grew up during the…
Baseball
Baseball
“You Got to Believe!”
A true story – told by a friend.Everyone had a nickname
mine, “All-star,”…
Roses for Life
Roses for Life
Roses,
Red once when showered,
were an alarm,
ringing louder, in color,
texture and its…
Perfectly Clear
Well now I hear you perfectly clear like a bird gargling or a duck driving to New Jersey for cheap gas lining up at…
Lines In Dust
Lines In Dust
You,
never join me
when I cry.
Building piles
on the floor with stuff
you call -…
First Born
First Born
A: AN ApocryphaAs the first born to the Semitic family
A was originally a picture of an alef or…
The Living Tree
The Living Tree
We are much more, than as we appear
We’re a physical being & a spirit within
Not just as…
Memories of Love
Love is as beautiful as nature - natural, and flawed as nature, we respect one another and expect the same, for…
Here Grows a Woman
Here Grows a Woman
Barely sixteen and hardly kissed,
Learning to fly now and learning too fast,
Songs that…
Center of My Being
Center of My Being
You are with me, within
the center of my being -
We fly among seagulls,wings flutter as…
Puppy Love
Puppy Love
Oh baby, puppy love,
It’s like springtime
For rednecks
SpringtimeIn the midst of the…
Mother’s Turn to Fly
Mother's Turn to Fly
Mother, today near the yellow
garage, I leaned against the old
paint, and instead of…
Dancing Water
Dancing Water
My personal view
from a pool where
children play – and
water dances before
a storm.…
Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters
Grandmother catches rain in
a rain barrel near the rows of dirt.
I play with the old dented…
The Bailiff’s Visit
The Bailiff's Visit
It rained the day the bailiff came
the clouds huddled together
his knock was muffled
by…