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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
Since First I Saw You
Since first I saw you, it was your eyes, mesmerizing me, your gaze transporting me to a realm, not of fantasy,…
Fanny Dunking
The heat of the summer of 1916 brought more people to the shores of New England, only to be faced with more…
Command Your Life
Command Your Life The room is onyx, quiet, still
I lay in my bed, trying to forget
Thoughts rush through…
I Run!
I Run!
Oh, leave me,
Leave me,
Leave me alone:It’s sun, it’s sun, it’s sun -
It’s stormOh, it’s…
Kidnapping in the Fifties
In 1959 a child was taken from the front yard where she lived. A policeman had a color picture - no one on Oregon…
Lean into a Shadow
When those who gathered were mourners, they never really knew you - a girl at the table cringed each time you came…
Who Do I Vote For?
Who will be our new President? I want to vote for the killing to stop.
I think a lot about our men arguing over…
America at the Crossroads
America At The CrossroadsPublished on behalf and with the permission of the poet: JoAnna O'KeefeMember of…
World Cultures Within Kids’ Reach
Dear language teacher,Young learners are known for malleability And zeal to quench their curiositySo as to grasp…
Am I Too Lost To Find Myself?
I try to support him
In every way, I can
I’m just the ‘little woman’
To this domineering man
Careers,…
Sucking Thumb
What was harder to believe - a child with pepper on her thumbs or a boogie man crawlling through the bedroom…
President Obama
Guys to watch, envy, and immulate... When they look at you, you know you've been seen, When they listen, you know…
On The Day
Flat shades of skin
could go no paler,
as being stroked
by melancholy
its tenuous branches
reaching into…
Katie
On a pink cushion, I see you lying there
You look so delicate, gentle & meek
Your eyes so wide &…
You Can Fly Too
A butterfly sitting on the grass..asked some others that went past..
”I seem so much larger than you, can you…