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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
Step on a Crack Break Your Mother’s Back
Step on a Crack Break Your Mother's Back
All Mothers in our neighborhood smoked
cigarettes and wore red Indian…
Index Cards in the Middle of the Night
Index Cards In The Middle Of The Night
‘Tis the Night again, my soul’s song
I’ve forgotten you, I’ve run along…
Moving On From Mourning
Why pine for those who have gone to their rest
They have put away their mortal toil and fears
In all things…
The Rose
A solitary rose,
Soft, pink, and warm,
Stands all alone
In a raging storm.
Paint Illuminates
The four clovers
to tight tethers,
Green shades
shine with gloryColors illuminate
warmth through…
Road to Middle
We took the same back roads to my mother's hometown, seeing the same things - but on her last trip home, I knew she…
Verse of Forgiveness
I like of poetry the shout
lying between the letters without
my voice is spoiled from
the fake smile when I…
As The Night Descends
As the night draws the curtain close
And all the earth lays down it’s head
The moon and shadows strike a pose…
Call me Pocahontas
Call me Pocahontas
I sit at your feet.
Your hand strokes my long chestnut hair
We watch “Miss America”…
July Breeze
The summer days are full of
washing winds
beyond the echo through
the earth's smile
Rings of Smoke
She takes a swig from a
bottle of beer, lights a Chester –
field. Smoking, she calls it,
she takes it inside –…
13 Febbraio
I was born in the winter's belly.Maybe it's for this reasonI have been trembling for my whole life.
Where is Your God?
To save a life, to save a life for just one year -
God was on the run.
From fast poetry - the first three lines…