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Category / Poetry

Plums

By Bobbi Sinha-Morey

Language has a flavor.
Imagine tasting peaches
and listening to the canary’s
acoustics; me on the porch

Continue reading… "Plums"

Poem for Ishi

By Scott T. Starbuck

Imagine being the last survivor
of the United States of America,

your people bounty-hunted
by invaders from across the sea

Continue reading… "Poem for Ishi"

The End of Things

By Robert Joe Stout

So tired she
can barely pull
her suitcase
down the airport

Continue reading… "The End of Things"

Triolet for a Sailboat

By Carolyne Wright

You took us out in your hand-built, gaff-rigged sloop.
You showed us how to trim the jib, hoist sails,
tack into wind, or run through the rip-tides’ hoop.
You showed us the ropes on your hand-built, gaff-rigged sloop.

Continue reading… "Triolet for a Sailboat"

Prague

By Marina Rubin

To the girl in a striped dress
standing by the side of the road
like a ladybug with painted lips
as trucks trumpet and honk

Continue reading… "Prague"

Seeing the Tree

By Dorothy Trogdon

We must be watchful,
sort out at any given moment,
the day’s disturbance from what
lies beneath and endures,

Continue reading… "Seeing the Tree"

Instinct

By Nalini Davison

You
do not love
what I love, yet
want to come into my body
and take possession of something

Continue reading… "Instinct"

A Graphologist’s Nightmare

By Robert Hoffman

I have a gift. Yes, I can channel your living
mother by examining her handwriting.
No, she won’t feel a thing. A simple sample
is enough – a 3 X 5 recipe card will do . . .

Continue reading… "A Graphologist’s Nightmare"

Vagrant Waltz

By Sylvia Byrne Pollack

It’s time in mid-summer
to think about nothing,
turn from ideas,
make ice cream instead,
float on a raft of popsicle sticks.

Continue reading… "Vagrant Waltz"

She Asked

By Jacob Kulju

Without knowing how,
she asked
with every part of herself she knew how to use.
She slept curled in a question mark

Continue reading… "She Asked"

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