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  • Without Dark, Would We See the Light? by Linda Conroy
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Category / Poetry

The Long Cry

By Lyra Dalton

I stand
Alone
A wind at my face
Nose
Uplifted

Continue reading… "The Long Cry"

Good Verse Survival

By Alaya Battalia

People bustle through crowded streets
Noise erupts from the center of chaos
Venders shout their worth
In a language known to all

Continue reading… "Good Verse Survival"

Songs of the World

By Alaya Battalia

Vibrations rumble making echoes in my mind
Echoes turn to whispered words
One wave harsh one wave soft
The harsh wave strikes piercing to the bone

Continue reading… "Songs of the World"

Short of Air

By Terrell Carter

“Fifty five.”
“Fifty five what?”
“Fifty five seconds till the oxygen in our probe runs out.”
“How did you figure it out?”

Continue reading… "Short of Air"

Lost Soul

By Terrell Carter

Faded like a rainbow
is her gown
Torn with sorrow
Ever changing

Continue reading… "Lost Soul"

The City

By Colleen Smith Armstrong

i want that pulsing
white hot
kinetic
frenzied
pounding feet on concrete

Continue reading… "The City"

Mama, Please

By Colleen Smith Armstrong

the waves
crest in my head
spilling out of my ears
as i sleep.

Continue reading… "Mama, Please"

We Live In Unfinished Houses

By John Sangster

Each day we wade into life.
We have plans, of course!
Things we’ll get to,
get back to.

Continue reading… "We Live In Unfinished Houses"

Splitting Shakes

By John Sangster

Each day I pass the barn we built,
twenty-five years back,
my friend and I ­ he the craftsman,
the one who knew, who taught the city boy

Continue reading… "Splitting Shakes"

Seeds of Art

By Molly Swan-Sheeran

It was the angel in the clouds,
the face on the tree,
the driftwood and rock
that looked like a seal, a wolf, a bear.

Continue reading… "Seeds of Art"

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