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If Humans Grew Wings

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Caitlin O’Halloran 0

Imagines a hypothetical future where we have grown wings and explores whether that world would be different from our society today.

Bend and Break

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Lindy Weller 1

Love leaving one broken, like letting a partner hold your self worth, which so easily can be given away but is nearly impossible to get back.

Children Play Among Ruins of War

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Michael Braswell 0

Describes how children play even in the horrific circumstances of war alongside the scars and fears that haunt them.

Still Among The Dead

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025JT Thames 0

This poem came in a fever dream and has haunted me ever since.

The One Who Remembers

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025John Grey 0

She’s the last one alive who remembers. Her hair is grey and shining. And her skin is barely wrinkled, a rose-pink that’s also petal-soft.

It’s over and done

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Dennis Williams 0

A cancer patient on a rough journey through the treatment process and all those who traveled with him.

return to solitude

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Edward Canavan 0

For those who know…

Comfort

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Scott Stephens 1

A snapshot of mental illness.

A Walking Detention

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Taylor Kovach 0

The unnerving happenings to any neurodivergent student in school.

Pale Almond Blossoms

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Bobbi Sinha-Morey 0

Inspiration drawn from the stuff of life.

On Her Last Night

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024John Grey 0

A deathbed elegy.

A question

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024DS Maolalai 0

A poem about dogs, about the idea of dogs.

the devil’s fingers

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Scott Taylor 0

a murderer
doesn’t realize

The Regions of America

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Dan Cuddy 0

There was once an admired branch of the US Government, epitomized by the title Supreme Court, but that doesn’t exist any longer.

Death of an Idea

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Kenneth Vincent Walker 0

This poem urges us all to pursue our thoughts, our ideas, to their ultimate conclusion no matter how frivolous they may seem.

A Rhetorical Question

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Bunny Moon 0

A complicated response to a rhetorical question.

Kept at Bay in the Bay

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Ethan Ovbiagele 0

One step out, not sidestep, from West Africa,
One firm stride, with full slide, into America.

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