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Reflection

September 20, 2023September 18, 2023Craig Kirchner 0
Reflection

Reflection on writing and mortality.

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Reflections at Age Ninety-nine

September 20, 2023September 18, 2023Bunny Moon 0
Reflections at Age Ninety-nine

Bunny Moon reflects on her life as she approaches her 100th birthday.

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Booked to Heaven

September 20, 2023September 18, 2023Duane Anderson 0
Booked to Heaven

I wrote this after my mother told her three sons that she was ready to leave this earth after living to the age of 101.

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Private Passageway

September 20, 2023September 18, 2023Kenneth Vincent Walker 0
Private Passageway

A poem about aging, reflection and lost opportunities. However, dreams in retrospect provide a way to rewrite history.

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4-12%

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Leah Dawson 0
4-12%

A father dealing with his chronic illness and his fears for his young daughter. A mother trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the chaos.

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Crypt in the Sky

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Michael Lee Johnson 0
Crypt in the Sky

please don’t bury me beneath
this ground, don’t let me decay

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Almost End of a Line

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Paul Pruitt 0
Almost End of a Line

This poem reflects my love of mythology, teaching and learning, and above all of the ways in which words collide.

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A Split Second in Time

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023David Summerfield 0
A Split Second in Time

An eclectic interpretation of mood and a mix of form.

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Hunting Season

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Jessica Cory 0
Hunting Season

This comes from my earlier work at a rural Appalachian Ohio convenience store that also doubled as the area’s location for deer tagging.

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hot iron

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023RC deWinter 0
hot iron

A caution against procrastination.

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Superlatives

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Michelle Reale 0
Superlatives

Centered on the often chaotic and ridiculous nature of existence.

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From here on in:soaring

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Rosa Arlotto 0
From here on in:soaring

In memory of Gordon Lightfoot passing.

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Making Friends the Deadly Way

March 20, 2023June 20, 2023Stephanie Daich 0
Making Friends the Deadly Way

Can you recall a time when you didn’t fit in? Tyrone finds a path to popularity, only to discover its source bursting with radiation.

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Marilyn In Miles

March 20, 2023June 20, 2023Rebecca Papin 0
Marilyn In Miles

“Marilyn In Miles” is my attempt to process the loss of my stepmother, Marilyn, who died from cancer last summer.

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This Time of Year

March 20, 2023June 20, 2023Wayne Russell 0
This Time of Year

A reflective piece of poetry, that asks the what-ifs of this life, pondering the duality of life and death and missed opportunities.

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Please

March 20, 2023June 20, 2023Ashish Dwivedi 0
Please

please do not bleed,
not right now.

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