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The Marionettist

June 20, 2025June 16, 2025Salvatore Difalco 0

When playing with dolls gets serious.

Bootsy

June 20, 2025June 16, 2025Gregory Smith 0

Bootsy is about a whimsical cat who can predict the future, often with disturbing conclusions. Based on true events.

What Is Life?

June 20, 2025June 16, 2025Duane Anderson 0

I exist on earth after my birth, and I am constantly doing something to keep my life going; if I don’t, then it is no longer worth existing.

Buried Prehistory

June 20, 2025June 16, 2025Chris Litsey 0

I found a dinosaur buried under a boulder in the hills near the Ohio River. I wondered what he saw from his trapped perch.

Fortuna on Holiday

March 20, 2025June 20, 2025Joe Greco 0

Lana fears the odds are against pulling off one more criminal caper. The brash Tito seductively convinces her that she’s being superstitious.

Just Another Poet

March 20, 2025June 20, 2025Michael Lee Johnson 0

Just another poet. There will always be another poet to take my place.

Happy Birthday Dad

March 20, 2025June 20, 2025Duane Anderson 0

Written on my father’s 100th birthday. Even though he left this world many years ago, he will never be forgotten by me.

Too Soon

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025David Larsen 0

A young woman in a small town, has experienced the loss of her boyfriend and is uncertain as to what she has left to live for.

Sylvia’s Eulogy

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Scott Stephens 0

The coldness of the premature loss of a beloved.

Chrysanthemum

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Fhen M. 0

Inspired from the verse “Requiescat” written by an Anglo-Irish poet. Chrysanthemum, however, is dedicated to my late grandmother.

In My Will

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Michael Lee Johnson 0

In my will, there will be a pinball machine. A renovated jukebox from American Pickers, a cable TV show. For the taverns, bars…

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.

On Her Last Night

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024John Grey 0

A deathbed elegy.

the devil’s fingers

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Scott Taylor 0

a murderer
doesn’t realize

April’s Foul Day

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Dimitris Passas 0

This is a short story on grief and loss.

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