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War winter

September 20, 2023September 18, 2023Nathaniel Cairney 0
War winter

I left America, where gun violence is endemic. Europe seemed safer. Russia invaded Ukraine. Europe still seems safer.

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Love Thy Neighbor

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Ann Christine Tabaka 0
Love Thy Neighbor

A poem about the war in the Ukraine.

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A Garden Grows

June 20, 2023September 21, 2023Mary Mills 0
A Garden Grows

Christ wears a gas mask,
shudders as Putin’s machine

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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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If Love Turns to Hate … Socks Knocked Off, Gloves Peeled Off

December 20, 2022March 20, 2023Amrita Valan 0
If Love Turns to Hate … Socks Knocked Off, Gloves Peeled Off

When Love becomes silent cold war … Is it Hate? Is it Dependency or is it fear of changes? Deception seems to be the winner.

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Russia’s war invading Ukraine

September 20, 2022December 20, 2022Colin Ian Jeffery 0
Russia’s war invading Ukraine

Monstrous Putin, bloody Russian dictator, wading in blood
Vile creature isolated in ivory tower using murder and terror

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The Finch’s Song

June 20, 2022September 20, 2022John Sieber 0
The Finch’s Song

Someone who has made an eternal decision, to find that perhaps the outcome isn’t exactly what they expected.

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Taps – The Final Salute

June 20, 2022September 20, 2022Ann Christine Tabaka 6
Taps – The Final Salute

My brother’s military funeral in the pouring rain.

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The Voice of Truth

June 20, 2022September 20, 2022Anissa Sboui 0
The Voice of Truth

About Shireen Abu Aqla the Palestinian reporter.

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Strife is a songbird

March 20, 2022June 21, 2022John Sieber 1
Strife is a songbird

A dystopian state of mind, in which the US, amidst a current divide in political and cultural values, throws itself into another civil war.

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It Can Wait

September 20, 2021December 20, 2021Daniel Mainwaring 1
It Can Wait

London. May, 1916. Harry Strange makes a momentous decision. He fears his wife’s reaction, but in his angst, he overlooks an important occasion.

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In A Land Where You Are Not Loved

June 21, 2020September 20, 2020John Grey 0
In A Land Where You Are Not Loved

America in the Middle East

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Angels of Tiburon

June 20, 2019September 20, 2019Jonathan Ferrini 1
Angels of Tiburon

History provides a pathway to cultural self discovery in San Francisco Bay.

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Theories of Forgetting

March 20, 2019June 20, 2019Joseph S. Pete 0
Theories of Forgetting

The trauma a soldier suffered at war and how he tries to cope after returning home.

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Let’s Confess

March 20, 2019June 20, 2019RC deWinter 0
Let’s Confess

cast off your cloak show me your scars i’ll show you mine

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Coming Home to the Poetics of War (and Peace)

June 21, 2018September 20, 2018Anthony Pomes 0
Coming Home to the Poetics of War (and Peace)

A review of Syllables of Rain by D.S. Lliteras.

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