Conference Meetings - Patricia Mulaney
her legs shook the eyes were fixed on his his gaze followed the tea dripping on her lap conference meetings in a foreign city no such...
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- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
Mother - Madeline McGrain Githler
The ocean has no time for this You are lost? So am I. And yet you feel alone. You stand up And you inhale Still, salty kindness in the...
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- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
Period Presence - Emily Miller
Goodbye was like later, loser, don’t let college kill you, and then college killed you. Or the alcohol did. Or the car ride, wasted—I...
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- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Without a Name to Hide Behind - Samantha Madway
Your bare, my bones— we’ll never break even. You pronounce repressed like capital offense. You stomp and slam and seethe, take a...
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- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
A Baking Recipe or Something - Henrriot Jean-Baptiste
Moments from the past are precious specimens. Yet, like mold they eventually fester and spoil swollen mounds of dough prepared to rise...
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- Aug 29, 2020
- 1 min
dry eyed, but - Shantha Bunyan
today | even though i have not cried | i feel wrung out | like a dirty dishrag | used and tossed aside | and though i...
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- Aug 28, 2020
- 1 min
A Firefighter’s Promise - Michelle Anne
A firefighter’s promise is something I think about almost every day When the man I love goes off on a call, most certainly into harm’s...
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- Aug 28, 2020
- 1 min
Flock of Birds - Amanda Baker
When I see a hundred birds I wonder what they say It looks like they all trust The one up front to lead the way I put trust in little...
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- Aug 27, 2020
- 1 min
Beach combing for Sea Glass After Chemotherapy - Carrie Hunter
White crested banners of Poseidon, Drape the nerves, Of peat moss sand, Lick the source, Of all stature, Our pebbled feet could afford,...
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- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
Insomnia - Alana Saab
Nocturnal nebulas enclose — do they enclose? — on a queen-sized bed to breathe life into only one of the bodies there. The other remains...
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- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
Fill or be filled - Charlie Brook
I spend a lot of time trying not to be the kind of girl who needs you To become the traits that I see in other women, traits that I...
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- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Name Withheld Upon Request - Michelle Brooks
The moon, a fingernail of light tonight, appears, and I return home late. I don’t have anywhere else to be, and you don’t have anywhere...
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- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Sinking in Silence - Kaylee Tucker
Depression is comparable to the Titanic. Not the actual sinking of the ship with an onset of panic and a...
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- Aug 22, 2020
- 1 min
Without Fear - Alix Klingenberg
I tiptoe to the door of your heart And sneak in through the keyhole, climb under the soft, white blankets and kiss your fingertips one by...
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- Aug 21, 2020
- 1 min
To the Boy that Didn’t - Taylor O'Lynn
To the boy that didn’t Or couldn’t Love back the way I can Days, nights, weeks, months, years Your ego put my worth in the corner Sit,...
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- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
Their Echos - Avouleance
Everyday there’s someone new who doesn’t know. Everyday there’s someone new who needs to be told old news. Everyday there’s someone new I...
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- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min
The Painting - Sarah Losner
To see me in the painting Look beyond the canvas Where creation was born And the pink background, Fitted for a princess. Look around the...
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