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5 Poems by Yongbo Ma
Ode to Chance It is early winter, and the room is colder than outside.The tattered screen window still clings to the frame.Dust and cobwebs filter the cold air. The osmanthus no longer breathes out fragrance,having stopped growing. For eleven years—it is the first time I’ve noticedthis prisoner trapped between two…
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2 Short Stories by Kelly Sauvage Moyer
Dawn Marcie steps out onto her patio garden and into a gray haze that mutes the morning sun. She hasn’t heard of any wildfires burning nearby, but, then again, she pays little attention to the news. When she turns on the spigot, she gets mere dribbles and figures she’ll try…
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W. M. Pienton’s “Swampscott Fitzgerald” Is Available for Purchase!
“The price is your childhood magic. If you agree, your worldview will change radically. You’ll see things very differently.” Swampscott Fitzgerald is a seven-year-old boy. He sees a world of magic. When his cat is killed in an accident, he leaves on a quest to bring it back to life.…
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She was a sea dancer by John Coyote
She was a sea dancer… She was a sea dancer, and I was the Monterey Irish Pub drunk. She was an amazing artist. She could paint the sea, she could paint the forest and she could paint beautiful faces and beautiful places with her delicate hands. She sought laughter and…
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«Fleeting feelings» by Mary Grace Amores Rojo
«Fleeting feelings» by Mary Grace Amores Rojo A breath of fresh air – that’s what you were,The calmness of your aura, the peace in being there.The way you talk, the way you walk, the way you stare.The serenity in your voice, and a smile so rare. Yet there’s this void…
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Picasso Dreams Broken Glass by Barbara Leonhard
In response to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol (2021) Thrust down with a fumbling hand in the light of the slumberous moon crashing into the crater in my chest all that pain of after death, the broken glass, the splintering cries of those who gather by the gate & wonder where to…
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«Lies» by Ritu Negi
«Lies» by Ritu Negi When you already know the truth,But still watch them lie to you,Oh, the hurt, the pain you feel,When it comes from someone who once said they’d die for you. The sky cries, the storm hurls,But your love let them skit,A smile forms on your lips—Bitter than…
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Featuring «Writing Between the Lines» by Nolcha Fox
Amazon Book Description Each natural jewel has its own unique brilliance. Catch the fire in a diamond and it’s like no other. As Nolcha catches the fire from other’s poems, these reflections create a whole new light show. As you read through the poems, you may find remnants of life’s…
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«Clouds of shame» by Kimberly Vargas Agnese
«Clouds of shame» by Kimberly Vargas Agnese swirl abuse’til light separates from darklike oil and vinegar inkwellsand blame lays upon misused sheets.Separatethe hit man’s truth from the victim’s throatwithin the clouds lay-the honest truth…as Judas killssoJudas lives.Hide not within the swirling greybut ratherat the break of dayfind the lightwhich separates Author’s Bio Although born in…
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Featuring «Preserving the Past for the Present» by Terry Allen
Flying Squirrels Can’t Really Fly For Larry (1947-2023) Like carnival clownsthat aren’t quite human,that appear in the darkthen bounce about too quickly,first here then there, a blurof loss, of death and infection,unpredictable, hard to pin down,hard to hold in one’s mind, his brittle memories,dry as cicada shells,crumble awayin rolling sand stormsout of reachbeyond…
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𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 by Bianca Alina
𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 by Bianca Alina In the shadow of your kiss,I rest my heart.I close my eyelidsOver unquenchable longingsAnd I dream of you,So that I can love you once more,With all the lights on,Sheltered from all the written lawsThat burn my wordsAnd keep my touches chained.In dreams, I quench all my…
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I Just Want a Normal Life by Edward Ortiz
I was reading a news article about politics in Germany this weekend, and something a 20-year-old said caught my attention. This young man said, “… but we just want a normal life.” All politics aside, this declaration took me back to when I was 20—yes, a little over 31 years…
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Poetry: «Avoidance»
Avoidance by Margaret Kiernan Avoid like the Covidamateur dramatics in your head spacethe rust can make grim hearingreap apathy,rivers carrying paper-boxescoffee cupsplastic virgin statuesneither valuable nor rare.A homeless man in a longchic coatrants-aloud atwater-logged baby strollersacting as sieves. Arriving darknessas he eats stale breadtram tracks, animatedunder streetlightshouses shaped, against the…
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«THOSE UNDENIABLE, ILLOGICAL TRUTHS» by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
Logical thoughts lead to uncertain conclusions,and those conclusions don’t give comfort,instead they form black cloudson days when the sky is so, so blue… Fearing nothing but the loss of sanity,a wonderer seeks another bottle of rumto share with a sailor who befriended himsomewhere,and telling his stories he goes on and…
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«Life Is Too Short for a Bad Wine» by Precious Magdaleno
«Life Is Too Short for a Bad Wine» by Precious Magdaleno Not all grapes ripen into something worth savoring to your fine taste. Yes, you read it right! Here’s a glass; let me share it. But hey, you don’t have to drink from every glass offered to you, especially those brimming with bitterness,…
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Sleepless by Myrtle Thomas
somewhere between daydreamsand the shadow of nightor rising as the sun and moonlife comes in shapes and colorsthe rainbows of my thoughtswhere time is terrible to pleasebattling with the pulse of my heart. I can’t say how often I thirstor hunger for the shade of nightfallwhile I mourn in the…
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