Political Harvest, a Poem by Robert Funderburk
A crow’s distant cawing
Gives voice to solitude
Worn like a thorny cloak
And mocks that final promise
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Aug 92 min read
A Hill of Beans, a Poem by Robert Nersesian
“Private!” I yelled.
Midland: “What did you call me?”
“Private Foster. I’m your sergeant. You’re not near Midland. You’re in Iraq.”
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Jun 284 min read
Sheridan from Cavan, an Essay by Maeve McCormack
The last time I passed by the house it was derelict and overgrown, regressing to an Irish-style wilderness.
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Mar 291 min read
My Substitute Warrior, a Poem by Michael Shoemaker
To my brother and surrogate
thank you for gifting me life
to see the light in my
unborn son's eyes,
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Feb 231 min read
How Much Vengeance Is Enough? a Poem by Mark D. Stucky
Can we exit this interlocked sequence
of oppression and reflexive violence?
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Nov 3, 20233 min read
МОЇ ЖІНКИ / My Women, Prose by Yuliia Iliukha, translated into English by Hanna Leliv
жінка, яку окупували у власному домі, перетворилася на страх. вона боялася, що її здасть сусідка навпроти. кілька років тому вони аж до...
Debra Ayis
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Jaded, a Poem by Debra Ayis
I am Jaded The pretense, treachery, Deception and lies Dark unyielding hearts controlled by hate I am hardened The wars, the conflict...
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Oct 4, 20232 min read
Hanamo, a Poem by Flo Au*
Cluster bombs of ashes and metals and petals of you and me and him and her suffocate the air in the blizzards of fears swiveling our...
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Sep 22, 20231 min read
Kingdom of Chaos, a Poem by Scott Thomas Outlar
We don’t want your money, just your soul on a silver platter served to order for our warm feast while we spit out your raw famine. We...
Ann Christine Tabaka
Aug 11, 20231 min read
I Will Take You with Me, a Poem by Ann Christine Tabaka
I will take you with me beyond dark
doorways propped open with slivers
of light. Along winding trails in a blackened forest
David Forrest
Apr 7, 20232 min read
Echoes & Walls, a Poem by David Forrest
Saturday. I ask How are things in Damascus and you smile and say Fine and tell me news of your brother and sister and it’s the same news...
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Nov 25, 20221 min read
Life and Liberty in America 2022 AD, a Poem by Melissa Brander
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. But there is nothing right or seemly that those we have asked to die are doctors. teachers....
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Nov 18, 20221 min read
Block, a Poem by Erin Covey-Smith
The blank slate where I want to write sorrow for the black bodies taken, where I want to write worry for the invisible vector tornadoeing...
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
Drones, a Poem by Ed Meek
You can barely hear the dial-tone that hums through the wires of your brain. It is the call of drones, buzzing as they fly on their...
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Sep 11, 20219 min read
To the Icons of the Hour, a Poem by L. R. Laverde-Hansen
I Some years have come and gone—perhaps these years It takes for root to take that this might live: A small tribute to these amazing...
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May 21, 20212 min read
Seed Shells, a Poem by Lynn White
The first seeds were sown a long time ago. When these small seed shells burst open they were scattered locally. They grew patchily at...
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May 14, 20211 min read
Dark Figure IV, a Poem by Andrew Scott
Dark winds bring what is known as the nasty hands of twisted fate. These strings are pulled and pushed by a figure no one lays eyes on....
Milton P. Ehrlich
May 7, 20211 min read
My Quadratic Equations, a Poem by Milton P. Ehrlich
Are a vast algebra of joy. They make splendid curves like eye-popping parabolas and give off a paradisal heat. They have tropical...
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