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The Life You Need, a Poem by Matthew Pullar
Second Sunday of Lent.
Confession prayer, and my fingers
are consumed with unweaving
my eldest son’s TheraPutty from
his liturgy booklet, pressed
in some moment of sensory need
to the perforated part where you share
contact details and prayer requests.
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Feb 131 min read
Battle Ready, a Poem by Jason Deutsch
We could be at peace
and yet we fashion battles,
for who can gaze in silence at the sun
and be content for long?
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Feb 61 min read
Book of Winter Revelations, a Poem by Gerard Sarnat
Before got chances to
Prance/grab diploma…
During youthful days’
Feckless certain look
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Jan 301 min read
The Face of Tomorrow, a Poem by Nana Amma Adomaa Abrefa
Feeding the youth with the milk of deception,
Grooming them to believe the world owes them.
They hold the world at ransom...
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Dec 6, 20242 min read
An Alarming Indifference, a Poem by Michael Shoemaker
You call me your enemy,
but you do not know me.
my fears, mistakes, worries and woes
strengths, courage, and resolve.
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Nov 29, 20241 min read
Becoming Me, a Poem by Nana Amma Adomaa Abrefa
I have danced to the crashing wave’s defiant beat
With each step, I roar against the storm's wild retreat
This is what it means to be me
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Nov 15, 20241 min read
Concealment and Confession, a Poem by Mark James Trisko
we are children of a God who has given us
everything we know and want, but don’t understand
and so, I am a muddled and confused human
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Nov 1, 20242 min read
A Letter to the Past, a Poem by Nana Amma Adomaa Abrefa
Mama,
do not weep for the flower
that withered in the cold,
for I have bloomed anew
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Oct 18, 20242 min read
Faith Alone, a Poem by Robert Funderburk
Words are not an action
Nor downcast looks the heart of grief
Whether in soul or transgressed body
A warm embrace and prayer sincere
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Oct 11, 20241 min read
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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Sep 20, 20241 min read
We Don’t Know Their Story, a Poem by Mark James Trisko
We all struggle through life just trying to get by.
We are all human, we are all sinful, and we are all innocent.
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Sep 13, 20242 min read
This is a Country, a Poem by Annah Atane
Midnight, screeching vehicles — School girls, screaming — to a truck
abduction here, cyber fraud there—no jail time.
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Sep 6, 20241 min read
Inner Direction, a Poem by Stephanie Ross
sitting in this soft world to listen
my senses draw inward bringing
a blanket of quiet under a night sky...
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Aug 30, 20241 min read
The Art of Dying, a Poem by Mark James Trisko
Let me be remembered,
not because of what I did or didn’t do,
not for what I said or didn’t say,
not for how much money I earned,
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Aug 16, 20243 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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Aug 9, 20242 min read
Deep in Dolpo, a Poem by Bhuwan Thapaliya
“As a child, I never imagined that one day I would see the Mountain devoid of snow and I don’t know when will I see the musk deer and the...
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Aug 2, 20242 min read
Last Words, a Poem by John C. Mannone
They
killed a man whose words still echo
forgiveness in the spaces under
the Walnut Street Bridge, even
the unspoken ones they know
not...
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Jul 19, 20241 min read
Prayer 6, a Poem by Robert Nersesian
I wanted to leave this earth,
join you and your son.
You wanted nothing of it.
Sent angels to rip up my passport,
keep me in the country.
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Jul 12, 20241 min read
ADHD & Me, a Poem by Haylee Silvia
An adjective people throw around
when feeling energetic or unfocused.
A joke for most is a reality for me.
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Jul 5, 20241 min read
The Old Tracks, a Poem by Nolo Segundo
I walked where
Passenger trains
Carried lives and
Their once warm,
Now cold, dreams
And I was part of
Each life, now gone
To ether and mist
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Jun 21, 20242 min read
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