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 151 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 12 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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Oct 182 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 111 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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Sep 201 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 132 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 61 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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Aug 301 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 163 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 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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Aug 22 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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Jul 191 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 121 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 51 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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Jun 212 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 141 min read
Midnight Influx, a Poem by Patrick Morgan
as we kickboard our lives
across imaginary lines
our hearts tied up in plastic bags
drifting out to sea.
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Jun 72 min read
A Chance For Salvation, a Poem by Carol Alena Aronoff
I am expatriate,
my motherland,
the one that birthed
and then betrayed me,
no longer my home.
No songs of redemption,
no longer
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May 241 min read
Above Rio de Janeiro, a Poem by John C. Mannone
The forest never sleeps
and also cries for redemption, the soul
of the Amazon, the trees of life-giving
air.
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May 171 min read
Granville, a Poem by David Pring-Mill
Meth, opioids, other street drugs claim
a spot on the pavement, offering
communion with the concrete, the dark
like a stern overlord,
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