Say Her Name, Part I, a Poem by Susan Wenzel
They say they can’t say her name because they can’t prove if she was murdered on tribal land or not. They say they can’t say her name...
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- Feb 24
- 1 min
And It Was Good, a Poem by Marjorie Maddox
Not the green-grey sludge snaking to the river’s edge. Not the sun’s overdone orb baking the snake to a dry bed of dust. Not the hands of...
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- Feb 10
- 2 min
Positionality/Metacognition/Rhetoric, a Poem by Susan Wenzel
(Dianna Good Sky and Rosalie Fish mentioned with permission) Who am I, I asked myself, to write about something I know nothing about? Who...
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- Feb 3
- 1 min
Dill, a Poem by Erin Covey-Smith
It is hot, hotter than it was ever meant to be. The air chewable, our thoughts limp as the beanstalks in the garden. Night a stultifying...
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- Jan 27
- 1 min
Escape from Trash Life, Staten Island 1998, a Poem by Tanya Tuzeo
i woke with the sun that summer / reeking dump familiar with its liquefying salty ozone and human marzipan / and rollerbladed to the...
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- Jan 13
- 1 min
Loss of Power, a Poem by Gary Beck
In the land of broken dreams conflicting forces conspire to thoroughly divide us into clashing groups, irreconcilable politicians,...
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- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Dance of the Cafeteros, a Poem by Russell Willis
Far above the level of the sea an Axis of Coffee straddles the mountains of Columbia For the cafeteros there is but one centuries-old...
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- Dec 9, 2022
- 1 min
Magnolia and Cherry, a Poem by Marjorie Maddox
-Spring 2021 Buds burnt by cold, they open anyway, both pink and blackened, facing the spring. Courage, not innocence: magnolia and...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
There's a Wildfire in Siberia, a Poem by Tanya Tuzeo
garbage belches out tinsel dinnerware in celebration of yet another dinner Doordashed. since leftovers are not enough for tomorrow’s...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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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- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min
Walker, a Poem by Gary Beck
The doctor keeps telling me: ‘Go out. Get some fresh air. Talk to people.' I tried to tell him I have no friends, they’re all dead. He...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 4 min
You Shouldn’t Breathe This In, a Short Story by Stan Kempton
Brevity and small encounters are how I would describe my relationship with Mr. Freeze. I nicknamed him like a pet, there in my limited...
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- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
Sitting in Darkness, a Poem by Russell Willis
If you are sitting in darkness open your eyes turn around to see if there’s light behind you or above or below or to the side not that...
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- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
The Lost House, a Poem by Farideh Shabanfar
Sister is pleading with her friend; Send me a picture of our house Our old house that we abandoned Without a farewell, with hope to...
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- Sep 24, 2022
- 2 min
Logging Off? Creative Non-fiction by Hazel J. Hall
Yeah, 10 hours yesterday / I am happy though / (happier than most) / Satisfied, even / I mean, the rush is never as strong as the first...
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- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
Extras From a Movie: Ludlow Massacre, 1914, a Poem by Lenore Weiss
1. The ghost girl was Little Lucy, no connection to Lucille Ball, flashed her dimples, red hair on the Capitol Mall, wore smoke-soaked...
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- Aug 26, 2022
- 6 min
The Twisted Inversion of Labor-Bought Dreams, an Essay by Haile E.
As we entered high school and began preparing for the next four years that would culminate in either an acceptance or rejection to our...
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- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Buddy, Microfiction by Hazel J. Hall
Between the wire-barbed bar, lens cap of his life, he can see a worker approaching his cage. This time, she does not offer him food. She...
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- Jul 15, 2022
- 1 min
Insomnia, a Poem by Christina E. Petrides
My stomach warm with bread, milk, honey chamomile, I lie down at midnight. Three hours thence I stare dry-eyed into the black air beyond...
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