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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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- Jun 29
- 8 min
Abortion: A Morality Story, an Essay by Kimberly L. Robinson
This is for the Church. I do not, as a rule, object to anyone of any persuasion reading my humble prose. So, Taoists, those who follow...
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- Jun 10
- 3 min
Thirst, Flash Fiction by Niles Reddick
The homeless man stood on the corner just up from the Santa Monica Pier by the triple water fountain that rested atop a column decorated...
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- May 27
- 1 min
Reprogramming, a Poem by Mary Harwell Sayler
We talk to people on TV – complaining about products and fake news. We tell the weatherman, “You’re wrong again!” and criticize his coat,...
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- May 13
- 1 min
I Hear the Water, a Poem by Ann Christine Tabaka
I hear the water. It calls to me from lakes, streams, and rivers. My mother was the ocean. She carried me on her shoulders above raging...
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- Apr 29
- 1 min
Poem for Greta Thunberg, by E. Martin Pedersen
When you said the house is on fire I looked around, I'm good, what should I do, grab my cat and run? When you said you have stolen my...
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- Apr 15
- 1 min
The Unbearable Age, a Poem by Njukang Princeley
She sits upon a rock, weeping And watching the sky as it folds Into buckets of toxic smoke Rising from the endless burning Of forest and...
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- Apr 1
- 1 min
You Never Arrived, a Poem by Des Mannay
Avoid the trap Of vengeance Of turning on us When Terrorists massacre kids We ran away from men who plant bombs, Wield guns - demand...
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- Mar 18
- 1 min
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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- Mar 11
- 1 min
The Untied States of America, a Poem by E. Martin Pedersen
Untied, tied, bound, gagged squirming and groaning forced to piss ourselves duct-taped and superglued shut. U.S., the U.S., the 'us', the...