A POET’S QUILL by Antoine Airoldi

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A POET’S QUILLby Antoine Airoldi   A poet’s quill grows so slow;From a bird in mid air, too low;Loses its flight attendant, oh;Watch its mill flow even more;When the seasons change;The days shrink to an inch;All...

TEARBLANKET by Reuben Ellis

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TEARBLANKETby Reuben Ellis  Tearblanket To alter flesh, use the deciduous catclaw,the spiculumed acacia, tearblanketitscommon name, unpronounceable in  ambiguity.  I could describe it to you,three-thorned, polygamous flowers, pinnatepods, but you will know it because you willbe bleeding...

OLD SCHOOL by Tony Tracy

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OLD SCHOOLby Tony Tracy Physiography The phenomenon is irrefutable; a true scientificand earthly wonder, mathematical improbabilitythat leaves scholars of astrology scratching their heads to explain, and pundits of scripture andChristianity gawking through their $10 cardboardsunglasses as midday light...

THE CLIMATE TODAY by Rafiki Chemari

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THE CLIMATE TODAYby Rafiki Chemari   “THE CLIMATE OF TODAY” Is God raging or crying?With these…Massive storms,And violent quakes. The ones that make, break,And unequivocally shake…Cities, counties, families,And cultures! So when (Uncle) HarveyCame to visit usIn theLone Star state...

THE STORY OF LIFE by Linda Casebeer

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THE STORY OF LIFEby Linda Casebeer  The story of life We could feel the evening falling around usthough it was noon when clouds covered the sunabove the chapel lit only by natural lightfiltering through the windowsand...

AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSIC GOD by Felix Purat

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AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSIC GODby Felix Purat Memories of Baja California in Crete Above the submarine chamber of Aegean AtlantisRugged slopes of the Sierra Giganta riseMy friend back then was indeed AnubisAn actual friend,...

WRITER’S WORKSHOP by Martin Willitts

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WRITER’S WORKSHOPby Martin Willitts Writer’s Workshop Write what you know, the professor suggested; but what if you’ve forgotten every piece of informationyou’ve ever known? What if you’ve crossed an intersectionof your life and you realize you’re lost,...

BORROW by Mike Li

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BORROWby Mike Yunxuan Li  BorrowMike is not my name,I told you.I borrowed it from Bibleto roam the land of Uncle Sam.It’s my tuxedo and pasta,a manbehind which the I hid and ate,slept, woke and educated.Shame...

AMUSING MY MUSE by Endika Sangroniz

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AMUSING MY MUSEby Endika Sangroniz     AMUSING MY MUSEMy muse stepped on the Earth and faced mortalitySince then, she is the icon of feminine freedomAn iconoclast from head to toeShe calls the shots, she soaks my...

LOVE CALLS OF FOXES by Jack Conway

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LOVE CALLS OF FOXESby Jack Conway   Love Calls of Foxes Last night I heard the gray fox howl,along the old stone wall,three yips and then a scream,ungodly sounds,its ritual mating call.Love calls of foxes,reminds usthat love...