CAPITOL GAIN – Poems by Thomas Piekarski

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CAPITOL GAINPoems by Thomas Piekarski                                      Capitol Gain                                         While Monterey is magical, San Francisco                                amply sublime, Paris radiant, London wondrous                with resplendent cupolas, museums and bridges,Sacramento is the epicenter of modern progress.                   This Capitol is where it...

A DRY BREEZE – Poems by Anwer Ghani

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A DRY BREEZEPoems by Anwer Ghani   A Dry BreezeThat evening with its breeze has planted in my soul an unforgettable tales. I don't like crying and as any man, I wish to fall in a...

SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN – A poem by Claire Emery

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SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDRENBy Claire Emery Your Sunday best never fit you rightYou preferred your tar to come from cigarettesInstead of inside the plays of a leather-bound book of judgementYou can flick a lighter more comfortably...

TRANSATLANTIQUE – Poems by Janet McCann

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TRANSATLANTIQUEPoems by Janet McCann TRANSATLANTICmy mind slides down your voiceinto your house of fifty years agolaughter and lightly kissed cheeksthe bottle of wine and the bowl of peachesthat were never emptymy mind slides down your...

A POET OBSERVES A POET – Poems by Thomas Locicero

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A POET OBSERVES A POETPoems by Thomas Locicero What Have We Done to Each Other? What have we done to each otherwith our words, mine too honest,yours too public? You did not knowme when I lived...

ANTIPOESÍA – Por Xe M. Sánchez

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ANTIPOESÍAPor Xe M. Sánchez               ANTIPOESÍA                                  Andes a la gueta’l Paraísu.MuyerCochePerruXardínLlarPerresUna vida afayadiegaUna derrotaEntaína,Les escaleresQue baxenAl infiernuTanEsperándomos.Préstame’l fuéu.Préstame’l fuéu.Préstame’l fuéu.Préstame’lPrés…P…        ANTI-POETRYYou are looking for a Paradise.A wifeA carA dogA gardenA houseMoneyA comfortable lifeA defeatLet’s go,StairsTo hellAreWaiting ForUsI like the...

MARTYRDOM IN THE EAST, Poems by George Moore

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MARTYRDOM IN THE EASTBy George MooreMartyrdom in the EastThe more hateful was the cruelty, which spared not so tender an age, the greaterin truth was the power of faith which found evidence even in...

TO A CELLAR SPIDER, Poems by Elizabeth Vignali

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TO A CELLAR SPIDERBy Elizabeth Vignali   Reflection in the Window at the RedlightHis transparent hands liftpockets of blanknessand set them alight, brightflames birthed in reflection.This methodical heft and liftand flick of the red Bic lighteris...

GREEN MEDITATION, Poems by Changming Yuan

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GREEN MEDITATIONBy Changming Yuan   ThicketStanding straight against the frozen skyYour skeletons are the exquisite calligraphyOf the seasonYour name is writNot in waterBut with wind  VentifactingA fact of fictionA fiction of factCarved with the invisibleChisels of the...

DESPITE, Poems by Gideon Sinke

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DESPITEPoems by Gideon Sinke      DespiteI had a string of loversunder whose coversI thought I could hide.I condemned myselfto romance and lovehard and soft placeslong and smiley facesand in you I could confide.With you I was...