PURPLE DAWN by Edward Bonner
PURPLE DAWNBy Edward Bonner
FEW WILL HEAR HIS WORDS
What thou find in a poor man's walletAn amazing talentTo surviveHolding true to God's wordA secret for this man to cuddle on a doorstepTo wake in the...
OUT IN THE DISTANCE by Holly Day
OUT IN THE DISTANCEBy Holly Day
Spring
ice melts in noisy rivuletsresumes descent on muddy river banks
poking its greasy snout out of the watera bullhead lumbers out of torpor, floats to the surface
frightens newly-hatched crawfish and...
LEAPING WITH YOUR LEGS LOCKED by Don McLeod
LEAPING WITH YOUR LEGS LOCKEDBy Don McLeod
Excerpt from the full-length poetry book (Leaping With Your Legs Locked)
Leaping With Your Legs Locked(section 4)
the retarded boy down the streetsaid hey I want to be somebodyI knew what...
INVITATION by Gloria Monaghan
INVITATIONBy Gloria Monaghan
Invitation
The road is waiting for you to walkinto the open air
into the slightly grey day
with the sliver of sun just over the clouds
orange and unpredictable
we are in God’s way
each of us golden
and...
THREE POEMS by Tamara Williams
THREE POEMSBy Tamara Williams
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Pain, there are many women who carries your labor.Here are their stories.Cheers to the woman in Black with no strings attached.Your soreness goes where ever you do.You lose yourself in everybody...
DAY AT THE BEACH by Debbie Richard
DAY AT THE BEACHBy Debbie Richard
LuminescenceExuding brilliance, you step into a roomas an actor steps onto a stage,heads turn, instantly drawn to your smile,the tilt of your head, the gracefulway you carry yourself –an...
TO THAW by Annelise Mozzoni
TO THAWBy Annelise Mozzoni
Kenmore Electric Dryer
Room steeped in blue,her and I,folding cotton waves.
Standing in a swallow of light,she pulls sheets outlike taffyfrom dryer teeth.
She strokes my cheek,with toasted thread,wanting me to catch the sheets’...
AT THE BREWERY DOWNTOWN by Hannah Kludy
AT THE BREWERY DOWNTOWNBy Hannah Kludy
Martyr has six definitions on Dictionary.comFire never looked so sinister to me, a moth in North America. We speak of martyrs as though they are brave for dying when...