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NEW POEM #70 : "Perfect Relationships" by Rodd Whelpley
"Let’s destroy the children and drive the neighbors
nuts. Let’s falsify no subtlety. Consume
each other’s anger. Try every hobby,
eat keto, and when that doesn’t work, ..."
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"Let’s destroy the children and drive the neighbors
nuts. Let’s falsify no subtlety. Consume
each other’s anger. Try every hobby,
eat keto, and when that doesn’t work, ..."
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#Poem #NewPoem
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Perfect Relationships – Stone Circle Review
by Rodd Whelpley Let’s destroy the children and drive the neighbors nuts. Let’s falsify no subtlety. Consume each other’s anger. Try every hobby, eat keto, and when that doesn’t work, let’s drink too much and laugh at common foes. Let’s buy the season tickets, but never see the stag..
11:09 AM - Oct 15, 2023
NEW POEM #69 : "I Was Married to a Poet, Once" by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
"He tried
counting syllables, points on the edge
of sentences, as if they were square
angles of brick that must be checked
for soundness every so often, ..."
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"He tried
counting syllables, points on the edge
of sentences, as if they were square
angles of brick that must be checked
for soundness every so often, ..."
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#Poem
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I Was Married to a Poet, Once – Stone Circle Review
by Jane Rosenberg LaForge “My flight into Sacramento is on time” is the only line I can salvage from his output, chronicling the not yet auspicious date he was certain would be celebrated as a national holiday or better yet, some holy esoteric occasion. Like Leopold Bloom’s walk or the death..
10:49 AM - Oct 14, 2023
NEW POEM #68 : "Compost" by Sara Aultman
"You left the keys to my apartment next to
that spinal clementine rind, so
twisted in its amputated waltz"
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"You left the keys to my apartment next to
that spinal clementine rind, so
twisted in its amputated waltz"
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10:47 AM - Oct 08, 2023
NEW POEM #67 : "Gutted" by Court Ludwick
CW: Bodily objectification and violence in a performance art setting.
"I ask if you ever heard about that artist
who gave strangers a table filled with
love and violence,"
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CW: Bodily objectification and violence in a performance art setting.
"I ask if you ever heard about that artist
who gave strangers a table filled with
love and violence,"
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09:50 AM - Oct 07, 2023
NEW POEM #66 : "Earthbound" by Christina Daub
"an invasion of sorts,
a disturbance, I regret and yet,
also a sign to exit the dark,
to unroot this burrowed
grief I wriggle away from"
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"an invasion of sorts,
a disturbance, I regret and yet,
also a sign to exit the dark,
to unroot this burrowed
grief I wriggle away from"
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02:40 PM - Oct 01, 2023
NEW POEM #65 : "In My Mansion, There are Many Rooms" by Amanda Russell
"...was taught
my Self was some hidden else. Spent years
ditching Sunday sermons for the woods, the creek,
the time to unsheathe my claws and climb into my doubt."
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"...was taught
my Self was some hidden else. Spent years
ditching Sunday sermons for the woods, the creek,
the time to unsheathe my claws and climb into my doubt."
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09:59 AM - Sep 30, 2023
NEW POEM #64 : "Basics" by Matt Jakubowski
"the curtains were left to the moths
and the part of my neck I most liked to be kissed
was waiting and wanting"
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"the curtains were left to the moths
and the part of my neck I most liked to be kissed
was waiting and wanting"
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10:53 AM - Sep 24, 2023
NEW POEM #63 : "Erosion" by David Hanlon
"You’re eight hours of sleep & careful folding;
I’m a mouthful of ulcers & grasping at hours
lost to obligation,
lost to obsession."
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"You’re eight hours of sleep & careful folding;
I’m a mouthful of ulcers & grasping at hours
lost to obligation,
lost to obsession."
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#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
10:04 PM - Sep 23, 2023
NEW POEM #62 : "Child as Noble Metal" by Lynne Lampe
"Empty chairs line cracked concrete,
watch the sea for miracles. Salt
settles on canvas."
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"Empty chairs line cracked concrete,
watch the sea for miracles. Salt
settles on canvas."
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#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
10:59 AM - Sep 17, 2023
NEW POEM #61 : "ode to that little ceramic reindeer my mother painted green & red" by Millie Tullis
"I heard her emptiness
when I rattled her nothing
knocked against the nothing inside of her"
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"I heard her emptiness
when I rattled her nothing
knocked against the nothing inside of her"
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11:02 AM - Sep 16, 2023
NEW POEM #60 : "Small decrees of dust: A love song with moths" by Sarah-Jane Crowson
"lost in the dark woods the moths
whispered small decrees of dust –
the kind of truth that splits
fallen branches –ecstatic with decay."
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"lost in the dark woods the moths
whispered small decrees of dust –
the kind of truth that splits
fallen branches –ecstatic with decay."
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11:58 AM - Sep 10, 2023
NEW POEM #59 : "the universe is full of secrets" by Ashley Cline
"that you will hear the monsoon of her wings / in distant harbors—
picture it: the way the water laps at the hull of a ship / sounds like amen"
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"that you will hear the monsoon of her wings / in distant harbors—
picture it: the way the water laps at the hull of a ship / sounds like amen"
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10:08 AM - Sep 09, 2023
NEW POEM #58 : "Decomposition" by Renee Emerson
CW: Infant loss, intense grief.
"The notes taped in her hospital
room—hold her, sing—instruct
the silence gently, tucked
in the casket blanket."
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CW: Infant loss, intense grief.
"The notes taped in her hospital
room—hold her, sing—instruct
the silence gently, tucked
in the casket blanket."
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#poem #poetrycommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
03:47 PM - Sep 03, 2023
NEW POEM #57 : "Sacrifice" by Cynthia Moon
"The reverend told your mama God knows
the pain of losing a son. But God is doing alright,
sleeping soundly."
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"The reverend told your mama God knows
the pain of losing a son. But God is doing alright,
sleeping soundly."
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#poem #poetrycommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
03:46 PM - Sep 03, 2023
NEW POEM #56 : "even if i burn" by Vic Nogay
"a toad perched on a rock
by the water and a dove swimming
in the leaves of the tree will pretend
not to watch
you leaf through me
like a sacred relic."
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"a toad perched on a rock
by the water and a dove swimming
in the leaves of the tree will pretend
not to watch
you leaf through me
like a sacred relic."
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#poem #poetrycommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
11:03 AM - Aug 27, 2023
NEW POEM #55 : "A Potential For Misunderstanding" by Charles Hensler
"Is it only the senescent light of stars
arriving weary, or a fragment of frozen moon?"
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"Is it only the senescent light of stars
arriving weary, or a fragment of frozen moon?"
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11:40 AM - Aug 26, 2023
NEW POEM #54 : "Elegy For a Stacked Moment" by Kyla Houbolt
"... and the birds saying
if only there were more of us
we could complete the message
and open the stars."
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"... and the birds saying
if only there were more of us
we could complete the message
and open the stars."
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10:44 AM - Aug 20, 2023
NEW POEM #53 : "Fallen Angel" by Corinna Board
"... only the hooked beak is visible;
clamped shut, useless.
I’m glad I can’t see its eyes."
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"... only the hooked beak is visible;
clamped shut, useless.
I’m glad I can’t see its eyes."
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10:41 AM - Aug 19, 2023
POEM #52 : "lexicon:/Dandelion" by Ray Ball
"Mrs. Montague and Mrs. Capulet compete in the annual garden show, pack nutritious lunches their children don’t eat."
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"Mrs. Montague and Mrs. Capulet compete in the annual garden show, pack nutritious lunches their children don’t eat."
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11:18 AM - Aug 13, 2023
NEW POEM #51 : "Sonder Carries Through The Local English Classrooms" by Kelli Lage
"Their eardrums rattle,
trying to hear rasps and ropes of voices they’ve never met."
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"Their eardrums rattle,
trying to hear rasps and ropes of voices they’ve never met."
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10:51 AM - Aug 12, 2023
NEW POEM: "preoccupations" by Mathew Yates
"we are both so broken & so is the Moon,
to take the tide out without us in it."
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"we are both so broken & so is the Moon,
to take the tide out without us in it."
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10:34 AM - Jul 30, 2023
NEW POEM: "He’s Been Turning the Lights Down for a Long Time" by Susan Grimm
"Cut the string of attention or chew it until everything
sharp is flat. Everywhere the feathers scratching..."
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"Cut the string of attention or chew it until everything
sharp is flat. Everywhere the feathers scratching..."
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#poem #Poetry #poetrycommunity
10:40 AM - Jul 29, 2023
NEW POEM: "Crows" by Abigail Raley
"I felt hot and sweet, as simple
as nectar, as quiet as a chick
in its shell, and as you dressed
and made yourself again a person
of the world, I felt my own creature
deep and hard and new"
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"I felt hot and sweet, as simple
as nectar, as quiet as a chick
in its shell, and as you dressed
and made yourself again a person
of the world, I felt my own creature
deep and hard and new"
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#poem #Poetry #NewPoem
10:58 AM - Jul 23, 2023
NEW POEM: "I Wasn’t Finished" by J.D. Isip
"I wasn’t / finished praying at the altar of artifacts, pieces // of us where I left the oddments, looking for / you to call me back to bed, you to be there ..."
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"I wasn’t / finished praying at the altar of artifacts, pieces // of us where I left the oddments, looking for / you to call me back to bed, you to be there ..."
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11:47 AM - Jul 22, 2023
NEW POEM: "Field Recordings" by Adam Gianforcaro
"Wind makes no sound on its own, not without
the field of sagebrush or a whistle of window
to leave behind its greasy fingerprints of song."
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"Wind makes no sound on its own, not without
the field of sagebrush or a whistle of window
to leave behind its greasy fingerprints of song."
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#poem #Poetry #NewPoem #poetrycommunity
10:46 AM - Jul 16, 2023
NEW POEM: "Whirlwind" by Beth Gordon
"There is a hurricane lurking in every heart. Board the windows. Collect the animals. Climb onto the roof & wait for lightning."
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"There is a hurricane lurking in every heart. Board the windows. Collect the animals. Climb onto the roof & wait for lightning."
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#poem #poetrycommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
11:45 AM - Jul 15, 2023
NEW POEM: "Rejection" by Lindsay Clark
CW: Themes of child illness and loss.
"Yes, a liver can say
no, too. I have carefully
considered your lymph.
The skin can yellow like
a neglected manuscript."
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CW: Themes of child illness and loss.
"Yes, a liver can say
no, too. I have carefully
considered your lymph.
The skin can yellow like
a neglected manuscript."
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#poem #poetrycommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
11:32 AM - Jul 09, 2023
NEW POEM: "On an August No One Knows, 2019" by Alba Sarria
CW: Miscarriage, blood, and mourning.
"The ocean comes out in mourning now
and I wade out, tepidly.
At some point you ceased
but I stayed black-veiled
and waiting"
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CW: Miscarriage, blood, and mourning.
"The ocean comes out in mourning now
and I wade out, tepidly.
At some point you ceased
but I stayed black-veiled
and waiting"
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#NewPoem
10:32 AM - Jul 08, 2023
NEW POEM: "Faded" by Beth Sherman
"Piles of sad markers topple over, / flat as gray pillows under careless skies. A rough-legged hawk / circles overhead, surveying the damage indifferently: None / of the ghosts say a word."
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"Piles of sad markers topple over, / flat as gray pillows under careless skies. A rough-legged hawk / circles overhead, surveying the damage indifferently: None / of the ghosts say a word."
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#poem #Poetry #NewPoetry
10:06 AM - Jul 02, 2023
NEW POEM: "Half Crumbled Silo in a Half Fallow Field" by Grant Clauser
"Say there’s enough ruin to go around.
Say the song the bats keep to themselves
is a song of longing, calling out
to the night’s open palm"
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"Say there’s enough ruin to go around.
Say the song the bats keep to themselves
is a song of longing, calling out
to the night’s open palm"
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#poem #Poetry
11:24 AM - Jul 01, 2023
