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Now and Then by Steve Mueske

May 27, 2020

we salted our hearts / with a stubborn faith, being young

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In Poetry Tags Now and Then, Steve Mueske, Poetry
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Ode to My Belly by Jeremy Radin

May 20, 2020

You deserve it, / carrying, as you do, a nation, carrying, as you do, / the memories of a people / & what they longed for.

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In Poetry Tags poetry, ode to my belly, jeremy radin
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Late Summer Metaphysics by Christopher Buckley

May 13, 2020

as you tip your hat to the sea, / the ashes of romance spilling / out, having climbed your last balcony

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In Poetry Tags Poetry, Late Summer Metaphysics, Christopher Buckley
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Testimonial by Sean J. White

May 6, 2020

I admit my limits and my own smoke

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In Poetry Tags poetry, testimonial, sean j. white

Two Poems by Tina Mozelle Braziel

April 29, 2020

Something in a pelican reminds me / of a woman who knows she’d look regal / if only she can keep her skirt down.

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In Poetry Tags two poems, in the weeds, everyday water, Tina Mozelle Braziel, poetry
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Two Poems by Guillermo Filice Castro

April 22, 2020

On the first day of the New Year
I got a taste
of what my heart thirsts for,
iron now laced with apple.

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In Poetry Tags poetry, guillermo filice castro, sister/tongue, red van, apple
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Beauty by Steven Kleinman

April 15, 2020

A little spittle of pink
fell from the bag of organs

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In Poetry Tags poetry, steven kleinman, beauty
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What to Look for by Cassandra Rockwood-Rice

April 8, 2020

You’d pull a jackknife from your / shirt pocket and shave the bark, shallow then deep

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In Poetry Tags poetry, what to look for, cassandra rockwood-rice
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Contrition is possibly for fools by Mercedes Lawry

April 1, 2020

Nothing is better / than sleep, where you’re anchored. / Otherwise, you tell yourself little / spoonfuls of facts about this life.

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In Poetry Tags poetry, mercedes lawry, poem
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Eclogue Domestica by Samuel Piccone

March 18, 2020

I don’t tell you how much it hurts when you finally open / your blouse and speak of tiny bones—

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In Poetry Tags poetry, eclogue domestica, samuel piccone
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Three Poems by Rick Bursky

March 18, 2020

We take turns dying. / Goddamn it, I think to myself, goddamn it.

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In Poetry Tags Three Poems, Rick Bursky, God's breath, Morning, Death Watch, Broken Bones, poetry
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Two Poems by Emma Murray

March 11, 2020

People who talk shit about trailer parks / have never listened to the Titanic sound- / track in a double wide—

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In Poetry Tags poems, poetry, emma murray, double wide & sentimentality, shape: an etymology
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Sings Herself The Rubble by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

March 4, 2020

my heart a greeting / leaves me a stranger

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In Poetry Tags poetry, lena khalaf tuffaha, sings herself the rubble
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GRIEVING MOTHER IS FOUND LIVING WITH CORPSE OF HER DAUGHTER, 47, WHO DIED EIGHT MONTHS AGO Daily Mail July 2 2018 by Katherine Fallon

February 26, 2020

but have since / come to learn that the body won’t go shrivel up / like a raisin just because you tell it to, and it sure / won’t turn to dust.

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In Poetry Tags grieving mother, found living, daughter, daily mail, poetry
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Oops by Amelie Meltzer

February 10, 2020

A moment like / the moment when I accidentally chewed on my tongue / instead of food and realized / how powerful and dangerous I am

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In Poetry Tags oops, Amelie Meltzer, poetry
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Anatomy of a Flower by John Moessner

January 1, 2020

A flower / is able to reproduce with itself, or wait for a bug to float / on the tongue of the wind and visit the bell of its face.

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In Poetry Tags poetry, Anatomy of a Flower, John Moessner
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Prodigal Daughter by Clara Trippe

December 25, 2019

Generations of us did not migrate to bluer places to remain dry on the shore.

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In Poetry Tags proigal daughter, clara trippe, bodies, poetry, sunscreen, water, clara, trippe, family, sun
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What Will Become of Me by Samantha Tetangco

December 18, 2019

The human body weighs / less in the moments / after death. / Or so says the scientist / seeking proof of the soul.

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In Poetry Tags poetry, What Will Become of Me, Samantha Tetangco
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Two poems by Kristin Emanuel

December 11, 2019

A woman across the street watched her canaries / phase through their cage like melted candlewax.

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In Poetry Tags poetry, poem, kristin, how to share dreams, birdwatching in the 4th dimension, memory, bird, dreaming, kristin emanuel
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1996 by Marian Kilcoyne

December 4, 2019

En route from New York to Albany / a majestic stag pranced along the wire / fence.

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In Poetry Tags poetry, poetry and grief, deer poem, Marian Kilcoyne, 1996
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