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PUBLISHED POEMS


TOGETHER FOREVER
By Smilla Together Forever. You were born first, I took last place coming in second. Identical they said, but I could never see it....
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ARROWS
By KLMurphy ACT 1 In my whole life, from the beginning, I have been judged harshly against what is properly fair. Between the humdrum...
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PANAMA
By Terese White The staring woman said “hello” And I promptly but violently Laid my stomach across her Gnarled brown shoes. In a mixture...
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AUTONOMOUS BEING
By The Girl Who Cannot Breathe Amble forwards, Relenting soul, Unto hell, heaven or further, Speak with me, My silent subconscious -...
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STATIONS
By Tim Armstrong The trains are cancelled to your destination. You won’t be sped through geographic space, just the Past. See bright...
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DAYDREAMS
By Billy Lythgoe Sometimes, you say, when you dream in the daytime you’re watching the world from a hot-air balloon. Streams hurry down...
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PRETTY THING / BOWIE'S LAMENT
By Scout Clancy Batreau Let me trace your scars from the inside of your humming legs across the circuits of your skin, and rest beside...
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WITHIN THE HOLLOW
By Ripley Ford There is a place inside me where light dares not touch, a space where edges fracture, and shadows stretch in every...
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AND OTHER HOMELY HAUNTOLOGIES
By Salamis Aysegul Sentug-Tugyan all of a sudden, I remember I forgot to take something: something I should carry with me all the time to...
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LOVE SPELL #12 OBSESSION
By Paul Van Sickle The ivy’s creeping into my veins again A thread you know better than to pull Glass splinters from stroking the wine...
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UNTITLED
By Neaky Sahafi The last thing I needed, Was for you to press a kiss upon my neck, How dare you caress my heart? Go on, place the noose,...
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WE
By Ramsha Ashraf we were the daughters of the witches who could set fire to skeletons of the ones who wanted to crush the petals of our...
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A KNIFE WITH NO HANDLE
By Lucien Wolf A knife with no handle. Pretty to hold But not easy to wield; to cut the rope Around your neck you must first lose a...
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WOMB
By The Imperfect Thinking Woman In this space Babies have died And come alive Seeds have swum Connections have begun In this space So...
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7777
By Michael Crow We the beacons of light among the cyclic hollow of darkness, create the shadows against the silhouettes of...
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BLACK SEED
By Leaf Pettit Deep in me is a secret den, hidden in the pit of my being, warm and damp and rich with the funk of fungi. Here, I shelter...
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THE VOICES IN MY HEAD
By Steve Dixon Imagine a Dalek. Made up of a thousand radios. All playing a different station. All at the same time. ...
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MARIONETTE
By Dominic James Rain sweeps the roof. Insistent needle-point glissandos wash the cross-beamed rafters overhead, drip on my puppet form...
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REVERENCE
By Roseeroe I'd let you untangle the silver metal of my favorite necklace Let you pull my hair to the side Place untangled silver...
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WHERE THE WHALES SLEEP
By Jade, the Son of Jack Swift it fares me away, that midnight tide to places deep. Lost are my cares for the world behind me, I yearn...
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