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PUBLISHED POEMS


A SEX THERAPIST DISCUSSES HER DAY
By Stephen Chappell Friends think it must be fun: transgressive, exciting, my consulting room full of unleashed erotics.  In fact it’s...
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IN THE FULLNESS
By Jeff H Martin I saw her before her wedding day. She said, ‘I pray you forget me and go far away.’ I didn't listen, in the county I...
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I WANT
By Sam Vallius I want to strip my feelings away in the act of dance. Â I want to strip every inch of my clothes off, To dance in front of...
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THE BLACK CURTAIN
By D P Robinson Where Junks ride idle on the swell of a shimmering Siam Sea, while rock n’ roll anthems broadcast through my dark, and...
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AL FRESCO
By Ping Yi Yee The sky outside the plane today has a ceiling, like in Vegas – the Bellagio,  no, Caesar’s Palace. Michelangelo’s done a...
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ABLAZE
By Kate Naylor A fleeing double take: ‘Have I met you before?’ Energies aligned- a soul recognition, neither of us could ignore. Like...
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OL' SOFT SHOES
By Kyreonna April Davis Hear the violence in every score! Hear the violins’ screeches soar! Every night, my ears bleed sore! Who’s there...
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A CONFESSION OF NATURE'S SIN
By Alaina Hammond For years, I lay in dormant wait Then gradually emerged to harm Your kidneys and your gut. In metaphor, your heart was...
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A BLIND FARM WITH VERSES
By Darren Lynch Bestowed by god And the grains of a cosmic kingdom flow into life , Each passenger is a rose , Becoming in the drift of...
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I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS
By Paul Siekor I was only following orders When I told the man with early onset dementia His benefits would be cancelled I sanctioned him...
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FINISHING TOUCHES
By Rosie Arcane A battered uniform, held together with bravery and reverence, encases the broad torso of a courageous but weary soldier....
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HARP OF NIGHT
By Jennifer Pratt-Walter Over the fields, shielded by stern firs the Harp of Night awakens. Autumn darkness fingers the cold strings and...
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THE DEVIL'S SACRIFICE
By Liza Fables “In silent waves, you will succumb To heavy breaths and beating drums. Stir me betwixt your thoughts; concur . Allow my...
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THE FIRST CIRCLE, LIMBO
By Mark Henderson This is better than Heaven. Â No chatter from incomprehensible multitudes, each trying to reach the other across eons...
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THE SECRETS TO SUCCESS
By Gillian Lenore Never let anyone tell you how to make it out alive Those who try to know nothing at all, because the secret is: none of...
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HAVE YOU SEEN THE SHIMMERING SIGNS
By Virtual Scribe Have you seen the shimmering signs? The lines of prophecy written in riddles In glistening entrails spilt in the...
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INSTEAD OF: I LOVE YOU. I SAID, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
By Caroline Walling If there had been a warning. If someone had made it clear. Wrote it on the wall. Spoke the words aloud. Gave...
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IF YOU'RE A PRICK TO ME, DO I NOT LEAK?
By Ro Dominy Why must we pretend That we don’t leak? Women more so than men I suppose. Men must not leak from the eyes. But pretty much...
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THE PIANIST
By Silver Lion Poet She comes to me In strange mist Pensive poetry Of sultry silhouette Dazzling haze Of dreamy alabaster Bewitching...
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HER FLIGHT TO SLEEP
By Alice Ambrose ‘The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it’ - Peter Pan, JM Barrie  This little...
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