HOW TO WRITE YOURSELF OUT OF DEPRESSION (ARS POETICA)
By Barbara Marie Minney Stare vacantly    open-mouthed    with blood-stained eyes at an empty     barren page forged cross  let go of...
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WINTER LOVES
By Alcuin Edwards Winter came and with her the long nights, cold and grim The lake froze over but the ice was often thin Though safer far...
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TWISTED
By Autumn Grace Hartgrove In the dead of the night, where secrets hide, Penning tales of sorrow, where my demons bide. Each word a...
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SWING AND BURN
By Cliff Black In the small hours of the morning In that darkest time before the dawn He climbed up on the ladder And prepared to be...
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DOWN BY THE MISSOURI RIVER
By Haley Guthrie hunting and collecting the night he had selected was curated from sickness within. sixteen at a campsite down by the...
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THE HEART OF THE CITY
By Derek Ardita The heart of the city beats with the pitter patter of footsteps upon pavement…         They echo…         An...
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FINAL MOMENTS, AND GUILT REVISITED
By Anaiah Hervey I set the stage of my final dream; mushrooms peak above ground, shy as if pardoning permission leaves scrawl the sky...
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SHOWER
By Harjeet Mander Rinsing off in the hospital shower. The water turns pink as it hits the white porcelain tray. But then red rain. A red...
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LOBOTOMY
By Fig Hi, it’s been a long time since you’ve been on my mind and I have no idea how to unwind you from it. My brain, a tangled knot and...
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THE LOVE OF DEMONS
By John Drennan Did ‘You’ calm me once, with smiling passion? As we dove into the dark, of loves, long adventure, Taking life’s spool to...
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BORDERLINE
By Zoe Torsney smashed it all he has windows and doors put his boot through when his hand went dead rolling a cigarette between bleeding...
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ROUND A MIDNIGHT
By Ted Lawrence The adored texts, And the heart is filled, Of which? I cannot tell, As cold eyes well, A mind for sleep, Turns to an old...
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EMOTIONAL PUNCHBAG
By Gavin Elden Punches come in thick and fast Physical blows dampened down in fabric The softened bag absorbing it all in thuds...
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SKIN
By Chloe Spector The lake wraps its hands about my ankles, beckoning me down to the reeds and crawfish and muck, to lay in my grief in an...
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CONSUME
By Megan Benham I want your hopes, your dreams and your nightmares. I want your inside jokes, I want your deepest fears And I want your...
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DEAR BARTLEY
By P D Proctor On my way to Hartley, I was accosted by a hiker named Bartley As he took his place by my side we continued ahead with our...
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MAKE ME MEDUSA
By Alice Chalk I am trying to outgrow The familiar pain Of loving you By rolling around In all the cliches I can find Like freshly...
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THE FORETELLER
By OBSCURIA Her name is old, a living thing, a thing with teeth and breath With blood as cold and lethal as an ancient curse of death She...
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MISTRANSITION
By S. A. Arleyn I am closing my eyes on the subway, and I can no longer detect if I am moving forward or backwards. The rushing blankness...
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MAN-MADE CANDLE
By Nicole Rinquest A delicate product of wax and oil Blinking eyes made them flicker A cluster of moulded men with Wick-ended bodies,...
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