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Poetry

A Deeper Ruby and Smoldering Eye by Dale Champlin

—after Rita Dove’s “Girls on the Town, 1946” Thirty seconds across the threshold           music grabs your neck & shouldersshakes you free from questions—           your mother’s worried eyesyour father’s furrowed brow. Across the darkened room           you recognize faceslit by swirling silver flashes— red lips laughing, eyes outlined            in diamond glitter.These are your people,           your sisters in youth. Close your eyes—           ease your body                     onto the dance floor.Let the music envelop you.   Now perfume, … Continue reading A Deeper Ruby and Smoldering Eye by Dale Champlin

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Poisons by Susie Gharib

It is not the hebenon that was distilledinto Old Hamlet’s earduring his elysian sleep, nor the toxic taxinethat ripples in the blood streamsof funereal yew trees. It is not The Stranglerof Martin’s A Song of Ice and Firethat constricts one’s throatwithout the aid of a hempen rope,nor the hemlock administered to Socrates’ brewto induce his doom. It is not the poisoned dartsthat feature in Sir Arthur … Continue reading Poisons by Susie Gharib

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To Reach 100 Summits by Cithara Patra

To break down your wallsTo break through to youis the same as trying to reach 100 summitsClimbing and crawling your sidesrocks and dirt crumbling under my weightI try to move your boulders,snap the twigs blocking my way,winds blowing in all directionsrain beating down on my backthen come the blizzards hitting my faceyou try to knock me downyou try to keep me from going upyou don’t … Continue reading To Reach 100 Summits by Cithara Patra

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It’s Raining by Ron Riekki

Thank God it’s raining.The smokers go outsideand smoke.I wish they’d smoke in their homes.I wish they’d kill their family’s lungsinstead of mine.They smoke in front of my window.I can’t afford air conditioning.I wake up in the night,actually wake upfrom the smoke.Wake up coughing.But tonight it’s raining.They don’t smoke when it rains.Or they do,but not in front of my window.I pray for thunderevery day of my … Continue reading It’s Raining by Ron Riekki

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Prose Poetry

Must’ve Been a Hallucination by Peter Crowley

After mowing the lawn, the garage needed a paint job.  It was while painting that I discovered a mole on my forearm had turned to a shade of deep brown. I snapped a picture of it and sent it to GPT, which said I needed a topical OTC to treat skin inflammation. The second I applied it, the mole expanded, blossoming like a dahlia.  I … Continue reading Must’ve Been a Hallucination by Peter Crowley

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Decision by Peter Crowley

When winds surge from the west and the guts are unearthed, there is a warping of tides. The moon is decapitated and the torso’s pull emerges from the prefrontal cortex. One has achieved this pull through struggle, yet, by god, it exists. A decision has been made and coronated on a papist balcony overlooking the rabble. Decision stretches out its hand, shielding its eyes from … Continue reading Decision by Peter Crowley

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A Split from Reality by Dale Champlin

A few weeks later, in the wee hours,     you picture the woman of your life flung on her new lover’s DreamCloud    scratching his back like a cheetah.  She was your high priestess,              your Holy Mother. But that ended  when she stormed out—after you forgot      to mention how brilliant her poem was,  when you found comfort     spending time on the sofa,  and left muddy boot prints    on the white hallway runner.  … Continue reading A Split from Reality by Dale Champlin

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Cotton Candy’s Tunnel of Love by Charlie Robert

Cotton Candy.Carny Queen.Pops AnotherKetamine.DreamsAbout TheSilver Screen.Gets InsideThe Limousine.Jimmy Dean.Dopamine.Cotton Candy’sTunnel Of Love.CostsTwo Tickets.Rubber Glove.Rubber Boat.Root Beer Float.Maidenhead.  Sugar Coat.   Gently GentlyDown The Stream.Cotton Candy.Carny Queen.Count Your Blessings.Count The Take.Silver Dollar.Coffee Break.Cotton Candy.Carny Queen.Hear The LionsRoar And Scream. Continue reading Cotton Candy’s Tunnel of Love by Charlie Robert

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