Robert Halleck My Valentine In my life I have always been early so now I am in Hallmark searching for an ex-wife Valentine. Robert Halleck‘s latest chapbook, Cabbages and Kings, is available in the Amazon Kindle store.
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Poems
04/09/2015 — 0
Jan Marquart: “The Destination”
Jan Marquart The Destination I buried my father on an August rainy day in Brooklyn and pretended the two overweight workers were sliding his casket into a subway car my rose thrown on top so he could travel to a town that let him dance and laugh and eat his favorite foods in order to […]
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Tyson West: “Silverwood August Day”
Tyson West Silverwood August Day Confronting the tattooed troll posing his buffed torso on the rock at the end of the theme park bridge over the lazy river, I pay my toll – Nice tats, Man. Tyson West has published tanka and haiku in addition to speculative fiction and lives in Eastern Washington where he works at […]
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Steve Bogdaniec: “Swapping Stories at His Wake”
Steve Bogdaniec Swapping Stories at His Wake But I think the dumbest thing I ever got Dad to say when he was frustrated at me was, “you know what, buddy, next time… there won’t BE another next time.” Steve Bogdaniec is a Chicago-based writer and teacher who continues to love short poetry.
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Steve Bogdaniec: “Exit Interview”
Steve Bogdaniec Exit Interview She said living with me was like driving a car when it’s raining out and the rain is coming down too hard to see properly with the wipers on low but too light to keep the wipers from squeaking across the windshield when set to high. Steve Bogdaniec is a Chicago-based […]
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Mandy Sutter: “At Least”
Mandy Sutter At Least At least, he said, you’ll get a poem out of this and I thought yeah, a short one. Mandy Sutter lives near Ilkley Moor with her partner and a large black dog called Fable. http://www.mandysutter.com/
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Lucia Damacela: “Joy, repeat”
Lucia Damacela Joy, repeat Jubilant Sisyph, the neighborhood kids climb and go down in their sleds, carving with their laughs the snowy hill. Lucía Damacela lives in Singapore, writes about the world and tweets as @lucyda.
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Cody Badaraccad: “Rio”
Cody Badaracca Rio An old horse quiet and in the dark, his heavy mouth in my open palms, resting. Cody Badaracca grew up in North Routt County, Colorado but dreams about New Mexico and Louisiana because of heat and reptiles, and about Oklahoma because of a girl and the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
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