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“Neck” [by Sarah Arvio]
Neck That isn’t done Grabbing your girlfriend’s neck isn’t done I mean it is done by god often enough but not when I’m the girl or the friend I love you with all my soul and all my I don’t know what else to say my friendliness and my girlishness but by god my friend…
Garret Keizer: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_________________________________________________________________________ The Neighbors When a man and woman built their house on the hill behind mine, thus ruining forever the satisfaction I took in seeing no house but mine in any direction, I felt cheated and bitter. I live at the…
No Island of Escape | G. Louis Heath
There is no island on the rivers, nor in The lakes or seas, or in abstruse clouds To escape the plagues of humankind. All bear the black dog on their backs As shadow nibbles mountain, plain, and Valley to our doors. Yes, the megrims Bite deep but we must carry on against The plagues that…
Road Will Rise | Cattail Jester
One day this gravel and pavement recitation will make sense We watched the open road disappear beneath rapidly turning wheels Swore we’d never go back Now here we are pulling in, gassed out, to our surprise This old place looks new. The post Road Will Rise | Cattail Jester appeared first on Best Poetry. Go…
“Rhode Island is Famous for You”: On Denise Duhamel’s Birthday [by David Lehman]
June 13 Rhode Island is Famous for You The blue forest, chilled and blue, like the lips of the dead, show life when brought to the public eye in June, the month of twins who divide their lives in two or spend hours pursuing the ghost of a lover. Stacey and I drive to the…
Solid Ground | Wandering Biku
Still searching for that solid centre ground. Knowing that the only reliable thing Is Unreliability Just ain’t helping right now. Eroded self trust is my foundation, my bedrock, my stability. And time and time and time again The ever powerful waves of self doubt Undermine and eat away At what is supposed to be my…