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Poetry

Legacy (Removed)

If legacy means long arms— / my grandfather’s smile Bill Shay
Colorful Textured Quilt Poetry

Turning a Row

how love inscribes its wanderings / in patterns in a Blocks and Strips sheening, Russell Endo
Poetry

Where I Go

My Walden Pond is not / even a lake or creek Laurinda Lind
The sun is rising (or setting?) behind a high mountain on a clear day. In the foreground, there's a smaller mountain, with what might be a church or a monastery at its peak. Poetry

Be Still

Don’t worry so much, and so often, / about yourself. James Littwin
Poetry

True My Eye

I am not the form I occupy nor / the mind stalking me. Mike Wilson
Poetry

Before the Fireplace: December, 1993

When forty-four summers have touched your face / And sown long furrows beside your eyes Alexander Levering Kern
Poetry

In the Nick of Time

I was a believer. I grew up / with a firm faith in the Tooth Nancy Thomas
Poetry

Cleansed

A hen pecks the ground   to loosen soil /           ruffles       a… Karen Luke Jackson
Poetry

Prisoners of War

With dashes and squeals, two baby boars, / tan with white stripes, flank the lean soldier, Karen Kilcup
Poetry

If You Said She Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeve

You could say that she was the sleeve, / she was the entire shirt, and she would give it Morrow Dowdle
Poetry

Hal the Neighbor

Workers come to repair exterior steps, / siding, walkways, or deliver topsoil and mulch Stephen R. Clark
Poetry

Girl Running

On my way to the gym / for gentle flow yoga / not a bit sure this is a good… Gay Norton Edelman
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