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Reflection Poems 0

Man About Town

Reflection Poems   I’ve spent so much time reflecting on the lives of everyone else, it’s time to turn the mirror around and have a look at myself. I don’t really do – anything....

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Animal Dilemmas – Cheetah Hyena

Short Story After defeating and chasing away the Crocodile, the hyenas were ecstatic. They spend two days camping around the Zebra’s corpse until they licked away every last drop of dried blood from its...

Period Short Stories 0

Irony and My Grandmother – Part One

Period Short Stories   Irony is a funny thing. My mother’s mother, Marianna Chapman Landrum, was born on January 16, 1923, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Her name came from both of her grandmothers: Mary...

Death Poems 0

To Ginsberg

Poem   Ginsberg wept For the soul of others, But I weep for his soul alone. If only I could be his Green eyed copy boy, And He my troubled Home. Sweet roses bloom...

American Poems 0

Outside and In

American Poems   Signal I hide in my eyes made of glitter, made of lies I hide in my house of cards. I hide from the fact that you’re never going see me Bleeding...

Science Fiction 3

Jopp’s Folly – Part Three

Science Fiction Jopp had only been a half hour late arriving at Dispatch. “How’s it you is always late to report in, but your shipments always arrives early?” The Station Boss, a being with...

Fiction 0

Zedlist – Part Thirty One

Serial Fiction Novel “It’s Dale”, came a faint voice from the other side. Kevin opened it and took a step back as Dale tumbled in like cement bags being tipped from a wheelbarrow. He...

japanese poetry forms 0

Such a Moment

Haibun Poetry   A breeze blows. The Syracuse wind chime behind the chaise sounds a three-note melody. A sparrow’s song answers. The neighbor behind my house hosts a party. Adults chat, children squeal and...

Believes Poem 0

Found

Poem   Light thinned the world and ebbed with his breath as he wept: Why do you forsake me? I loved you more than my own. I would take your death thirty-fold than choose...

American Culture Poems 0

Lukewarm

American Culture Poems   Sometimes it seems Bringing an umbrella Brings out the sunbeams That Band-Aids and health insurance Brings health and longevity That thinking of the worst Brings happiness and reassurance That fire...

Free Form Poem 0

The World Before

Free Form Poem   I married young before I knew the world, before I knew how to hide my nakedness, my innocence and before I stopped accepting the unacceptable. My husband was a small...

Sad Love Poems 4

Beauty in the Break Up

Love Poem What makes a man move on? When his mind floods with images of her, of them. The way she would impersonate a dinosaur to force a smile or how they transformed the...