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    THE MIRROR
    Stuart Terman
    • Dec 3, 2019

    THE MIRROR

    By Stuart Terman Grandmother had a mirror in the bedroom; Once and only once I saw her just pick it up, glance briefly into it and sadly ...
    Cathexis
    M. Zaman
    • Dec 2, 2019

    Cathexis

    By M. Zaman Poetry or not, vagaries of life will still feel prickly; love or no love, things-that-matter will still be overwhelming; God ...
    Remembering Her
    Cole W. Williams
    • Nov 30, 2019

    Remembering Her

    By Cole W. Williams I sunning and swim of a cormorant coven collecting on the banks of spring lake II grandmother / thick corduroy slacks...
    Time with the Heideggers
    Warren Ward
    • Nov 30, 2019

    Time with the Heideggers

    By Warren Ward “Which German philosophers are you writing about?” The colleague across from me was genuinely interested, a rare experienc...
    Life on Mars
    Miah Jeffra
    • Nov 29, 2019

    Life on Mars

    By Miah Jeffra Life on Mars (after David Bowie) You stand in a space, a no space, gleaming white background light. You wear a powder blue...
    mia rosa
    Abigail Diaz
    • Oct 14, 2019

    mia rosa

    Abigail Diaz here and then gone, blinding flash of light. when i returned to a silent home of longing, i howled at the moon for her, made...
    FLINCH
    Abigail Diaz
    • Oct 14, 2019

    FLINCH

    Abigail Diaz a child, grinning, holds a gun up to the bleeding hole in his chest. you've been here before. the child is you. your eyes st...
    2012
    Abigail Diaz
    • Oct 14, 2019

    2012

    Abigail Diaz the world ended for the first time when i was eleven: the news sang sweet songs of expiring calendars and a black antichrist...
    WABI SABI Trilogy
    Allen Plone
    • Sep 26, 2019

    WABI SABI Trilogy

    By Allen Plone WABI SABI to make this poem simple move it close to nothingness devolving from the word on the page to the reader’s heart ...
    PRELUDE TO A MURDER
    Marcella Hunyadi
    • Sep 23, 2019

    PRELUDE TO A MURDER

    By Marcella Hunyadi The night of my dead daughter’s sixteenth birthday, I have a dream. I am a bleeding hawk from the time when hawks wer...
    The Uncertainty Principle
    Mukund Gnanadesikan
    • Sep 23, 2019

    The Uncertainty Principle

    by Mukund Gnanadesikan What you or I believe Must not always be true A product of cerebrum chained To cinderblocks of eye and ear Souls t...
    Specimen
    Mukund Gnanadesikan
    • Sep 23, 2019

    Specimen

    By Mukund Gnanadesikan In the beginning I was raw Uncut basalt Free from destiny’s fairy wand Or misdirected plans Of palsied hands That ...
    The Stardust Review
    • Sep 23, 2019

    YURIE

    By Gloria R. Buckley Books about God by Deepak Chopra, St. John of the Cross, Teresa d ’Avila lay for years frozen, fixated and dusted we...
    The Stardust Review
    • Sep 23, 2019

    THE BAPTISM

    By: Patrick Mathiasen Matt is sitting in his room in the hospital on our psychiatry unit, leaning back in his chair. He is tall and thin,...
    The Stardust Review
    • Sep 23, 2019

    In Theory

    By Charles Davis The river was wide and moving at a brisk clip. Its dark, choppy surface ran past desolate sandy banks suggesting some ba...
    The Stardust Review
    • Sep 23, 2019

    THE SKATEBOARDERS

    By: Perle Besserman They should have known they weren’t the gentrifying type. At least the wife should have known, having tried it once b...
    The Stardust Review
    • Sep 23, 2019

    Lucky

    By: Amyen Fielding I have not left the apartment in thirteen days. Within these walls there is 700 square feet of refuge. No catcalls, un...
    The Stardust Review
    • Sep 23, 2019

    The Life to Come

    By: Brandon Daily Derrick came home from his first day of kindergarten with a bleeding lip, a cut just beside his eyebrow, and the beginn...
    The Stardust Review
    • Sep 23, 2019

    A Dream of My Daughter

    By: Brandon Daily I dream that my daughter is a fish. Or rather I dream that she is becoming a fish. Each night, in my dreams, another pa...
    NOT MY FATHER’S BROTHER
    Gloria R. Buckley
    • Sep 23, 2019

    NOT MY FATHER’S BROTHER

    By: Gloria R. Buckley I sat sipping my sweet girly drink at the Pelican Bend Tiki Bar staring out at the placid water under the mid-after...
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