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morning paper

we read

each other's moods

 

Kim Klugh

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growing old

i find a new book

in the old book

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Laurie Morrissey

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the squeak

of mom’s door…

giving my grief a voice

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Maya Daneva

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the
way
I
simmer
down
hot
chocolate

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Vidhi Ashar

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two mismatched shoes

washed ashore

we meet again

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Alvin Cruz

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how our games of war always end 52 pickup

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Marcie Wessels

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a ripe orange

gently touching the dimples

on my thighs

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Kimberly Kuchar

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thesaurus...

so many ways to say

the wrong thing

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Kim Klugh

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a powercut
the cinema entrance door
pelted with snowballs
 

Marta Chociłowska

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art show 

a judge inspects

the Canapés

 

Tom Staudt

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whiteout

again and again

she asks my name

​

Kimberly Kuchar

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transcendental meditation-

i am in conversation

with another me 

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Ram Sundararajan

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watching the sky switch 

from red to night blue

a prisoner thinks of home

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Enobong Enobong

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in laws’ visit

the mingling of 

rain and snow

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Richard Matta

 

 

it frightens 

the life out of me . . . 

ambulance 

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Owen Bullock

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first date

speaking at the same time

for the third time

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Ramachandran Sundararajan

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old hands

the moon sinks

beneath my cuticles

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Adele Evershed

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fresh lime juice 

how can my day 

be so dull ?

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Minal Sarosh

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parents meeting
a wildflower
in the teacher's vase

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Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
 

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the clock

pointing out the time

I waste

​

Carl Walsh

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moonlight

we encounter

who we are

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Terrie Jacks

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preening  

myself for no reason  

late autumn 

​

Owen Bullock

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 Knocked over sign, 

did I need to read you?

      Storm season…

​

Jerome Berglund

 

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road ahead

before we are here

we are there

​

Terrie Jacks

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Paper plane -

the carelessness

my soul needs

​

Elisabeth guichard
 

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back to routine

my diary sheds

grains of sand

​

Agnes Eva Savich

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early morning fog

all the wrong

passwords

​

John Pappas

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the calliope

slowly falls out of tune

divorce papers

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Evan Coram

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air mail 

the momentum

of my parents’ romance

​

Barrie Levine

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     wind farm harnessing 

surrounding elements 

       unpaid internship

​

Jerome Berglund

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tracing raindrops

through the screen

what if I’d said yes?

​

Evan Coram

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her rebuke

nettle gone

to seed

​

Bryan Rickert

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trial room mirrors

my loneliness multiplies

ad infinitum

​

Priya Narayanan

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my mask

soaks up the tears...

Gran's funeral

​

David He Zhuanglang

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flickering light
i'm too lazy  
to change

​

P.H Fischer

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rainy day

the scent

of new books

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Theresa Cancro

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pushing seventy

early spring followed

by early summer

​

John Han

 

 

      in parent’s car

old songs are new songs

      perennials reseeding 

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Jerome Berglund

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cougar in the parkade

one of us

         out of place

​

Nola Obee

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acab fingers 

on a bamboo flute 

 

folk songs of a quieting life

​

Tim Roberts

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passing by
my brother's coffin—somebody
asks the way

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Irena Szewczyk

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homebuilding

mouthful

by mouthful

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Ryland Shengzhi Li

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years of gardening

i still grow

impatiens

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Nancy Orr

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