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The Rules of Night Migration

Pamela Gross

Believe this:  that they set their course by the Big Dipper’s rim, skirting its tin lip, the salt broth it ladles out.  That ...

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Nine Poems

Joan Lauri Poole

Panic Never-to-be-caught, Now, falter me. The reined-in horse neighing, wide-eyed, made to be still, not happy yet closer, Now, to you—to being alive. Dear Anger, get me past ...

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Two Poems

Michael Sandler

 Iridescence Just when I’m most certain, an opposite intrudes. Walk with me. Here over the strand tracks confirm a presence until tidal sweep inundates impressions or scurries of ...

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Four Poems

Abigail Warren

Air-Breathing Life Sleeping beside you is like sharing the sheets with a fish reeled up on the boat deck the hook rooted firm in your ...

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Suellen Wedmore says:
Loved the images & this wonderful interpretation of how birds navigate. Especially loved the references to the const...
Ruth Chambers says:
Wonderful essay. Brought back memories of my first born. At 10 1/2 pounds, 22 inches, I moaned that I could have had twi...
sue says:
What a lovely story....
carl says:
No matter our age, life never loses a chance to teach us its hard experiences. How wonderful you finally turned this bit...
Steve Fife says:
Sweet, sad, bittersweet - Mindy catches hold of the invisible tendrils that bind her to a girlfriend of her long-dead da...
Bob . says:
Beautifully written. Every scene came to life, even the smell of Ben-Gay and Noxzema. And I'll bet that the little girl ...
Courtney Roschek Thompson says:
I was thinking of your dad this morning, and I found this. Thank you. It's awesome....
Shira Dentz says:
This poet's stitch-stitching--sans thread!...
Stephanie says:
Thank you, everyone! xx...
Jeri Cipriano says:
The sensory details are so real that the story touches parts of me as well... Noxema... bubble gum... the adoration of A...