December 23, 2023Published by CLS Sandoval at December 23, 2023Categories Holidays PoetryAlmost Christmas MorningThe ornaments on the tree matched the paper used to wrap every gift the bows were elaborate with matching ribbon…
December 20, 2023Published by Sue Cook at December 20, 2023Categories Holidays PoetryHoles in the StockingsWhen did life change? When did I need to start selling heirlooms to buy oxygen? When did Christmas become poems and paper?
December 6, 2023Published by RP Verlaine at December 6, 2023Categories PoetryLost Appetites“You still hungry?” come words from high glossed, almost polished lips to make my date appear younger, a beauty however.
December 2, 2023Published by Sue Cook at December 2, 2023Categories Holidays PoetryHoliday DelightsThe landfills cry out as last year’s gifts reach them. The Earth is dying from the waste! Abandoned toys weep as they melt into mush.
November 30, 2023Published by Sue Cook at November 30, 2023Categories PoetryWelcome BackDid you see anyone in the afterlife? Did my Daddy, your dad and Andy shove you back to earth? Did they bar your entrance into Glory?
November 19, 2023Published by Sue Cook at November 19, 2023Categories PoetryA Girl Called Enough“Then another of their kind believed and I found my name. It is Enough!”
November 5, 2023Published by Gene Goldfarb at November 5, 2023Categories PoetrySerenade in a Stairwell“Te amo, Elena” by one who Elena would not give a look or a dime, and one who could not resist writing it...
November 3, 2023Published by Susan Carberry at November 3, 2023Categories PoetryOut of WaterI stepped into the bar where old men sat grumbling, young barman pulled pints from a pump.
October 28, 2023Published by Claire L Marsh at October 28, 2023Categories Holidays PoetryA Spooky SightWhat if I chose trick and not treat? I’d have more fun but less to eat…
October 21, 2023Published by Sue Cook at October 21, 2023Categories Holidays PoetryOne Small Bite“You will wake soon, my poppet. Then you will learn this dance of the night. But for now, sleep. Dream of beauty, of fangs, and of blood.”
October 20, 2023Published by Jhemar Lagata at October 20, 2023Categories PoetryThe Roosters and the Winchester FamilyThen the roosters, together, roared like they were the kings of the jungle…
October 19, 2023Published by Savannah Hernandez at October 19, 2023Categories PoetryDandelion GardenI swallow the cotton puff of seeds With my saliva, like rain, they sprout within