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The Bird Returning to Its Nest

Written by Jeff DavisHe lives in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.His blog: NaturesThe poem first appeared in the Nantahala Review 2.2The Bird Returning to Its Nest(after a painting by George...

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Storm in Africa

Written by Pris CampbellShe lives in the Greater West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.Her website: Poetic InspirationsOriginally published in Walt's Corner(New York newspaper column by George...

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Women in Love

Written by Arlene AngShe lives in Spinea, ItalyHer website: Arlene Ang Previously published in The Desecration of Doves (iUniverse, 2005)Women in LoveIt is the pillbox hat I remember most, a Parisgreen...

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Secret Origins of the Super-Villains

Written by Collin KelleyHe lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USAHis blog: Collin KelleyOriginally appeared in Dead Mule School of Southern LiteratureSecret Origins of the Super-VillainsThe comic book arrives...

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One grunt

Written by Jude GoodwinShe lives in Squamish, British Columbia, CanadaHer website: Jude GoodwinOriginally published in the Comstock Review, Spring/Summer 2005.One gruntThis is my floor,I'm down on...

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Sparrow’s Song

Written by Elizabeth J. RussoShe lives in New Jersey, USA Her site: Elizabeth J Russo Sparrow’s SongThe hedgerow is aliveA sweet choir from little throatsawakens the spiritof springWinter preaches...

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Right-Hand Man

Written by Howie GoodHe lives in Highland, New York, USAHis blog: Apocalypse MamboPreviously published in everydayweirdnessRight-Hand ManI’d pick up a spoonin my left hand,and they’d take itand put it...

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Debris

Written by Emily AndersonShe lives in Columbus, Ohio, USAHer blog: Rice in the CupboardDebris (Debris, Ohio State University, January 2009 )A half-eaten bagel and a pairof black furry earmuffs...

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Burial Song *Hum soft my night angel*

Written by Sarah CopelandShe lives in Gabriola Island, CanadaHer blog: Questions in Black and WhiteAnd, 2009 in PicturesBurial Song *Hum soft my night angel*Take my hand and lead me onas you sing this...

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O, Danny Boy

Written by Karen NowviskieShe lives in West Virginia, USAHer blog: Keeping SecretsO, Danny BoyWe climbed the rocks above the gorgeto have your party as you wanted.The evening sun shone from the...

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the fox

Written by Susan Stewart(From Red Rover, University of Chicago Press, 2008.)the foxDid we live lightly then?Twice we’ve seen the fox,the flashof red that leapsthe weeds and brush, an after-image...

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Old News

Written by Ben HowardHe lives in Alfred, New York, USAHis website: One Time, One Meeting(Originally published by Cortland Review, No. 6, February 1999)Old NewsThose little incrementsof grief: how...

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Blue

Written by Gordon MasonHe was born in Fife, Scotland, and now divideshis writing time between Scotland and Spain.His blog: Catapult To Mars(Originally published in Snakeskin)Blue Blue passion flower,...

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When she left

Written by Kathryn KirkpatrickShe lives in Boone, North Carolina, USA(Originally published by The Cortland Review, May 2007, Issue 35)When she leftyou went into the barnto open windows,release house...

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Blood Oranges in Spring

Written by Arlene AngShe lives in Spinea, ItalyHer website: Arlene Ang (Originally published in Creations Magazine,Vol. 18, Issue 3, June/July 2004)Blood Oranges in SpringLike Botero's women,plump with...

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Operation Smile

Written by Therese BroderickShe lives in Albany, New York, USAHer site: Small Returns Originally posted on Every Photo Tells A Storyfor the image prompt shown hereOperation SmileChild, because I sent...

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The Lilac Run

Written by Tom SheehanHe lives in Saugus, Massachusetts, USAHis website HEREInterviews HERE and HEREOriginally published in The 2River View, 5.4(Summer 2001)The Lilac RunFor twelve years the lilacsat...

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Fishing

Written by A.E. StallingsShe lives in Athens, GreeceHer website HEREPublished in her first collection, Archaic Smile,University of Evansville Press, 1999.Fishing The two of them stood in the middle...

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To Vincent

Written by Anne Bryant-HamonShe lives in Florida, USAHer blog HEREOriginally published in 2River View (Fall 1999)To VincentI wish he could have seen the fields of Spain,the massive blocks of...

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Those Winter Sundays

Written by Robert HaydenThe writer was born in 1913 in Detroit, Michiganand died in 1980. He was America's first black poet laureate.Read more about him HERE and HEREThose Winter SundaysSundays too my...

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Love Sonnet LXXIX

Written by Pablo NerudaThe great Chilean writer was born July 12, 1904and died September 23, 1973.Read about him HERE and HERELove Sonnet LXXIXTranslated versionBy night, Love, tie your heart to mine,...

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Hannah's Banner

Written by Brenda BryantBorn in England in 1931, she now lives inNew South Wales, AustraliaHer blog HERE.Hannah's BannerMy name's Hannah, and I'm handy with a spanner.I can saw and plane and rivet with...

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The Fish

Written by Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)The writer was born in Worcester, Massachusettsin 1911, and died October 6, 1979.The FishI caught a tremendous fishand held him beside the boathalf out of water,...

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We Have Not Long To Love

We Have Not Long To Love By  Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) The writer was born in Columbus, Mississippi. Biography HERE. We have not long to love. Light does not stay. The tender things are those we...

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What Is

By Diana Athill From her memoir: Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter What is. A full moon in a clear sky, waking me to a far-away time, a far-away space existing above or under the...

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