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‘Our Day in the Sun’ and Other Poetry by Robert King

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November 24, 2014
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Our Day in the Sun We, each of us, every one Have had our day in the sun Came a time that day was done Let us then no longer dwell On what we consider we did well Time moves on –so must we...

‘The Little Kindnesses’ by Bic Uwel, “Erased”

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November 17, 2014
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"...that best portion of a good man's life;     His little, nameless, unremembered acts     Of kindness and of love."         —William Wordsworth, Lines Composed...Above Tintern Abbey At any...

‘Life’ and Other Poetry by Hibah Shabkhez

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November 11, 2014
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Life Ravaged forests again take root Life nestling within the sturdy acorn Cannot be throttled Ashes reborn yield bitter fruit Fragrance scattered upon the winds Cannot be bottled   The Old...
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‘Dandelions’ and Other Poetry by Kathryn Jacobs

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November 4, 2014
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Dandelions She touched their gray-haired afros tenderly: an urban six year old with kinky hair who pounced on dandelions (bud-vases were full of yellow stubby). Telling me: “This is the way that...

‘A Nation Mourns: October 22, 2014’ by Wes Caribu Deal

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November 1, 2014
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Canadian reservist Corporal Cirillo was killed this day at the War Memorial in Ottawa, while standing in his ceremonial and Scottish dress, Glengarry bonnet, kilt, red garter flashes, and the rest. He was...




  1. James Sale on A Poem on the Music of Schoenberg, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane MyersNovember 27, 2023

    Your second poem is beautifully descriptive, and there is only one anomaly with your first, which may not be down…

  2. C.B. Anderson on ‘2 Peter 3’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey EssmannNovember 27, 2023

    In "2 Peter 3", Jeffrey, there is much subtle thought, which is supported by and necessitates the almost byzantine syntax.…

  3. Julian D. Woodruff on A Poem on the Music of Schoenberg, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane MyersNovember 26, 2023

    Sorry--not to say they don't find it disagreeable.

  4. Julian D. Woodruff on A Poem on the Music of Schoenberg, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane MyersNovember 26, 2023

    James, I sat in on a composition class taught by Stockhausen in 1967. One of his 1st pieces of advice:…

  5. Julian D. Woodruff on ‘The Ballad of Baldy McCass’ by Julian WoodruffNovember 26, 2023

    Thanks, Jeff. Glad you liked it. Baldy was a fun dude to dream up.

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