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Of Air and Breath – A Poem by Melanie Civin Kenion
Of Air and Breath A poem by Melanie Civin Kenion Of Air and Breath I was with you when the air left your mouth for the last time, when you were old and no…
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Salt Lick – A Poem by Bonita Lini Markowski
Salt Lick A poem by Bonita Lini Markowski Salt Lick I call her mother. I am salt in her wounds: that she married him, didn’t know he was a drunk, that her father laughed…
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Thinking about Faith – A Poem by Sarah Russell
Thinking about Faith A poem by Sarah Russell Thinking about Faith I’m not talking religion here, although it’s nice to have that too. I’m thinking of the sun-rising-every-day kind of faith we take for granted—that cars…
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Covenant – A Poem by Ping Yi
Covenant A poem by Ping Yi Covenant “The train in the drain!” you chuckle and chant, clap and stomp in the tub, tasting the words your first time tasting the rhyme with the spray, as…
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Weathering – A Poem by John Muro
Weathering A poem by John Muro Weathering This blue lull of harbor, silvered by an early summer sun, I have seen before, a thing more akin to fire than water that extends in spun…
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Broken Clock – A Poem by Teresa Sargeant
Broken Clock A poem by Teresa Sargeant Broken Clock With the numbers I display on my face and my spinning hands, I keep track of time but it’s out of my control. Time operates…
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