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Mountains written by: Rekha Valliappan mountains misty in the moonlight on a path to spring
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Nana's Babysitting Blues written by: Lynn Nicholas - “What on earth?” Tea sloshed into Carolyn’s saucer. Five-year-old Timothy peeked out...
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Trapped by Poseidon in a Chevy Impala written by: Barbara Harris Leonhard A sonnet for the survivors No one asks the babysitter for permission. The maiden and Poseidon in a Chevy Impala. The endless dark road along the St. Mary’s River, lit by a muted moon. The conversation. Do you date? Do you kiss boys? Questions slither where he doesn’t belong. Would Poseidon...
Sunrise written by: Beth Warren 26,409 is my number. Counting each day, I have emerged from my slumber. The dependable sunrise bursts forth with radiant light To awaken the deep purple velvet nights. So many times, I have marvelled and admired the rising sphere ablaze with fire. On other days, I was distracted and missed the heavenly display of skyward bliss. Each 24 h...
The Fatherland of Ephialtes written by: Tasos Kyrtasoglou The dead have raised me, the kiss of life they‘ve given me when naked I lay on the wet soil before my roots could spread. They gave me bread, a loan of language, and an armful of open air They raised a mast up to the skies, a flag of purest white to bear. Homeless scion of a pauper land an awkward heir at b...