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Sam Barbee Mother Nature Protests Mr. Wind whooshes forest treetops. Only biggest leaves have courage to speak: …………..Stop, stop, you might blow us away! Stoutest branches bend with creak and moan. Brown bark rips away from tallest trunks: …………..Mr. Wind, … Continue reading →

Gerri Leen Smoke and Mist She serves two compulsions Opponents in a constant War for her focus, dragging her Into the wild, free from Her cage of expectations Of rules and how things are done Allowing her to return to … Continue reading →

Leigh Gorelik the statue she awakens. her ballerina toes are poised, her nose is scrunched – she is – what’s the word – alive. her powder fingertips crease mechanically like a hydraulic press. she has a beating chest with the … Continue reading →

Hannan Khan Love.exe: Connection Failed {Error 404} you leave lost letters like lacerated bread– crumbs– t–h–e–i–n–t–i–m–a–t–e–d–i–s–t–a–n–c–e–b–e–t–w–e–e–n–u–s expands……………………. expands… ………………….expands… until i’m almost hunger with no mouth i gather missing syllables of you hold them on my silent tongue like unswallowed, … Continue reading →

Becky Parker Cry of a Barren Woman Under a rainbow nebula, one April night, where new stars were being birthed; a young woman climbed the mountain with carbuncled feet; denim jumper, knees dirtied with muddied bits of grass and leaves. … Continue reading →