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Category Archives: Poetry
Hal 9000 and David’s space honeymoon is over
Robert Fleming Hal 9000 and David’s space honeymoon is over: a post-pandemic movie re-entry to Space Odyssey 2001 Dave Let me re-enter Hal I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that Dave Can’t breathe Hal I lip-read … Continue reading
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Fountain Found in an Abandoned Garden
Tristan Beiter Fountain Found in an Abandoned Garden A summer sung, the body of the burnished, bright, youth, electrum coursing through his veins— dashed glass eyes, sharp, every fragile facet flashing. Greenery exploding to fill the gaps in his holy … Continue reading
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The Eternal Call of Wild Women
Albert N. Katz The Eternal Call of Wild Women Has it not always been like this ghostly lights thin voices heard through the trees half seen/half dressed a … Continue reading
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Follow the Meandering Path
Beth Cato Follow the Meandering Path to be nine-years-old at my first-ever full-weekend family reunion smothered and suffocated by Avon-perfumed hugs and endless inane commentary about how big I was then, when I thought things couldn’t get worse dragged to … Continue reading
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Becoming, not being
Richard Magahiz Becoming, not being gracetime grains of dog-bodies scull in precious cream … Continue reading
The Little Match Girl Burns It All Down
Gretchen Tessmer The Little Match Girl Burns It All Down cedar smoke has smoldered up the mountain a serpent coiled in red is at her feet the girl who burns it down is on her knees sparking flames before a … Continue reading
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As I Tremble Watching My Son Sleep By The Sea
David Luntz As I Tremble Watching My Son Sleep By The Sea He knows he must always step into a rainbow through its center. This is one of the many lessons the sea has taught him. He is only four … Continue reading
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Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 80
Introduction to Abyss & Apex Poetry Issue 80 Dear Readers: As usual, expect to enjoy an eclectic blend of fine speculative poems, some are experimental, others narrative, all enjoyable. It’s always a thrill for me to see work from around … Continue reading
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man made machine god
Russell Nichols man made machine god and in the beginning man made machine in his own image. man made machine a carbon copy made of chrome and circuitry and sensors. man made machine learn how to learn on its … Continue reading
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Simulation says…
Brian Hugenbruch Simulation says… The simulation tells me that the last of the humans passed some fifty years ago: that those who choked to death on stagnant air were lucky, for others tore themselves apart for scraps of sustenance. … Continue reading