"The stranger next to me," a poem by Rethabile Masilo
The stranger next to me He sat next to me on a bench in the dark park and said, ‘You must live.’ The wail of a saxophone told me again...
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"The Kephart Crow," a poem by Doug Hoekstra
The Kephart Crow Part One In my travels, I sometimes seek out markers Paying tribute to those who have made my path lighter Better trod,...
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Footprint on the Blue Ridge Parkway by Gene Kimmet
They came from hungry cities, failed farms Towns with empty shops, under the banner C.C.C. to lay these walls of stone That stretch in...
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"After lunch on Sundays," a poem by Rethabile Masilo
After lunch on Sundays Later in life when my father was sick and coughing blood, we tied a hammock outside between two willows, heaved...
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"Letter to Miss McClurg," a poem by Gene Kimmet
Letter to Miss McClurg I am sorry about being tardy With this thank you for excusing me From the last study hall each day So I could work...
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"My mother says she sees him," a poem by Rethabile Masilo
My mother says she sees him She said, I see him outside in that area beyond the house. It must have been the yellow in her eyes. She has...
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"Eastern Bluebird and a Group of Bleeding Hearts Sheltering a Chrysalis" by Virginia Smith Rice
Eastern Bluebird and a Group of Bleeding Hearts Sheltering a Chrysalis When it was finally condemned, locked between crane jaws and torn...
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"Embracing the Rain," a poem by Harry Owen
Embracing the Rain Here in my 70th year, I’m seventeen once more, leaning on the back-door frame and watching summer rain. The same...
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"A Room of My Own," a poem by Tim Pfau
A Room of My Own Just three bedrooms, four boys and a daughter, I, next chosen for a room of my own, watched cinder block walls hem in a...
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"Checkout Time," a poem by Hal Rice
Checkout Time Self-checkout scares me I might forget to put a can In the bag I look confused and slow In the pet aisle They have a new...
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"Triptych," a poem by Joyce Ellen Davis
Triptych 1. TRIPLE EXPOSURE We come whirling down like lopsided angels, each of us a riddle on the family tree. All our Sunday faces are...
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"Making a film," a poem by Rethabile Masilo
Making a film The moment mother comes in with the rest of the children we huddle at the centre of the room and wait for another shooting,...
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"Combustion," a poem by Kobus Moolman
Combustion I burn easily, he said. Even in a flood. It’s always the eyes that go first. Then the hair on the back of my hands. And before...
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"In Search of Welcome" by Charles E. Rice
Poets, psychologists, novelists and such have written of the difficulty of "going back home." I have several times driven up old...
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"Layers," a poem by Sarah Hasty Williams
Layers Morning lies heavy on the mountains. A dark veil begins to lift, and I seek to lift my own layers of darkness, let light filter...
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"50 Words at a Time," a poem by Gleah Powers
50 Words at a Time Whenever you smoke I know trouble is coming. The creases in your baggy pant legs are full of ash. Your hair spikes and...
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"The Bee Keeper's Wife," a poem by Claire Loader
The Bee Keeper’s Wife The clock strikes five and he goes to be with her, to watch how she moves, feel how she fusses mere inches from his...
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Canopic Jar 35: An Anthology
Canopic Jar 35, an anthology in print, is now available. Copies can be purchased directly from Canopic (here) or through Amazon (here)....
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Grief, a poem by Gene Kimmet
Grief It was not the memory Of all those years he toiled In the fiery mills, feet numbed By the winter walks to work, Or that wall of...
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"Climber Frozen on a Look Rock Monolith," a poem by David Phillips
Climber Frozen on a Look Rock Monolith Halfway up the rock she stops. A buzzard glides past. She curses her winglessness, right boot...
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