Category Archives: Poetry

Book of Regrets

by Dorian Kotsiopoulos

If you trip over it on the way back to bed from the bathroom,
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Homecoming

by August Straumanis

This morning I was woken up by a marching band. The parade was in town—horns crashed through the treetops, majorettes passed out smiles like electrocutions to the crowd. A biker gang rode by with a caged tiger in tow, a small mirror lodged in its jaw. Continue reading

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In Praise of Grocery Shoppers

by Daniel Donaghy

Winding through the aisles
with my oversized cart,

I smile at everyone:
the pink-haired stock clerk

bobbing to a song streaming
through her AirPods; Continue reading

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NW Park Ave

by Lisa Bren 

In cities with paved roads
and sidewalks, the trees
can’t get up and stretch
their legs, they’re caged,

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Salem

by John Attanas 

In the dining room
of the Holiday Inn,
Salem, Massachusetts,
Dad has just ordered
a third vodka martini.
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