by Colleen S. Harris
Brightly flowering plants
in easy reach are the most tempting—
the candied pinks and purples
of azaleas, alfalfa, lilac.
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Category Archives: Poetry
The Leafcutter (Megachile rotundata)
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Morning
by Jill Michelle
n. The end of night and dawn of dejection.
—Ambrose Bierce
This poem is not about a funeral
not about cold crescent rolls Continue reading
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Cabin Pressure
by Daniel Romo
My wife says,
No one likes to sit in emergency rows because
that’s too much responsibility,
as if the thought of a disaster is enough
My wife says,
No one likes to sit in emergency rows because
that’s too much responsibility,
as if the thought of a disaster is enough
xx for a guaranteed
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My Brother’s Pituitary Macroadenoma Speaks
by Donald Pasmore
I don’t want to hurt you but I have needs—I will take
your eye at the optic nerve and your adulthood has been Continue reading
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Mundanity of Evil
by Kathryn Jordan
It was a holocaust play based on photos.
We saw the photos on the huge backdrop.
Bureaucrats, lawyers, doctors, secretaries. Continue reading
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