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poetry-magazineQ&ABy Angela JacksonThis question has a sting insideLike a wasp’s:Who is beautifulAnd who is not?The Conquerors leave their…LivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationJoy & ContentmentOptimism
poetry-magazineCourt-Ordered Group Therapy: Week 36By Charlie Peck Marcus got sentenced to a weekend, told us his positive test was off the charts. It was a baby hit… Related Audio Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentLivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineWhatever You NeedBy Tina CaneWhat cannot be said will be weptwhat cannot be wept will be bledwhat cannot be bled will be buriedwhat… Related Audio Social CommentariesPopular CultureThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineKingdomBy Andy Chen On my sixth day of Covid I venture with tea, a notebook, and the last of the peaches out back to our… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsHome LifeActivitiesGardeningOptimism + 2 more
poetry-magazine“The marriage behaves, the business behaves, so what?”By Leslie Sainz The marriage behaves, the business behaves, so what? Fights like eggs boiling, runny esther, barely… Related Audio ReligionThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazinetelling my lover not to evacuate the fire i am fightingBy Ibe Liebenberg a burn scar a whole lot of river there is a freeway of wind blowing the other direction my god … Related Audio LoveThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineTherapist Asks Me to Describe GriefBy Sunnylyn ThibodeauxStorm comes like Gorgon slitherGorgon wingspanSound is someplace elselike head under water someplace… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair
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poetry-magazineProofBy Cornelius EadyYou have to imagine it:Who said you were too dark/tooLarge? Too queer/too loud?Who said you were too…Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeHistory & PoliticsOptimism
poetry-magazineI am not trying to be a man how [“birdsong isn’t trying to be”]By Aishvarya Arora birdsong isn’t trying to be an orchestra a murmuration isn’t trying to be a spray of fighter jets… Related Audio LivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityJoy & ContentmentOptimism
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poetry-magazineApologeticBy Robert Wood LynnI loved all the things so much I triedto stick them one to another. I spitmy gum between the cushions…NatureLivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityDisappointment
poetry-magazineThrilling ConclusionBy Robert Wood Lynn And when the end came it came silent but clear like bird prints on snow and no one was surprised to…LoveHeartache & LossLivingSorrow & GrievingAngerGrief
poetry-magazineThe OrchardBy Larry LevisI had already decided that a thing could not be seen For the thing it was, when I looked up & waved …NatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair
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poetry-magazineDeath RattleBy Frank X WalkerNobody slept. We just lay there stretched outon the floor like we did when we were kids,all lined up… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe BodyGrief
poetry-magazineRoutinesBy Sunnylyn Thibodeaux The morning air holds the rumble of cleaners Ravens strut through shadows collecting spilled debris… Related Audio LoveThe MindDoubt & ContemplationOptimism