A Falling Day
by Evan C., Louisville, KY
I walk across and to the bed,
Where light does dance upon her head,
And step around the hardwood’s mess,
To lay my body down to rest ...
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A Word
by Kelly O., Los Altos, CA
Each one a crystal jar
crouching on a dusty wooden shelf.
Waiting for the writer to pick it up,
contemplate it -
a glowing ball of fire, ...
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Breath
by Alice L., Westfield, NJ
Breath
I offended Father Time today
Nothing finished
My clock took vengeance against me
Excruciatingly slow ...
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Cat Dissection
by Hann-Shuin Y., San Jose, CA
sometimes as the scalpel bites down
i apologize to you. a half-starved
football, malnourished from birth
did you ever know what it is not to
fight at every moment? ...
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Failing Words
by Allison B., Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Her inability to handle words has reached epic proportions
they are unwieldy and oddly shaped and they do not stack right,
spilling out of her arms as she carries them,
her mouth and her fingertips faster than her brain would like ...
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Gate C
by McClain J., Kansas City, MO
They all rush in
Bound by a common need
All stuck together
Between the departure lounge and the sky beyond
Past a crush of school children and a rushing businessman ...
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Halfway Answers to Halfway Questions
by Yuli Z., Libertyville, IL
In the quiets of closeted thought
What are we doing here?
Halves and halves and never a nothing,
But only halfway to a whole ...
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Masks
by Ellie M., St. Joseph, MN
Over the salad bowl he asks me,
“How have you been?”
I am too used to the lies
to start unraveling the truth
“Fine.” ...
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Mom
by Ashley S., Herndon, VA
She would brush through my blond strands,
Gently tugging at the knots.
Tying in a ribbon with her hands
A bow with pink stripes or polka dots.
We were her two porcelain dolls ...
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Mother
by Cathy S., Danville, VA
Her deep earth eyes
whisper hues of maple bark and leaf,
while wrinkles of smile grace her face,
and make it soft and loving ...
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Obscured Beauty
by Callie F., Hoover, AL
A cemetery
Copious with granite towers
Each having been engraved
With a simple summary of a complex life
The afternoon clings onto them ...
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Slowly Drifting
by Claire S., Clarkston, MI
I sit silently.
Unmoving.
Closing my eyes.
My sister snores, as a famous Jewel song
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Snapshot of Innocence
by Hilary G., Hopkinton, MA
I stare into the lens of the old Canon,
my arm draped across his shoulder,
trying to keep him in place.
But he continues to contort his face:
Tongue out, eyes crossed, head cocked to one side. ...
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Spring Storm in a child’s eyes
by Jennifer M., Salina, KS
in a child’s eyes
The rain of a million worlds
Wets our tongues
As we stare into the sky
Blinded by lightning ...
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The Ravens
by Mary W., Briarcliff Manor, NY
We clung to the edge
Of a crumbling world
Hundreds of wings beat
When the ravens took flight
Soaring into the dawn ...
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Yard Sale
by Colleen S., Belmont, MA
Grandma
piled away
with the good old days, our baby pictures
a broken tea set, Sam’s football trophy
Waiting silently in a cardboard box ...
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