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Wild Flowers Cut For Two

Joni Caggiano·September 22, 2023

Wild Flowers Cut For Two written by: Joni Caggiano @theinnerchild1 flowers lift every blossom high toward sunday’s...

English Poetry

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The Neighborhood

Jamie Johnson·May 30, 2023

The Neighborhood written by: Jamie Johnson I collect some ephemera and push through the tacky screen door...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Tanka After the Ottoman Poetic Tradition

Matthew Guertin·April 14, 2023

Tanka After the Ottoman Poetic Tradition written by: Matthew Guertin @GhostOwlMTG Like a swordsman’s blade, the beauty...

English Poetry

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Stumped

Quenntis Ashby·February 17, 2023

Stumped written by: Quenntis Ashby @Quenntis The Yes of a tree Cut down to a crying eye...

English Poetry

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Born in southern California, P.A. O'Neil experienced what might be considered culture shock when her family moved to a small town in Washington State. The year was 1970, and the community at the time was not culturally diverse. Proud of her Mexican and Irish heritage, or "Smoked Irish" according to her father, she learned what it meant to be simultaneously in the minority and the majority. P.A. O'Neil's stories have been featured in over sixty anthologies, journals, and magazines. She and her husband reside in Western Washington. Her books, Witness Testimony and Other Tales, as well as Sherlock Holmes's Two Sides of the Same Coin, and In For A Penny, are available on Amazon.

Dusty by Darryl B

I guess there’s a million reasons why I’m sitting on the porch of this cabin with a bottle in my lap. I took enough friggin pain pills to kill a horse, and things are beginning to get hazy around the edges.

I better get this out while I still can....
I was 16 when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, that was right after Kennedy got shot, and the whole damn country was crying. I remember I was down the street at Kenny Statler’s house because we were trying to start a band, and we wanted to be like them, plus I liked his sister Dusty, that was her nickname, she was 15. Their parents weren’t home, and we knew they kept their booze behind the records in the Hi-Fi, how stupid did they think we were? ...

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Interview Q&A With P.A. O’Neil

Top of the Shop

Cathedral

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Interview Q&A With P.A. O’Neil

Spotlight On Writers – Beth Warren

Spotlight On Writers – Simon Drake

Spotlight On Writers – Beth Warren

The Clock

Fall

Exhumation

Finding Cinderella

A Blooming Grave in My Balcony

Cut The Tree

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Wild Flowers Cut For Two

The Neighborhood

Tanka After the Ottoman Poetic Tradition

Stumped

Spotlight On Writers – Beth Warren

Whispers from the Pie Tin

Cathedral

Top of the Shop

Seasons

The Mariposa Witches

Interview Q&A With P.A. O’Neil

Lunar Reminiscence

Until The End

Finding Cherry

Early Morning Cowboys

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