Running Together!

Ger WhiteApril 21, 2020

Running Together! written by: Ger White   She raced her dog across the bogs Past mountainous tufts and muddy gaps They’d been running so good and for ...

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Filling Station

SpillwordsMarch 29, 2020

Filling Station a poem by: Elizabeth Bishop   Oh, but it is dirty! --this little filling station, oil-soaked, oil-permeated to a disturbing, over-all...

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Block Party USA

John GrochalskiMarch 14, 2020

Block Party USA written by: John Grochalski   overheard the sky is gray as the deluge comes like the television weather forecaster in the mini s...

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Losing You

Alan BrittJanuary 10, 2020

Losing You written by: Alan Britt   For Daphne Rose   This charley horse in my throat, you put it there. I cannot change the future; I cannot ...

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The Party

Barbara AvonJanuary 3, 2020

The Party written by: Barbara Avon @barb_avon   Raucous rock tunes drifted down to their apartment. The party was at its peak at the midnight hour. F...

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The Dog She Was

ArikuiNovember 12, 2019

The Dog She Was written by: Arikui   She’s not the dog she was ten years ago, When she would run for country miles. Stiles and fences flew beneath he...

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Puppy Whimpers

James Dennis Casey IVOctober 31, 2019

Puppy Whimpers written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames   Little Billy's mother always told him to never go down into the basement. He alw...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry1 min read

Dog’s Take on Halloween

N. K. HasenOctober 23, 2019

Dog's Take on Halloween written by: N. K. Hasen @poetrybyhasen   What’s up with weird costumes you wear once a year Some are scary and look too funn...

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The Milker

Phyllis SouzaOctober 8, 2019

The Milker written by: Phyllis Souza   The year was 1936. Frank stood on the wide-sweeping porch of an old wooden ranch house. He rapped on the doo...

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GAUGES

G.R. MelvinSeptember 12, 2019

GAUGES written by: G.R. MELVIN   “Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.” - Hippocrates “In th...

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Song for After Rain

Judith A. JonesAugust 31, 2019

Song for After Rain written by: Judith A. Jones   I would walk with my friend Laredo down the trails the deer have run. I at my slow pace, he leapin...

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Tanuki

Stephanie MusarraAugust 22, 2019

Tanuki written by: Stephanie Musarra @dungeonwriter39   “It’s a boy!” the nurse said, as she placed the baby in its mother’s arms. Richard’s eyes...

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Dog’s Best Friend

Noelle PowersAugust 3, 2019

Dog's Best Friend written by: Noelle Powers   It’s strange to think I would never have lived if I hadn’t taken that left turn … The path to redemption ...

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6 summer haiku

Paweł MarkiewiczJuly 24, 2019

6 Summer Haiku From Tiszaujvaros Hungary 2019 written by: Paweł Markiewicz   I seven hundred miles from home but a dreamy stork our rumination II ...

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