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Childless

Childless

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


Childlessby Michael R. BurchHow can she bear her grief?Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weightof one fallen star.Laughter’s Cryby Michael ..
Honey Pie Crimes

Honey Pie Crimes

A Poem by Earl Schumacker


Baby and the spilt milk
Contingency

Contingency

A Poem by Robert Ronnow


The moon gazesthrough April’s silver maple.To work, to drive,to drive to work.Earth's half-in, half-outof the sun’s habitable zone.The rus..
Tulip

Tulip

A Story by Joseph Dominguez


It becomes clockwork; they hang around like tennis shoes over telephone cables— stagnantly waiting for a gust of wind that will never come.
Grandmother Songbird

Grandmother Songbird

A Poem by Laura Kate


The songbirds woke me this morningat dawn, they had something to sayI was drifting back down into dreamlandbut on they went, tapping away.They told me..
Outside the Box

Outside the Box

A Book by A.L.


Jake lives in a world where people are given how long they have to live at the age of fifteen. When he discovers that his Date is in exactly one week,..
Outside the Box - Chapter 1

Outside the Box - Chapter 1

A Chapter by A.L.


Outside the Box - Chapter 1
Outside the Box - Chapter 2

Outside the Box - Chapter 2

A Chapter by A.L.


Outside the Box - Chapter 2
Outside the Box - Chapter 3

Outside the Box - Chapter 3

A Chapter by A.L.


3 Beep. Beep. Beep. It’s steady, a rhythm that sounds almost like my own heartbeat until I realize it is my own heartbeat. My eyes fly open and ..
Outside the Box - Chapter 4

Outside the Box - Chapter 4

A Chapter by A.L.


4 White noise, silence. And then only the sound of my rapid breathing. My chest rises and falls. Up, down, up, down. Am I breathing? Dead people do no..
Outside the Box - Chapter 5

Outside the Box - Chapter 5

A Chapter by A.L.


5 A figure steps into the light, a gun in their hand. I can make out elfish features - narrowed green eyes and dark hair. Another figure follows, this..
Outside the Box - Chapter 6

Outside the Box - Chapter 6

A Chapter by A.L.


6 “Wake up,” Someone shakes me awake and I groan, smacking their hand away. “C’mon, Jake, I want to show you something.”..
Outside the Box - Chapter 7

Outside the Box - Chapter 7

A Chapter by A.L.


7 The room behind the curtain is dark, but there are little sparks of light. Each individual person in the room is holding a lit candle, the tiny flam..
Outside the Box - Chapter 8

Outside the Box - Chapter 8

A Chapter by A.L.


8 The next few days are a whole bunch of nothing. Unless, of course, you count the terrified stares, the nervous whispers, and the rumors about me and..
Outside the Box - Chapter 9

Outside the Box - Chapter 9

A Chapter by A.L.


9 Three days later, I finally have a group of people who trust me. Miguel will sit near me now - which is an improvement. But he’s still a littl..
Suicide Bomb

Suicide Bomb

A Poem by Austin Wade Runyon


Every suicide is a bomb.
Rest In Peace, Mom - Part V

Rest In Peace, Mom - Part V

A Poem by Randy Johnson


DEDICATED TO AGNES M. JOHNSON (1948-2013) WHO PASSED AWAY 8 YEARS AGO TODAY ON MARCH 6, 2013
Jerry Stiller

Jerry Stiller

A Poem by Randy Johnson


DEDICATED TO JERRY STILLER (1927-2020) WHO DIED ON MAY 11, 2020.
More iffy coronavirus haiku ...

More iffy coronavirus haiku ...

A Poem by Michael R. Burch


yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1by michael r. burchplagued by the Plaguei plague the goldfishwith my verseyet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2by..