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Poet of the Day – Joanne Kennedy Frazer
Read more: Poet of the Day – Joanne Kennedy FrazerNational Poetry Month April 21, 2020 Joanne Kennedy Frazer SANCTUARY The journeys are broadcast over and over into homes of the comfortable who feel summoned to witness families fleeing to illusory refuge. Trust in the crossing is framed in faces of the very young. Tiny mouths seek mothers’ milk, innocence drowns.…
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Poet of the Day – Ann Howells
Read more: Poet of the Day – Ann HowellsNational Poetry Month April 20, 2020 Ann Howells Bigotry falls, a gentle snow upon young shoulders, persistent wind chime tinkling the ear. It turns off lamps, turns up heat, so subtle it goes unnoticed. It falls like crumbs from Mama’s apron, spills in ashes from Dad’s pipe. Like asbestos in the ceiling, lead in…
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Poet of the Day – Lois Roma-Deeley
Read more: Poet of the Day – Lois Roma-DeeleyNational Poetry Month April 19, 2020 Lois Roma-Deeley Anxiety and Television News My lungs hurt. I’m not breathing. So, here I sit, alone on a narrow bed, making hand puppets appear and disappear between the lamplight and the wall. Stretching both hands wide open, I cross both palms, one over the other, waving each…
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