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Poet Pick – Roy N. Mason
Read more: Poet Pick – Roy N. MasonDon’t Make it Difficult I like sad songs—death, longing and love wrapped in bubblegumMost sing along blind—swaying hips, tapping toesunaware they’re in the throes Not long ago I was doing a random writing prompt search one afternoon and came across the following- Prompt: Playing with word meanings (https://nadjamaril.com/2024/10/14/creative-writing-playing-with-word-meanings/) The word I chose was bubblegum. I’ve…
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Poet Pick – Miriam Sagan
Read more: Poet Pick – Miriam SaganTranslation from Imaginary YiddishNight, say somethingI’m awake as well in my house in my usual bed with my usual bad right leg.At four o’clock in the morning my heart beats in its usual fashion if only it were a door knobto open everything.Salt on the sidewalk in winter salt on the garden slugs in spring…
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Poet Pick- Michelle McMillan-Holifield
Read more: Poet Pick- Michelle McMillan-HolifieldA Million Tender Somethings After “For My People” by Margaret Walker AlexanderFor those whose blurting out to heaven never ceases, the self-critics who blame themselves for every failure, for this biggest failure;For the prodded and piped and pained who remain with-echo;For those who bought themselves a coffee after the OBGYN, after the fertility specialist, after…
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Poet Pick – Marissa Glover
Read more: Poet Pick – Marissa GloverThis poem was previously published by South Florida Poetry Journal. It was also included in my debut poetry collection, Let Go of the Hands You Hold (Mercer University Press), as a QR Code so readers could put down the page and listen to me perform the poem from the stage. Inspired by Gabriela Garcia Medina,…
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