ds139 Writers Block by Sharon Drummond

On writer’s block

I’m not a writer, at least not in the real sense of the word. Maybe in the way that people who call themselves writers to…

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Lincoln by Leo Reynolds

Remembering Lincoln

In November of 1963, a woman turned to my father in line at the bank and said – referring to President Kennedy’s recent assassination –…

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Crofter couple by ~Länsmuseet Gävleborg

Unanswered

How strange it was to see her there After so much suffering. Her dying marriage A bleeding and untreated smear, Disguising a love neither would…

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Blimp

Blimp

Blimp is coming. The Human Blimp.

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The Wings of the Bat

The Wings of the Bat

“Fourteen quid mate, you won’t get better.” A gruff, squat Cockney barks his offer; Ollie flatly refuses. Malevolence stirs in the stiff air of the grimy taxi firm office.

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Amber Rays, Free Verse and Picnic.

Amber Rays, Free Verse and Picnic.

The only verse I know is the rhythmic movement of your chest…

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A Lucky Man

A Lucky Man

One morning, while visiting my mother in Florida, I found myself in Publix-the kind of supermarket we used to fantasize about back home-waiting on line for a lottery ticket.

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Daddies and Doodies -  Part Two (Sleep!)

Daddies and Doodies – Part Two (Sleep!)

Daddies and Doodies – part 2 (sleep!)

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The Definition, Frost, Locket and A Gentleman's Genocide

The Definition, Frost, Locket and A Gentleman’s Genocide

He kept screaming define me.

I kicked him in the head.

Now he is defined.

Defined as dead.

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