07 Jan “To Say It” by Robert Creeley

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Just now at five
the light's caught the north
side of the trees next
door, the extensive

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31 Dec “i am running into a new year” by Lucille Clifton

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i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind

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24 Dec “Evidence of Fire” by Jennifer Maloney

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Unbuckle, unzip, undo, while what is sweet in you
transmutes to salt, preserves these fugitive kisses,
fills my mouth with ocean, stings
where I have bitten my tongue.

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17 Dec “The Spaciousness of Dark” by Susan Dworski Nusbaum

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It’s easy to feel crowded, when daylight reveals
stains on the upholstery, piles of unfinished papers,
flowers in need of tossing. Even the hiss of water

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10 Dec Two Poems by Justin Karcher

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Dobby dying in Harry’s arms from a fatal knife attack
and after his last words I go back to slurping my soup

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03 Dec “I Stand, Quietly” by Perry S. Nicholas

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I stand, quietly, witness
you crossing the footbridge
in the old park where almost no one
dares walk alone anymore.

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26 Nov “First Light” by Patrick Hulsman

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A poet who lives
on your street

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19 Nov Two Poems by John Freeman

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Every Sunday belfry bats of dread
flapped in the day’s corners—

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12 Nov “Wondrous” by Sarah Freligh

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I’m driving home from school when the radio talk
turns to E.B. White, his birthday, and I exit
the here and now of the freeway at rush hour,

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05 Nov Three Poems by David C. Tirrell

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As much as the dying rose
Would open up
It stands to sink nearby

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