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25 Aug Two Poems by Megan Fernandes

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

But we never tire of them, do we?
We wish to worship more than just each other.
yesterday’s.

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18 Aug ORDINARY TROUBLE by Diana Cao

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

By the third stanza it’s easy to forget
why I started this poem. So I abandon it.
Today’s news sequence looks like
yesterday’s.

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11 Aug Work by Alyssa Perry

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

drones are dead by win-
ter. workers
never
finish.

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04 Aug your minutes in Augusts by Katie Naughton

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

how big my god the lonely world
holds us in hollows of its
blue dying eyes my grandfather
came back downstairs to talk

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28 Jul Silo City Reading Series featuring Michael McGriff, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Sun June, Ariel Aberg-Riger

Posted at 11:15h in Literary Events, Silo City Reading Series

On July 27, 2024 the Silo City Reading Series returned with readings from poets Michael McGriff and Cindy Juyoung Ok, a dreamy musical performance by Sun June, and a number of installations and projections by artist and visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger. It was an unforgettable night full of poetry, music, and art.

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28 Jul AFTER LOCKDOWN by Trudy Stern

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

We started hearing trains again—
wheels on iron.
Dreams of going far
rocking in this body.

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21 Jul An Offering by Michael McGriff

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

If I were the type to look for a sign,
I might turn to the wet Coleman sleeping bag
in the bed of my truck, which is now
a motor lodge for worms and centipedes,

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14 Jul Orientation by Cindy Juyoung Ok

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

The stars are less bright
than the pictures, I report
to a friend who, after nine

years in prison, is still

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07 Jul Prescience of Love Through Horror by Peter Siedlecki

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

Only when the lifeless bodies of children
Float to shore
Do we see what
Love might have done for them.

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30 Jun Dead Nerves by Brigid Hannon

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

I quit smoking but this poetess
needs her hit, her puff, her drag.

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