Poems
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“MYINTERLUDE”
By Pola FanousI slip you between life pages
& you sit a graceful (swan)
your utility replaceable, it is not gold
your soul the lions of Daniel -
Forever, Flag
By Claire G Coleman~ For Harold Thomas—Designer of the Aboriginal Flag
Forever in my blood, etched bleeding into my flesh
I remember when you wept red; the pain -
To my tent
By Jacqui MalinsCitadel of my temerity, I have
carried you on my back, you have
sheltered me. Escape hatch from
urbanity. Portable hole, bird hide, -
Ode to a Wooden Spoon
By Arielle CottinghamAnd did you know – well, perhaps not – when
you were hewn by impersonal machine
from the rest of you, that your breaking
would bind kin from something closer -
You’re
By Stuart Barnesafter Sylvia Plath’s ‘You’re’
a cardinal wing tilting sideways for
a sodden-spined god on an airy desk.
Perturbed by Neptune, a centaur. -
Psychometric Researches
By Benjamin LairdDiscover this electronic poem below, or the full-screen version here.
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The Candle
By Eleanor JacksonWhen done with dune-backed beaches, tourists flock
to a Delaware museum that stocks candles,
allegedly perfumed with the aromatic yang of
the 47th United States Vice-President. -
A Streetcar Named Diaspora
By Zech SoakaiPoutasi silver,
red-and-rustic
melted plastic
and wheels with friction