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    Chinese Mountain Man IV: The Mountain Wood
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man IV: The Mountain Wood

    A sage and pupil made their way Into a deep and darkened wood. They searched and wandered places Where for years no traveler would. The u...
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    Dawn  Herald
    By Adam Sedia
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dawn Herald

    Night broods heavy, dark, and still – Its darkest, stillest hour, When the damp, dead airs chill And the starlight glows dour. I roam the...
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    Dragon Wings & Other Poetry
    By Bruce Meyer
    • Mar 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dragon Wings & Other Poetry

    As close as I could get to the water, I took off my leather sandals to let my toes dangle in the reeds. I lay back with my head on a drea...
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    In the Whispering Night
    By Michael R. Burch
    • Mar 9, 2020
    • 1 min

    In the Whispering Night

    For George King In the whispering night, when the stars bend low till the hills ignite to a shining flame, when a shower of meteors strea...
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    Supernova
    By Daniel Leach
    • Mar 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Supernova

    The beautiful old soul, like a dying star, Burns brighter as it nears its seeming end, And fills with glorious light, the regions far Bey...
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    Chinese Mountain Man: The Phoenix
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Feb 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Chinese Mountain Man: The Phoenix

    It was upon a quiet night As graying clouds raced past the moon, A sage and pupil made their way Into a deep and darkened wood. Among th...
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    The Fountains of Vaucluse
    By Troy Camplin
    • Feb 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    The Fountains of Vaucluse

    The villa of Petrarch sits on a hill Above the rapids tumbling through the rocks. It's ruins now--the broken stones are clocks That tick ...
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    Apiary
    By Bruce Meyer
    • Jan 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    Apiary

    The lavender fields are dotted with white boxes squat as houses. In his mesh veil, smoker handy, hands gloved, he slowly removes the upri...
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    'Cicadas' & 'In Mad River'
    By T.M. Moore
    • Jan 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    'Cicadas' & 'In Mad River'

    Cicada There is, I know, some benefit in this, this cycle of emerging, breeding, dying- so brief a time for knowing any bliss, or making ...
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    NORTHER
    By Daniel Leach
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    NORTHER

    The first true norther came today, With raging gusts of wind and rain, And blew the Summer heat away, And with it all of passion’s pain. ...
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    On Truth
    By Anish Poddar
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    On Truth

    Truth has no need for empty praise By those attired in scholar’s garb, So keenly with the microscopes And scalpels of their intellects Di...
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    Perspective and Pin Oak
    By Paul Gallagher
    • Dec 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Perspective and Pin Oak

    A pin oak grips its leaves, long turned to brown And hanging against the frosts and deepening chill, Into December still it holds them on...
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    Life is Sweet
    By Gleb Zavlonov
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Life is Sweet

    If you see an ant go marching In his regimented pack, Brittle, beady body arching With that leaf upon his back, Let him be, don’t dare be...
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    Waves
    By Adam Sedia
    • May 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Waves

    Turquoise waves on shell-white sand Rush forth – crashing, crashing, crashing – Dying gladly as they land, Surging, breaking, foaming, sp...
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    Volare … Cantare
    By Paul Gallagher
    • May 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Volare … Cantare

    Above in the trees, the birds are calling and replying, Their lively laughter moving the gentle evening air, The wrens gaily singing, the...
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    A Ghazal: My Heart Is an Extremity
    By Siham Karami
    • Apr 15, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Ghazal: My Heart Is an Extremity

    Who crowned the heads of conquerors with leaves? You slam the door. I’m rolling up my sleeves. We read each other’s eyes and almost drown...
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    AWAKENING
    By Daniel Leach
    • Apr 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    AWAKENING

    I awoke one day from a dreamlike sleep, Not knowing where I was, it seemed, And lay still as if cast from an ocean deep Of obscure and da...
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    Chinese Mountain Man III: The Climb
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man III: The Climb

    Who goes there, wandering About the mists and the rains? Among the alpine crests And mountains’ crystal streams? A Chinese mountain man T...
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    Chinese Mountain Man II: The Storm
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man II: The Storm

    Among the starry schemes and bright Plateaus of foggy mountain peaks, A master and his pupil made Their way towards the dragon’s grot. ...
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    Chinese Mountain Man I: Dragon Mountain
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Mar 4, 2019
    • 1 min

    Chinese Mountain Man I: Dragon Mountain

    A master and his pupil stood Before the foot of Dragon Mount. They readied themselves for the trek Across its dark and snowy grots. Tilti...
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