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Poetry Breakfast

Serving a little poetic nourishment Monday thru Friday and featuring a Short Play Saturday Matinee to read.

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Our Relaunch Is Nearing – A Sneak Peek at the 1st Week’s Poets

As we edge closer and closer to our relaunch on April 24th, 2023, we like to introduce (and reintroduce) you to the five poets whose poems will be appearing in the first week. We're welcoming back four poets whose poems... Continue Reading →

The Final End – and New Beginning – of Poetry Breakfast

Update: April 6th, 2023:

There just doesn't seem a to be a "final end" to Poetry Breakfast.
Submissions reopen April 8th, 2023.

Publication of new poems (and short plays scripts)begins April 24th, 2023.

I know it comes as a shock.  But Poetry Breakfast has come to its final end.

There comes a time for all things to pass.  I’ve taken breaks and put the journal on hiatus before.  But I know now, it is time for me to permanently move on.

Poetry Book Review: “I lost summer somewhere” by Sarah Russell

Poetry Book Review: "I lost summer somewhere" by Sarah Russell #booklovers #poetry #poetrycommunity #amreading #bookshelf

The Gathering, or Years that Fall Apart – A Poem by Ann E. Wallace

The Gathering, or Years that Fall Apart - by Ann E. Wallace

I think they come

in waves of seven,

the high tides rolling

with luck and comfort,

so slowly and staying long

enough to tease permanence

but in time,

Family Tongue – A Poem by Rahat Tasneem

Family Tongue - A Poem by Rahat Tasneem "My father has many tongues,
but little feelings to go with them"
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Persephone – A Poem by Dawid Juraszek

Persephone - A Poem by Dawid Juraszek "Has she been trapped
too deep
in darkness by desire
away from the sky she grew up with"
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