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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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Hourglass – A Poem by Hope Clayton

Hourglass A poem by Hope Clayton Hourglass We have always tried to capture  time water clock dripping  liquid into a vessel sundial casting  shadow onto stone hourglass spilling  sand through a narrow  neck Now Beverley unbinds  the hands  of time turns hourglass on... Continue Reading →

Three Friends and Three Gifts on an August Evening – A Poem by Nancy L. Hausauer

Three Friends and Three Gifts on an August Evening A poem by Nancy L. Hausauer Three Friends and Three Gifts on an August Evening One gave me eggs-- green and tan and brown, form perfect enough to live for, but:... Continue Reading →

Waxing Moon – A Poem by Bonita Lini Markowski

Waxing Moon A poem by Bonita Lini Markowski Waxing Moon I try to hold the moon in my hands like Nonni held her rosary; try to pass hard moon rocks through my fingers like holy beads. But three years after... Continue Reading →

Light – A Poem by Shaun R. Pankoski

Light A poem by Shaun R. Pankoski Light When I think of myself as strong, I think of hauling huge rocks in a wheelbarrow, or jugs of water in big blue containers. I think of being the smallest recruit on... Continue Reading →

Pelicans on the Bow – A Poem by Josephine LoRe

Pelicans on the Bow A poem by Josephine LoRe Pelicans on the Bow two pelicans flew down the wide boulevard of the river, circled and returned to the raised bar of sand & pebbles & chased gulls away two pelicans... Continue Reading →

On the Perch – A Poem by Tina Hacker

On the Perch A poem by Tina Hacker On the Perch I know how it feels to belong to a small tribe. You are different; you can be isolated, small bird always competing. I know how it aches to be... Continue Reading →

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