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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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Directions to My Muse – A Poem by Sarah Dickenson Snyder

Directions to My Muse Undo the four screws on the plastic back of the transistor radio. Lift off the square with care. Let the tiny people blossom in the cup of your palm. Hold the music, its weight— write what... Continue Reading →

Drawing Project – A Poem by Cathryn Shea

Drawing Project If you could be a silhouette, a fickle stranger, a lonely outline of yourself. A conversation the pencil has with the thin lines of your shape. You’ve been taught to bless your body as the soul’s vessel, recite... Continue Reading →

Ruminating – A Poem by David Hanlon

Ruminating I take a hammer to it: my lifestyle a giant rock into bite-sized pieces, for every choice there is a sacrifice. I throw them in my mouth in pairs, taste their flavours compete over my flattened tongue. I crunch;... Continue Reading →

A Silent Visit – A Poem by Gregory Schwartz

A Silent Visit Mantra; protector deities thine inner-mind turns intwined upon an intuitive resolve. Ancient tranquility unfolds a definitive aspect of inner light. Cerulean heart ship sails in silent simplicity On a sentient river where future action transcends the never... Continue Reading →

Maintenance – A Poem by Sarah Russell

Maintenance Loose roof shingles — a couple on the ground after last night's wind when the trees creaked and rubbed themselves like old men. Can't put off the mending. I loved once, before I knew how love works, how roofs... Continue Reading →

Ken Quit Rock n’ Roll – A Poem by Damian Rucci

Ken Quit Rock n' Roll to take care of a baby and a woman who was tired of his shit the kid’s grown now off to college and Ken hasn’t picked up a guitar since but sometimes in between cans... Continue Reading →

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