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Poetry Breakfast

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

Like Alice – A Poem by Lynn White

Like Alice I’m too big. I’m too small. I can’t I fit in, fit into this, rabbit hole world, any more than I did the other, the above ground world. Both can’t be wrong, can they? It must be me... Continue Reading →

Facebook Findings – A Poem by Ed Ahern

Facebook Findings Press and like the number five. Jane the virgin on Twitter This spoon takes away the effects of the shakes When you get fresh sheets and you just shaved your legs. This dude spent eight years growing a... Continue Reading →

guns, bats and books – A Poem by Brian Gilmore

guns, bats and books “Every person has a right to bear arms for the defense of himself and the state.” (Michigan Constitution) there is a bat in my house. everyone thinks this is normal. when i call places that eradicate... Continue Reading →

Man’s Most Important Labor – A Poem by Ryan Warren

Man's Most Important Labor "Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man." +++++++++++++++++++++ — Daniel Webster To which I thought "Yes, this is likely so." until I went for coffee watched... Continue Reading →

Long Dark Moon – A Poem by Aden Thomas

Long Dark Moon One day you feel the light from a sunken place. You’d missed it all the times before on your way across the surface. If you linger you can think its depths into existence. No one notices but... Continue Reading →

Clean Your Room (a conversation with Mental Illness) – A Poem by Lisa Zaran

Clean Your Room (a conversation with Mental Illness) My mother lifts the toy chest above her head and the bedroom absorbs it, scattered colors left and right, a teddy bear between my feet. Cupboards slam and doorknobs sink like divers... Continue Reading →

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