Scorn by Douglas Richardson for protection I kept a rusty nail in a beat-up Betty Boop tote bag and twirled my frizzy hair; barnacles under the boardwalk made me cry my goal early in life was to spot the farthest... Continue Reading →
Before by Matt Randall I still remember that summer the hot June days eating blackberries on your mother’s back porch paying no attention to the clouds slowly gathering like old women at a garage sale in that world our days... Continue Reading →
Disco Nostalgia by Catherine Giordano The soundtrack of my youth. The music summons waves of nostalgia. The Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, died Thursday, Disco— slick, polished, relentless, visceral, all about music’s primal element, the beat. Donna Summer had the... Continue Reading →
On a Day Like Today by Anne Britting Oleson The honey glaze of a doughnut glues my fingers to one another, to the paper, to this moment. I try, inexplicably, to extricate myself from this mess of my own making, wiping... Continue Reading →
Since there were no poems submitted that seemed to fit for the 4th of July...this seemed like a great alternative... POET BILLY LAMONT ON NEWS 12 WITH LEAH TYRRELL ON 4TH OF JULY, 1994
Spoken Word Poetry Lacey Roop - Gender Is A Universe - Eugene Poetry Slam April 2011 http://www.Poetree.net Lacey was one of the features of the Eugene Poetry Slam in April 2011 and this was her first piece. Lacey Roop is... Continue Reading →
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