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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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Ghosts Of Winter – A Poem by Peter Devonald

Ghosts Of Winter A poem by Peter Devonald Ghosts Of Winter Did you think if we just gave them a proper pep talk the leaves wouldn't fall? Encourage, nurture and persuade, there is a better way than this, there has to... Continue Reading →

Celebration – A Poem by Anuradha Vijayakrishnan

Celebration A poem by Anuradha Vijayakrishnan Celebration There is a murmur in the lantana bushes Bees rise in golden clouds from clumps of sturdy basil A silver gecko scampers across the gate Every drop of light gifted to this land... Continue Reading →

Recollections – A Poem by Gary Grossman

RecollectionsA poem by  Gary Grossman Recollections Home on a second grade afternoon, I sit at the small red formica table in Gramma’s kitchen, doing homework—inhaling thyme and lemon from bubbling soup stock. She said “I don’t have recipes”, “it’s shitteryne*,... Continue Reading →

This Long Night – A Poem by Lisa Shulman

This Long Night A poem by Lisa Shulman This Long Night The bad do not win—not finally. -Alberto Ríos You awaken in darkness damp chill shivers your bones makes you curl tighter beneath the threadbare blanket you believed could keep... Continue Reading →

small hours – A Poem by David Colodney

small hours A poem by David Colodney small hours at midnight two middle-aged lovers stare into Biscayne Bay aware nothing lasts. not the sheet of stars above them, shimmering in the heat. not time. not even the bay itself, that... Continue Reading →

Modeling – A Poem by Jill Michelle

Modeling A poem by Jill Michelle Modeling I’ve slipped away to the office again to read, to write, to avoid the preschool blight of Barbies, tea parties, Muppet sing-alongs on ceaseless stream. So this is where you are, the three-foot huntress squawks, adding You’re... Continue Reading →

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