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You may stand with your arms outstretched, as if a crucifix bathed in the glory and warmth of the Italian sun. Barefoot, you walk upon the cobblestones that lead toward the milky road as you…
Month: June 2018
Read Poetry: Into Hiding, by Brian Wake
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Hiding from me at bedtime, my daughter sneezes and giggles from inside the wardrobe. I wonder where she is, I act. Pretending not to see her four small fingers clutching the door but, fearing the…
Read Poetry: Fallen Angel, by Marysa Monkey
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The angel with the broken wings Doesn’t fly, they lie in slings The light from her halo extinguished Powers are slowly being relinquished She sympathizes for the vessel possessed She took away everything from…
Read Poetry: Love and Words, by Butch Dias
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Your love and your words, Encouraged my heart. You saw me broken, And falling apart. I was so broken, I was a broken man. But you told me I was special. And that God…
Read Poetry: New Old Friends, by Deborah J. Johnson
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Genre: Friendship “New Old Friends” 5 years ago last night my best friend had an aneurysm in her lung and passed away at 61. You just can’t go out and meet OLD Friends.This is…
Read Poetry: They Were Told, by Colin Ward
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They were told they’d troop with honour to defend our nation’s grace; how fortitude would be enough to save the human race. They were trained to fight with courage being free would fuel their fire,…
Read Poetry: (I have searched…), by Mariam Tsiklauri
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Translated from Georgian into English by Manana Matiashvili I have searched everything everywhere: The sun is here, the earth is here, the winds are blowing… All the words, All the ideas are present, All images,…
Read Poetry: The Forty Second parallel, by Robert Meskhi
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I’ll go into exile And I’ll say, That my homeland Looks like a rubber fish – looks like a toy – from where air has been pumped out With pistons, Then fins cut around…
Poetry Reading: 03:00, by Selah J’ne
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Performed by Elizabeth Rose Morriss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC5Vp02XwcE Get to know the poet: 1) What is the theme of your poem? The theme is pain through the night. 2) What motivated you to write this poem?…
Poetry Reading: Fell In Love With You, by Kathy Scott
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Performed by Elizabeth Rose Morriss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrLyTvwcULU Get to know the poet: 1) What is the theme of your poem? How I met the love of my life 2) What motivated you to write this…