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DeWayne Alston Poetry 

Bridge over an empty river

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 DeWayne Alston

“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.” – Sir Isaac

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Barron Parker Poetry 

Phoenix Flight Towards Emotion’s Zenith

August 9, 2012August 26, 2020 Barron Parker

Why does the moonlight look so beautiful in those pretty brown eyes And why the world seem to stop whenever

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Anthony C. Hayes Poetry 

Done With Bukowski

July 24, 2012March 17, 2023 Anthony C. Hayes

I’m done with Bukowski. Done with the stale cigar smoke and bar napkin sonnets. Done with the man ~ with

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DeWayne Alston Poetry 

I Need You Too (inspired by Jill Scott’s ‘The Fact Is (I Need You)’)

July 15, 2012July 15, 2012 DeWayne Alston

I know you are the queen Capable of doing all those things But there’s a certain strength that a man

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Elisabeth Green Poetry 

R.P.

June 27, 2012June 27, 2012 Elisabeth Green

diction and dictation rock to sleep a world with little love for star-speckled elegance. i hear you, constellation – your

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Elisabeth Green 

Groundwork

June 25, 2012June 24, 2012 Elisabeth Green

my back flat to this mat every vertebra tense, and hastened. hands enclose around my neck and for some reason,

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Elisabeth Green Poetry 

28.

June 22, 2012June 21, 2012 Elisabeth Green

Love? Those thirsty lost lovers Wander the desert of the human heart Drinking at sand And shouting sonnets to thieves.

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Elisabeth Green Poetry 

Marlboro Kids

June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 Elisabeth Green

We are modern day peddlers,   the Renaissance women.   – Except our paintbrushes look like cigarettes;   Instead of

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Elisabeth Green Poetry 

Mr. Bob

June 16, 2012June 20, 2012 Elisabeth Green

My next-door neighbor’s fish pond – home to shrieking nighttime amphibians.  I’m a vegetarian – but I’d consider a frog

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DeWayne Alston Poetry 

To My Friends and Family

June 9, 2012June 19, 2012 DeWayne Alston

As I look down upon those gathered here today Who’ve come to pay their respects to me Each of you

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