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Len Shindel Poetry

Canyon

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Len Shindel 747 Views

I mount the mule, settle into my chaps, pull up my bandanna. The cowboy cloth, I thought only an accessory,

Literature

Poe’s Helen of a Thousand Dreams

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Elisabeth Herschbach 885 Views

For a brief spell toward the end of his life, the master of the macabre also claimed another Northeast city as his haunt: Providence, Rhode Island. And while Poe’s dark tales of the supernatural may make him a Halloween favorite, his stint in Providence is a story fit for a more sentimental holiday—Valentine’s Day.

Literature Poetry

Writing Brother

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Earl Yarington 460 Views

Image by Annie Spratt from Pixabay It was you and I, Then; That summer I took $100 And bought a

Literature Poetry

Halloween 382 Miles Away

October 23, 2020 Earl Yarington 423 Views

Image by Andreas Lischka from Pixabay I drove back 382 miles and 39 years To what’s no longer a home.

Anthony C. Hayes Poetry

Catchy

May 31, 2020October 7, 2020 Anthony C. Hayes 400 Views

Wear cotton masks where’er you go stay miles away from strangers Wash hands til they turn cracked and red Report

Len Shindel Literature Poetry

Old Leather

May 8, 2020 Len Shindel 142 Views

The dogwood I planted last year has sprouted darts, rocks piled on the side, boastful testaments, to pick and shovel,

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Locusts

April 24, 2020September 20, 2020 Sid Gold 49 Views

Given time, every conversation ceases: perhaps someone has grasped the inevitable lurking beyond the reach of our words. Rocking gently,

Len Shindel Literature Poetry

A Nephew’s Hug

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Len Shindel 89 Views

It was the right time For the longest hug. Had my nephew fathomed the death of his own

Len Shindel Poetry

Fingers

March 23, 2019March 22, 2019 Len Shindel 63 Views

Raspy cough, white bathrobe, fingers reaching for your ivory coffee mug, red lipstick on the rim, fingers, slender and strong

Len Shindel Literature Poetry

Mac

August 9, 2018 Len Shindel 101 Views

Mac peered over his machine. His frantic foreman missed the wiser-than-you’ll-ever-be smile. Mac was never disrespectful. But nobody messed

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