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Autumn

Autumn by MELISSA COOK She reminds me of Autumn. Leaves flushed in the most beautiful ways, cherry like her heart - sweet and sometimes sour, gold yet always silver. I'd paint her as a...

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Nurtured Ears

Nurtured Ears by MELISSA  COOK Tonight, I slumped 'gainst our door -sipping coffee- Your music it settled me - as though you had taken a paint brush to my spine and danced a melody. a...

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Sunset

Sunset by KIKO V. "You need to release the pressure in the hose when you're done watering!" I gently scold my mother using the same tone of voice she had often used with me decades...

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Now

Now by MYRYN VILLAFLOR the miles are simply longer than the lifetime of a bird, my days are measured to solitary nights, I confine. Those laughs we laughed; those tears we have not...

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In The News Today

In The News Today by KIKO V. I awoke this morning to the tail end of a newscast on my radio: A deep, resonant voice informed me that the death toll in Syria had climbed to seven hundred and...

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Wheeze

Wheeze by DANNY KEIGHTLEY You draw smoke from my exhales, suck nicotine from my filtered lips, planting ash-dry kisses on my yellow skin. Our pale, matchstick fingers lock, as you roll your...