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A mute's monologue		yoonoos peerbocus
Young and Old		Editorial Team
BEING OBSERVATIONAL		Alan J Ripley
What we like to do when the weather is nice by Ann Wood		Ann Wood
Anticipation		Melinda K Zarate
c-or-k ? C		Albert Vynckier
the sign		Albert Vynckier
20 سنة		poet*salem
Alien sounds		Alan J Ripley
(1) childhood		one trick pony
What Is		Chaucer Whethers
(1) The Weight		Melinda K Zarate
X=W in French Scrabble		Albert Vynckier
Though I'll Never Be Michelangelo		Ngoc Nguyen
THE GOD SOUL		Alan J Ripley
the horn keeps its own track		arquious
(1) Public Schools		Melinda K Zarate
MY KNACKERS ARE KNACKERED		Alan J Ripley
Know yourSelf		Nils Teodor
The Sour Realism		Ingvar Loco Nordi
My moldy bread		Albert Vynckier

EDITORS' CHOICE

A Leaf, before It Falls

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2026-04-06 William Hughes

Let me

2
2026-04-06 yoonoos peerbocus

At What Cost?
I don’t know about elsewhere, but here in America, my friends and I are holding our collective breath as evening approaches.

5
2026-04-07 Melinda K Zarate

Douglas

7
2026-04-08 F.i.in.e Moods

some poets
they could make us ponder,

6
2026-04-11 arquious

Paradise Revisited

7
2026-04-11 Sameen

EDITORS' NEWS

Young and Old
Poem by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) Submitted by a Volunteer - Thanks!
2026-04-20 Editorial Team

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