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Narrow Straits		Melinda K Zarate
(1) IMPROPER TEA PARTY		Griffonner
(2) The God Of Empire		Kee Zealy
(2) a morning like this		arquious
(1) Floating Isn't Escape		Melinda K Zarate
A T o u c h		Chaucer Whethers
The baby		yoonoos peerbocus
(2) irrefutable truths		one trick pony
(1) Sensation		Editorial Team
(1) Life Learned and Lived, Lovingly		melanie sue
(2) on forgetting		one trick pony
(2) HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE BY ANN WOOD		Ann Wood
Innocence or Insult?		melanie sue
(3) Paradise Regained		Sameen
(1) Musings		Clara Mae Gregory
Covid-19		Clara Mae Gregory
(1) Deep, deep feeling		Sean Ryan Bjerrem
L A C O N I A		Ingvar Loco Nordi
مرحلة جديدة		poet*salem
(2) side by side		arquious
(2) HAPPY BIRTDAY TO MY BEST FRIEND AND SISTER BY HEART VESI BY ANN WOOD		Ann Wood
Winter's Tale BY ANN WOOD		Ann Wood
Mirrored		Ingvar Loco Nordi
(7) Paradise Revisited		Sameen
(2) Behind Clouded Skies The Stars Still Shine		melanie sue

EDITORS' CHOICE

A Leaf, before It Falls

5
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

Sensation
Poem (1870) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) Submitted by a Volunteer- Thanks!

1
2026-04-13 Editorial Team

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