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girl wakes up in the half place after night before dawn tattoos her dreams onto the soles of her feet in strange glowing ink careless hasty sketches leaving odd fantastic pools of light and color shining from every footstep that will wash away with the first touch of dew but it does ... - Poetry > Free VerseI. Introspection: As if I turn my eyes inward And find a miracle— Nerves, glowing and snapping with electricity; Brightly colored blurs the balls of light that Carry thoughts Too fast for my inside eyes to follow (What goes faster, thought or light?); Muscles, thick and strong and rippli...
- Poetry > Free VerseYou found me down at the docks My favorite part of the river Feet dangling in the water that was like melted glass The current tickling my toes Watching the tiny fish dart and glance As silver and small and soon gone As a loving look from your eye Cold water hurts in February But the fish do...
- Poetry > Free VerseA word grown with deliberate strong strokes on an unblank page: the world is full of beautiful things I do not understand. I wish it were as easy as casting a line into the space between the stars and feeling something infinite pull at the other end. It hurts sometimes, the endless reaching o...
- Poetry > Free Versecotton candy stick legs sea salt and faded swimsuit cotton candy stick arms squinting eyes metal smile shock of yellow cotton candy hair as the waves like melted blue marshmallow ice cream puddle on the background and the sand like crushed toffee and the sticky-sweet neon smell of b...
- Reviews > Hot New ReleasesAt one point in Dead Man’s Hand, a middle grade mystery by Eddie Jones, amateur sleuth Nick Caden is explaining his detective work to another character. Nick solves crimes by comparing the facts of the case to crime cases that he has seen on television shows. Speaking about the latest crime he is ...
- Fiction > Sci-fi/FantasyBird flying over a shattered, burning city. Bird alone. Bird running away, not running to. Bird trapped in a space with no wind around her. Bird lying awake on the roof at night. Bird wanting. Bird navigating the river, mist and pursuers lapping at her heels. Bird turning away from a slap. Bird’s ...
- Poetry > Free VerseBorrowed feathers cannot fly Enchanted footsteps do not dance the truth They dance deception A minuet of nothing and lies. Black is the absence of light So how can black sparkle? Borrowed black feathers make the light dance— another lie. Black swan song: A falsehood crying to the setting...
- Poetry > SonnetThe moon, a silver coin balanced on edge, Upon the vast dark table of the sky, With apprehension, like a bird unfledged, Peers at the sinking sun as it slips by. Then, with a flick, the coin begins to roll, Ignites a star upon the heavens dark, The world sits in a hush, a gentle lull, As sta...
