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The Loss — Michael Scarpelli	Even though your moving on I wish that you would prove me wrong To be correct is to accept your passing I am not that...	177 views Rate it
Salvation — Ezra Rumi	Food is good For thine I bleed Hamburgers the bane of thine nation But how thou mithe ask for thine bread and meat on a slab Blood in humans they are for...	86 views Rate it
Dear Grandma — John W. May	Dear grandma, I could see you were just as stunned as I When drifting its Body traversed our sky: Noiseless, Black, Slow, it moved right overhead ...	66 views Rate it
Your Birthday Night — Ludy Bührs	It's your birthday again today and the early hours pass steadily but I'm back in that night when I alone kept watch over you, listened to how your...	63 views Rate it
Santa to the Rescue — Linda Yoest	By Christmas eve of eighty-six we were used to Dad’s yule-tide tricks. With rockets and nets, so went the plan, Dad figured to snag the kindly ol’...	62 views Rate it
Wishes — Shane Kitch	For the longest time I wished you would wake up I wished you would sober up I wished you would be the mother I wanted And I thought about that wish...	24 views Rate it
it's easier than a month and a month — Markesh Dickinson	Looks like plastic bags. Is Windil coming back? Listen, the paper is thin Do you like karate at home? Are you buried Shouts 6 feet, but no one hears ...	22,961 views Rate it
The Child as Son Becoming Father of the Man — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PRELUDE: THE EARTHLY DOMAIN OF MAN From the Lake District poet Wordsworth’s “Father of the Man,” to the universal Father of...	1,162 views Rate it
Schroedinger’s Cat and Quantum Indeterminacy — Karl Constantine FOLKES	‘Schroedinger’s Cat’ and Quantum Relativity. Thought experiment. Both in superposition. An imaginary state. The mind’s behavior. On the nature of...	649 views Rate it
The Oaks of Midland's Valley — Gregory Baranoff	The Oaks of Midland’s Valley Dedicated to Paul and Louise Squibb, Ben and Kay Rich and Carl and Kathy Munger ...	548 views Rate it
The Rocking Chair — Betsy Wokersien Stephens	She gathers her thoughts as she rocks in the chair And stares out the window into the thin air Alone with the memories that dance in her mind The old...	453 views Rate it
10 feet tall — Deborah Caporale	When I was young, I knew it all, I lived like I was 10 feet tall, No one could ever tell me how, If I knew then what I know now, I'd shut my mouth and...	391 views Rate it
His Final Call — Sherrie Ann Benedict	World, our kids are starving Many with no place to sleep Millions with no families, left orphaned Cold, hopeless; Alone on the...	365 views Rate it
I won't be home for Christmas — J.D. Mags	I won’t be home for Christmas, just say a prayer for me, that this thousand miles between us, will not forever be. No gleaming frosty winter, no...	337 views Rate it
Our Inherent Uniqueness — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Each of us is a piece of time; measured out to all eternity. And no piece; no matter the cut or slice, is any larger or smaller in its entirety than...	319 views Rate it
Deleted — Steven Dupere	Deleted...	290 views Rate it
She, The Dream in My Sleep — Jeffrey Lynn Naylor	feel discovered when we talk. . . you are the dream in my sleep you are the air i want to breathe. now my heart pumps blood so fast like liquid fire...	279 views Rate it
If you’re ignoring the erasure of women, you’re a puy.** — Arie Castle	In this warped world, you've reduced me to "cis", A snide designation, like I'm just a miss. I've humored your labels, adjusted my speech, But you're...	208 views Rate it
Quandale Dingle — Ligma	Hey guys quandale dingle here (GOOFY AHAH LAUGH) I just ate my dog who was biting my ball sack. So I pulled a old wild yeller on that...	186 views Rate it
Painted Rainbows — Gisela Vigil	I wish I could adorn your path, paint rainbows in your sky. And when the journey gets too rough, I’d give you wings to fly. I wish I could...	158 views Rate it
Deleted — Steven Dupere	Deleted...	157 views Rate it
Two-Thirds of My Dad’s Ashes — Ronn Huff	I scattered two-thirds of my dad’s ashes today A still June day Just into the woods Over a rocky ledge on the slope of a bluff in Monteagle, Tennessee ...	146 views Rate it
The Devoted Parents — Lionel Napoleon Therroth	They gave me life They gave me love They gave me food They gave me shelter Why wasn't it enough Why did I cry Why did I sulk Why did I despair ...	141 views Rate it
Hatikvah: The Hope of the Star of David — Karl Constantine FOLKES	In the Star of David Dwells the Holy Father In his eternal sacred residence With the longing of the Holy Spirit For the precious return of his...	133 views Rate it
Shine On Sunshine — Dr Carl William Johnson JR	Although you have many scars from fighting BUT,shine on sunshine. Weeping only endures for a night so please shine on sunshine It's cloudy, windy, ...	133 views Rate it