Stacey’s poems have also been published in Slant, Ariel, North Coast Review, Shelterbelt and Agave
2000
Devoted by Janice Canerdy
Each day from dawn till late at night,
she only wished to do his will.
Submit your work to many editors!
Yep you read that right. We are setting up a publishing data house where you can submit your work and many editors can read it. Those editors can then contact you if they want to publish your work. It works the same way if you are an editor looking for work to publish. It works […]
I Really Hate Doing This! We Need Your Help!
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The Blues by Amit Parmessur
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Plans by Jane Hanser
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Las Estaciones by Nanette L. Avery
The wind, the sky, the light weaves in and out
Las estaciones del a?o, they speak to all
Faithfully returning like an evening porch light
Conundrum by Glen Sorestad
If a minimalist poet
presents a workshop,
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Hungry Words by Aleisha Goodman
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Things we know by Dave Margoshes
Everybody knows the man in the moon
is blue cheese, that dogs keep the sun at bay
in winter, that fireflies are the souls
of the dearly departed, flickering through
Chino and Chambray by Donal Mahoney
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Emily by Cassandra Langer
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Complimentary Cocktails by Wanda Morrow Clevenger
Bare necks blushed and sweat soaked my bra,
Matt smoothed is hair, again,
Come Around Back Now by Eric Dittmar
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