"The castle,
Overgrown with bushes,
Stands proud,
Overlooking the dock
As sailors unload food
For the Duke..."

Read the #poem by @prof.ammanda in the latest #poetryspecial from the #MockingOwl Roost

https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/poetry-special-2-2024/ - PAGE 07

Poetry Special #2 – 2024

Breathe in the beauty of a lone

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"Tonight I dance in the moonlight
the stars commune with my soul as I lift my arms to the heavens..."

Read the #poem by @cook1097 in the #joy issue of the #MockingOwl #litmagazine

https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/joy-issue/ - PAGE 05

Joy – MockingOwl Roost Volume 4, Issue 1

Welcome to the new season of the MockingOwl Roost's themed issues. We're launching the year with an uplifting issue themed on joy. Read along for joy in unusual and unexpected moments, every day life, and much more in the beautiful short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, artwork, and more.

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"my faith already shaken
when I check the news yet again
plates slide, collide
concrete pancaked
rebar twisted, exposed..."

Read the rest of the evocative #poem by @jonathan.fletcher9 in the latest issue of the #MockingOwl Roost - #poetryspecial

https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/poetry-special-1-2024/ - PAGE 03

#poetry #JonathanFletcher

The MockingOwl Roost Poetry Special #1 – 2024

Linger on the words, let the impact of the emotive writings tingle through the screen to your fingertips to your heart. Find hope, find encouragement, strength to stand. You are worth all the love and joy!

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"I’ve heard it’s howl all week, and now it’s online, the local Chupacabra. In the photo
a brownish hulk slumps against an oak,
something between fox and wolf. Just down the road..."

New #poetry from #JanetMcCann at the #MockingOwl Roost

https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/chupacabra-neighborhood-list/

Neighborhood List

Just down the road, I know that tree. So I go looking, phone at the ready, but there’s nothing. I look at the list again.…

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