My Toes

A gritty, humorous poem personifying toes as a rough street gang, revealing the raw, bruised landscape of human anatomy with dark comedic flair.

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Mr. Anonymous by Darrell Lindsey

He changes a flat tire for a stranger on a desert highway, leaves a fifty dollar tip for a waitress with four kids and an unemployed husband, listens to a veteran in a convenience store parking lot…

From Troubles of The World
The Playwright- I

A haunting poetic exploration of paternal legacy, tracing the complex emotional landscape of fathers' influences, capturing love, rage, and the unspoken depths of familial connections.

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The temperature was over sixty todaythis seventeenth of March.The Y, where I went for my dutiful exercise,was unusually emptybut traffic was heavy on the nearby bike pathand on my way homeI passed …

Richard Greene
Winter Poem in the Fan Palm Oasis by Charlene Langfur

Before first light I imagine how people lived here once, wrapped in blankets in their thatched palm huts. I listen to the rustle of the palm leaves in the soft wind and I think it has a human touch…

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The Neighbor

A poetic exploration of neighborhood dynamics, revealing the subtle layers of human connection, loneliness, and unspoken stories hidden behind everyday suburban scenes.

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Wasp by Dottie Joslyn

Her iridescent wings unfold, and she glides toward me, eyeing me with her green eyes, then floats away, then back, never far away. I lean in and look her in the eye, and my world shrinks to the gre…

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The Angel Muse

A poetic ode to youthful beauty and complexity, exploring the transformative journey of a young girl through lyrical verses that capture innocence, wit, and emerging depth.

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The Smiling Man by Russel G. Winick

Though you always see him cheerful Spreading humor far and wide, From that vantage point may you conclude He has no other side? While the smiles are so ubiquitous The laughter unrestrained, Can you…

From Troubles of The World
The Human Core

Explore the hidden landscape of the human experience. "The Human Core" uncovers the buried truths of love, fear, ego, and memory that shape our inner lives.

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