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Marion Cohen

Posted on April 7, 2021 by

Brave My friend sends me a NYTimes article about Nazi-fighting Jewish women during the holocaust, and she asks, “Do you think you would have been as brave as these women?” It depends, maybe, on where I … Continue reading →

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Susan Notar

Posted on April 6, 2021 by

Wartime Astronomy Suicide bombers attacked a market in Iraq plenty will be happening in the night sky this year Slices of eggplant arrived before us blood from the victims marinating shiny olives A quadruple conjunction will leave … Continue reading →

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Sally Toner

Posted on April 4, 2021 by

The Rather Mystical Art of Fighting on the Backside My love– Think of a good pigdog as a stretch across your chest.Open that thing up. So what kind of anarchicalstatement will we make today? We’ve gotten used to the comfortof … Continue reading →

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Bonnie Naradzay

Posted on April 4, 2021 by

A Poem is a Spiritual Suitcase Do not wander from your path any longer, for you are not likely to read your notebooks or your deeds of ancient Rome and Greece or your extracts from their writings, which you … Continue reading →

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Valeri Beers

Posted on April 3, 2021 by

Coping From your perspective, you were under pressure. Coping and trying to handle the words. I don’t know the minds & hearts of others. I will celebrate you. Encouraging you to be true. Copyright 2021 by Valeri Beers Bio Valeri … Continue reading →

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Dear Vaccine

Posted on April 2, 2021 by

Hello everyone: Just a short note. Naomi Shihab Nye has started a project called Dear Vaccine in which all are invited “to share their voices to promote COVID-19 vaccination through the imaginative language of poetry.” According to the web site, … Continue reading →

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Ladi Di

Posted on April 2, 2021 by

Dreams of Their Own Ardent beauty in birth of a child A love so tender, a love like no other. Awesome beauty shines with glorious Blessings As we watch our children grow with A sense of pride. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Eighth Annual Poetry Month Celebration

Posted on April 1, 2021 by

Every year, for the past eight, it has been my pleasure and honor to host poets from the DC area, from around the country and, indeed, from around the world, during National Poetry Month. This year is no exception. We … Continue reading →

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Paula Schulz

Posted on April 1, 2021 by

Alto cumulus Erratic, bumpy, wave point ripples, rank upon rank of gnarled liquid that barely holds together. And it’s span– Praise it! Praise for the gap, the gape, the gate torn off leaving variegated sky-ways open to … Continue reading →

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DCTrending Covers COVID-19 Project

Posted on February 13, 2021 by

DCTrending is featuring poets and artists from last year’s COVID-19 project which ran on this web site and which featured so many wonderful artists and poets. To read more from them, please visits this link. Thank you to all the … Continue reading →

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