Category Archives: 30 for 30 Poetry Celebration

The Keep (Original Version)   Once upon a time you stepped outside. Over your shoulder then—iconic walls you’d known since you were carried in, an infant to be baptized in the stained-glass light, beneath the gaze of marble saints, enfolded … Continue reading →

Nowadays (Original Version)   Sometimes I imagine I get in the car & it takes me to where you want to go only I deviate to some country road gas station with manual pumps & car grease on the floor.  The salesclerk … Continue reading →

Treacherous Waters – Part 2(Original Version) Cold, unforgiving, treacherous waters, the ocean crushes from a numbing black oblivion.   Creaks, moans a steady song is sung as the boat pitches and rolls.   Observe without detection then stand to fight. … Continue reading →

Getting There Original Version)   We escape our brick house and seek the beauty of abandon a lushness you don’t find in suburbia.   Driving down Route 2 we pass weathered houses fruit stands, and tractors for sale. We’re free … Continue reading →

Social Distancing (Original Version By Dennis Price   Are you a domino? No, step out of line. Brake the chain!  Doesn’t  matter what your numbers are, Doesn’t  matter which way you’re facing,  Step off to the side Before you collide.  … Continue reading →

To preserve formatting, this poem has been saved as  a PDF. Please click on the links below to access the original and the (Re(En)Visioned) version. At the Artbreak Hotel (Original Version) At the Artbreak Hotel ((Re(En)Visioned)) Pamela Murray Winters is … Continue reading →

The Meaning (Original Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xjbrDDrLzM   I’m only human so my emotions change People’s perceptions of me and mine Haven’t always been the same I’ve never been quite the type   To automatically conform to the norm Because being like … Continue reading →

Ozymandias Three(Original Version)   There once stood a belief here but now it has been razed another sect less circumspect said it must be replaced   and the other idea had to sit right here on this very place they … Continue reading →

Sugar, Spite (Original Version) Cut out sugar, spite.   Choose ingredients carefully. Mix in true friends— a good egg or two. Pepper, optional. Season just right—for you. Blend with a rounded teaspoon of doubt. Stir in levity. Allow spirit to … Continue reading →

To preserve formatting, this poem has been saved as  a PDF. Please click on the link below to access it. Equinox © 2020 Susan Notar 30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review