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Three Soft Shoes

Three soft shoes hiddenamong the smokey rubbleplayed once upon a time. Copyright 2023 Mike Maggio

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Dear Anonymouse

Thanks for North of Oxford for publishing “Dear Anoymouse.” The little creature has either gotten the message or has met his demise.

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An Excerpt from Let’s Call It Paradise

Here’s an old poem that made it’s way into the book. A Guide to the Signposts in the Garden of Eden I. You are now entering the Garden of Eden. Fig leaves required past this point.   II. The management … Continue reading

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An Excerpt from Let’s Call It Paradise

Click here for another excerpt from Let’s Call It Paradise, forthcoming from San Francisco Bay Press.

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An Excerpt from Let’s Call It Paradise

Here is an excerpt from Let’s Call It Paradise. Click on the link to see the PDF.

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Let’s Call It Paradise: A Poetry Concoction

My newest poetry collection, a mixture of composed, collage and visual poems called Let’s Call It Paradise, has been accepted for publication by San Francisco Bay Press. The book focuses on the current stage of our existence on a planet … Continue reading

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If You Go

If you go my eyes will swiftly shatter my tongue unoiled by your easy lips will rust tight my skin will dust the ground in a flurry of white lament my fingers lose their memory my body dangling from you … Continue reading

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Then and Now – Anne Metcalf

  Before, when things were bad She would drink some wine And text some random man Wake up with a clear mind And go on, everyone be damned   Still, the lawns are verdant, the sunsets apricot Still, the unknown … Continue reading

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Nursing in Corona – Lydia Lawrence

  How long til I feel the ground Safely beneath my feet? How long must I tread water, Stuck out here in the deep?   Can I escape the current And surf the swells to shore? Or will the waves … Continue reading

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VIRUS MORNING – Vern Fein

  When the sunlight becomes my alarm clock, which I have not used for years after it replaced our dead dog and cat who had turned me into the punctual person I am seen to be, after a very short … Continue reading

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