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Verse Mosaics
Four Poets, Two Nations 'LITTLE BOY' The zen was noisily broken Into a motley of emotions Plebeians lay forsaken As little boy fell from...

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"In The Arms of Childhood"
take me back to when I longed to grow into a teenager. take me back to when my smile was genuine, untouched by the world. take me back to...

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April 2025 Editor's Choice: "Spider Skin"
Like the swelling from a bleeding Comes the telling of my needing The flesh that it resides within Is like a shell of spider skin The web...

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April Editor's Choice: "Poetry is Beauty"
Poetry is what I see, I touch, I smell, I taste, I hear. It is what I See in the sunset, Hear through the breeze, Smell in a flower. It...

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3 days ago1 min read
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April Editor's Choice: "Loving Light"
The heart is trapped in the waves of blind love. It is not, know how far you can feel the tremors. All the differences and beauties, the...

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April Editor's Choice: "Perpetual March"
We are always looking for new truths We stand before the door of questions We are prone to bitterness Rubble awakens thousands of...

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3 days ago1 min read
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April Editor's Choice: "In Solitude"
I am a man singularly composed of words. But I refuse to dignify it as poetry. I am utterly incapable of stopping the diarrhea of my...

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3 days ago1 min read
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April 2025 Editor's Choice: "The Soul of Peace"
Love is the soul of peace. Peace leads to prosperity. Hate causes disorder. Disorder brings decay. The world was made for love, mutual...

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3 days ago1 min read
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Editor's Choice: "Everyday New You"
(© Photo above by Yogendra Arya) I wonder and wonder even more to see the tendencies of my mind. Getting fixed ideas and afraid of...

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Editor's Choice: "The Man"
April 2025 "Editor's Choice" Life goes on, and we follow the course, Like skiffs lost on seas without recourse. Our thought, fragile rows...

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April 2025 Editor's Choice: "Know Life Better"
You ask me, "what is life, my friend?" It's not just days that start and end. To see and know what life can be, Step inside...

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Editor's Choice: "Ethereal Refrain"
Sweet rain, A melancholic beauty, In every drop's flow. Your memory haunts me so. Your gentle touch, On my skin so fair, Brings solace to...

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May 81 min read
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April 2025 Editor's Choice: "What Should I Write To You!"
Tell me, what else should I write to you! You don't want to hear anything Yet I want to say, How many words should I say to the wind that...

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May 81 min read
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April 2025 Editor's Choice: "Passing By"
(Photograph above, © Peter Davies) Who am I to love you, The flower of my sight, Who am I to need you, In colors burning bright, Who am I...

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May 81 min read
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Planet Guardians: A Daily Mission
Each day brings new opportunities to honor, defend, respect and restore the only home we've ever known. "EARTH REVERENCE" I walk gently...

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May 34 min read
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A NINEFOLD OF ETHEREES
Journey through the ascending syllables of nine visionary voices, whose etherees climb from whisper to crescendo, revealing and reveling...

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May 32 min read
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APRIL HAIKU
The beauty of Haiku is in the ability to capture a moment of awareness, featuring fifteen remarkable poets. "SKIES and CLOUDS" The...

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May 22 min read
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John Anthony Fingleton: March '25 "Editor's Choice"
"REVISITING THE OLD HOME" There are still traces of the broken walls, Now overgrown with moss, The opening where the door once stood -...

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Apr 41 min read
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Nasser Goudarzi: March '25 Editor's Choice"
"MY FALLEN CAMELLIAS..." Beside the walkway to my door, I can hear my fallen Camellias whispering my name, chocked in tears, and I cry...

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Apr 41 min read
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Editor's Choice: Gabriel S. Weah
March 2025 Editor's Choice featuring Gabriel S. Weah "MASK OF A BROKEN KID" I have a mother, A beautiful mother, Gifted by God, yet...

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Apr 41 min read
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