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Thursday, July 31, 2025: Luis Cuahtemoc Berriozabel's "Tiny Houses"

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  Born in Mexico, Luis, lives in California and works in the mental health field in Los Angeles. His poetry, poetry books, and poetry chapbooks have appeared in B lue Collar Review, Borderless Journal, Deadbeat Press, Fearless, Kendra Steiner Editions, New Polish Beat, Poet’s Democracy, Propaganda Press, Pygmy Forest Press, Ten Pages Press, and Unlikely Stories . His latest poetry book, Make the Water Laugh, was published by Rogue Wolf Press. Tiny Houses  In the sky the clouds are tiny houses  with open windows and empty rooms.  There is a chair waiting in every house  worn-out by terrestrial travelers and  there is but a handful of dust in each  room. In the waiting chairs names are carved to announce someone was  there.  So many names, in so many  languages were left. There is a  kiss imprinted in one of the windows  and dead flowers in a vase. It is  the smell of death. The terrestrial  travelers always leave in h...

Friday, November 22,2024: Annette Sugden's "She Runs in Silver"

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Annette Sugden is a poet whose work has appeared in poeticdiversity , Gentle Strength Quarterly,, and more. She’s lived in Seattle, London, and Los Angeles. Annette currently resides outside of Phoenix with her partner, Michael, their three dogs, and two cats.   She Runs in Silver She runs in silver like an arctic fox (No, that’s not right) She walks inside colors Rains out games and lovers (Still not quite it either) She is not she or they or he or it She is a nebula (No, she isn’t) She stands on my window Invisible, a sylph, not a siren Her secret, silent and just out of reach © 2024 Annette Sugden

Jackie Chou's "A Kaleidoscopic Dreamscape"

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© 2022 marie c lecrivain Jackie Chou is a poet of Japanese short form poetry and free verses from Southern California who gets her inspiration from both her inner world and outer surroundings. Besides writing, she loves to watch the news, Jeopardy, and talent competitions on TV. A Kaleidoscopic Dreamscape The cat shakes off bits of jacaranda  in fear of becoming prey to the purple feline eater Meanwhile a magician pulls cubic zirconia  from a green velvet hat Lavender blossoms  carpet the asphalt road Traces of amethyst shine in the eyes of the chivalrous  whose apples fall skyward who prefer meringue to lemon filling  cats over dogs dressed as old jukebox  favorite songs devoid of gray exuberance © 2022 Jackie Chou