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Afternoon on a Hill

"Flaming June" by Sir Frederic Leighton, 1895

Ashes of Life

frog

Assault

child

Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies

sad woman

Here is a wound that never will heal, I know

I know I am but summer to your heart

people

If I should learn, in some quite casual way

columns

Justice Denied in Massachusetts

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink

Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!

Portrait by a Neighbor

Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find

"She Sleeps" by Stephanie Law, watercolor, 2015

The Penitent

"Golden Tears" by Anne Marie Zylberman

Time does not bring relief; you all have lied

sad tree

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why

floral illustration

When you, that at this moment are to me

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My Poems

female Writing poems is not easy for me. Words get caught on the tip of my brain refusing to reveal themselves. Sometimes I need to tap into my very soul and draw blood ... Read more

Featured Poem

Always

By Christine Magee

She sat sewing on the verandah
not alone; in those days
a chaperone was present
at all stages of courtship,
from the early mating display
to the conquest.

She put down her needle
when she saw him standing there,
with one hand fanning her face
flushed from the heat of his stare … Read more

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Personal Favorites

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fractured woman
walking in the rain
"She Sleeps" by Stephanie Law, watercolor, 2015
tea party on a cupcake
garden path

A Poem for My Father

by Virgil Suárez piercing eyes

All night long after the midnight movies which I stayed up to see, what little nudity they dared show, I also wrote my poems, my stories, in teen-age blood, ... Read more

Classic Love Poems

"At the touch of love,
everyone becomes a poet."
—Plato

Resources

✦ Academy of American Poets
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✦ Global Grey - Free eBooks
✦ Poetry Daily
✦ Poetry Foundation
✦ Poets' Corner
✦ Project Gutenberg - Free eBooks
✦ Traveler on the Path

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