The latest poem to be posted from the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest:
527. Choose Your Pronoun
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AG/BS Wait Till I’m Dead
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525. Momentary Cultivation
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Hummingbird Resuscitation
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Left. Egalitarian. Sandernista.
In an essay I wrote ten years ago (!) I compared subcultures in North America to make a point about poetry cultures....
Gluten Free Cultural Bandwidth
I guess pizza and coffee with a cheese Danish is out. In one way this post is a continuation of the Bernie Sanders...