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December 2016 Vol. I No. VI
Not your ordinary poetry magazine!
If good coffee (or just the concept of coffee), great books, sharp wit, and great authors excite you, we are for you!
Page One
IN THE DELIVERY ROOM Matt Corey
A map of the sea Ken Hay
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Cityscape in Winter Margaret Fieland
Life Cycle of a Rose​ Christine Coates
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Depression Cristofer C. Lentsch
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Poets Chuck Kellum​
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Memories. ... Pappee
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To End Malaika
IN AND OUT James Ritter ​
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Words unneeded Holly York
You are not my friend Martin Porter
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The First Adventure​ David Russell
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Cul-de-sac Rameeza Nasim
It Should Have Been Me Rosalyn Levine Blatt
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Costa café James Anthony
Noticing what has changed Magdalena Ball
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Moment Laura De Bernardi
Cup This Runneth Over David Bender
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Laundry day poem ​Raymond Maxwell​
ModPo Acrostics Massimo
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NUDE DESCENDING AN AFTERLIFE Denny Stern
Page Four
Felling Gayatri Lakhiani Chawla
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(The Beginning of the End) Mary Thompson Hardwick
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Paktia Province, May, 2011 Virgil Huston
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A TRUMPET Debra Josephson
ModPo Week 10: Poem Talk episode 47 Bob Zahniser
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Don Hagelberg
The Unknown Magic Saket Penurkar
Page Five
The Bride. Shabab Nahian Kabir
“Lord Krishna’s Counsel” Raymond D. Johnson
Joyce’s Wonder Shirt Anthony Watkins
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December 13th. Nells Vade
AN ANGEL CROUCHES S.E.Ingraham
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Nevertheless Annette Snyckers
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Reckless Abandonment Linda Ireland
Angleworms in a Bottle Robin Cohn
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Impact Sherry Howard
Soothsayers Roshan Desai
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Map of Time Kathy White
ZEBRA FINCHES CALL AND RESPONSE Mary-Marcia Casoly
Glossary Pamela Joyce Shapiro
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The Lady who loved… Claudia Schumann
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For Bright Hunter's Moon Christos Victor