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Tag: imagination

Field on Butternut by Max Newman
Poetry

Field on Butternut by Max Newman

March 3, 2025March 3, 20250

“We could have climbed into the moon. Instead / we biked in the metalshadows beneath Ohioan / hills everything hung still in the air” – excerpt from Field on Butternut, a #poem by Max Newman #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“The Day in Yellow” by Shelley Davenport
Fiction

“The Day in Yellow” by Shelley Davenport

August 1, 2022August 7, 20222

Afternoon. Deep afternoon. Long afternoon.  Too deep. Too long. Sylvie in her quilted bed.  Try to sleep. Go to sleep. Quickly now! Go to sleep. …

“The Sky Traveler” by Dan Yokum
Fiction

“The Sky Traveler” by Dan Yokum

December 6, 2021March 23, 20240

When I remember to look, I will see her. At least that’s what usually happens. I work on the high hill in the towers of …

“Non-Belonging” by Dr. Koshy AV
Poetry

“Non-Belonging” by Dr. Koshy AV

August 26, 2019September 3, 20200

When it was the fashionI too measured out my life in coffee spoons It was not only to youthat some things made no sensebut to …

“Seasons of Earth” by Manisha Manhas
Poetry

“Seasons of Earth” by Manisha Manhas

February 25, 2019August 19, 20200

the dust storms whineagainst the windowas cherry dreamsslide inside.Searching a marigold,a child’s eyes bob tothe tunes of  morningas do butterflies rise fromchrysanthemum jars.And so does the …

“How to Draw a Circle” by Damian Campana
Poetry

“How to Draw a Circle” by Damian Campana

May 28, 2018January 15, 20221

  Damian Campana is a Creative Writing student at a community college in Rochester, NY. He is an aspiring creator. He is passionate about telling …

“TRUTH #4: The Face Behind the Mirror” by Matthew Maichen
Editorial / Non-Fiction

“TRUTH #4: The Face Behind the Mirror” by Matthew Maichen

February 27, 2017August 30, 20201

I only ever wrote to be close to you. You didn’t exist. I knew that. But it didn’t matter when I could create words that …

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