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Sharh on Sahih al-Bukhari 5460 by Reyzl Grace
Poetry

Sharh on Sahih al-Bukhari 5460 by Reyzl Grace

September 22, 2025September 21, 20250

“you rise, / lay your arms like the seam / of the first dawn across / my shoulders and sigh with the robins,” excerpt from Sharh on on Sahih al-Bukhari 5460, poetry by Reyzl Grace #TheMetaworker

Sharh on Sunan Ibn Majah 3914 by Reyzl Grace
Poetry

Sharh on Sunan Ibn Majah 3914 by Reyzl Grace

September 5, 2025September 5, 20250

“For a moment, / the tip of your finger / lights / on the edge of my hand…” – excerpt from Sharh on Sunan Ibn Majah 3914, poetry by Reyzl Grace #TheMetaworker

Rotten by Bran Winkler
Fiction

Rotten by Bran Winkler

June 30, 2025June 30, 20250

“The swirling tendrils of smoke lifted from the cigarette, manifesting into clouds that hung heavy and low in the troposphere.” – excerpt from Rotten, fiction by Bran Winkler @local__skunk #TheMetaworker

Peonies by Kevin Armor Harris
Fiction / Micro

Peonies by Kevin Armor Harris

June 23, 2025June 20, 20250

Peonies, micro fiction by Kevin Armor Harris #TheMetaworker

Candy by Freddi Gralle
Poetry

Candy by Freddi Gralle

May 16, 2025May 30, 20250

Candy, a micro poem by Freddi Gralle #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday

December Rain by Subarna Mohanty
Fiction

December Rain by Subarna Mohanty

December 2, 2024August 1, 20250

“Your gaze was fixed on something in the front, not on any person or any seat or fixture in the bus, but probably on a ghost that only you could see.” – excerpt from December Rain by Subarna Mohanty #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

Suckers by Campbell Brown
Non-Fiction

Suckers by Campbell Brown

September 30, 2024September 27, 20240

“I used to think that love was a kind of violence… Because tonight I’m hooked on you like a knife caught in my throat.” – excerpt from Suckers by Campbell Brown @p0cketwatch3s #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

Dead Cake by Marlena Eva
Poetry

Dead Cake by Marlena Eva

September 27, 2024September 27, 20240

“Dead Cake”, poetry by Marlena Eva #TheMetaworker

Sharh on Sunan an-Nasa’i 736 by Reyzl Grace
Poetry / Top Posts

Sharh on Sunan an-Nasa’i 736 by Reyzl Grace

September 20, 2024December 10, 20240

“When you ask me to sleep on the couch, / you wince. You know I know / you’ve banished others” – excerpt from Sharh on Sunan an-Nasa’i 736 by Reyzl Grace @reyzlgrace #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday

Unknown Author by Paul Rabinowitz
Fiction / Miscellaneous

Unknown Author by Paul Rabinowitz

September 13, 2024September 12, 20240

“I will always return the books you lend me because I know they are important.” – excerpt from Unknown Author, fiction by Paul Rabinowitz #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday

Your Scent by Erin Jamieson
Fiction / Micro

Your Scent by Erin Jamieson

August 26, 2024August 22, 20240

“I trace your name in morning shadows.” – excerpt from “Your Scent”, micro fiction by Erin Jamieson @erin_simmer #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

A Secret Knowledge of How to Love by Kit Willett
Poetry

A Secret Knowledge of How to Love by Kit Willett

July 15, 2024July 7, 20240

“We chanced upon him on our honeymoon. His gallery was empty / but well-lit” – excerpt from A Secret Knowledge of How to Love by Kit Willett #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

Micro Poems by Chris Bullard
Micro / Poetry

Micro Poems by Chris Bullard

July 1, 2024June 28, 20240

Micro Poems by Chris Bullard #TheMetaworker MetaworkerMonday

Rubies by Carol E. Anderson
Non-Fiction

Rubies by Carol E. Anderson

April 22, 2024August 1, 20250

“I longed to brush my lips next to yours– to taste the tang of rubies on your tongue.” excerpt from Rubies by Carol E. Anderson #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

The Recipe by Annie Borelli
Fiction

The Recipe by Annie Borelli

March 25, 2024March 25, 20240

“Where shall they meet? The deli, let’s say. Maybe she works behind the counter. Maybe he comes in for a sandwich.” – excerpt from Recipe by Annie Borelli #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“In the Mood” by Lucia Owen
Poetry

“In the Mood” by Lucia Owen

February 5, 2024February 5, 20240

“In the Mood”, a poem by Lucia Owen #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Last Nights, Dreaming” by Lucia Owen
Poetry

“Last Nights, Dreaming” by Lucia Owen

December 11, 2023December 11, 20230

“Here’s where I was those last nights, / twisting on that rack / of a recliner next to your bed” – excerpt from “Last Nights, Dreaming” by Lucia Owen #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Beauty Defined” by Alexis Watson
Fiction

“Beauty Defined” by Alexis Watson

May 1, 2023May 29, 20235

“Your autumn red curls, wrapped in Nigerian print, crowned your head like royalty. Africa hung from your earlobes, swayed in pride.”
#MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“Game of Interludes” by Patricia Ann Bowen
Fiction

“Game of Interludes” by Patricia Ann Bowen

April 24, 2023April 17, 20230

“He told me how the image of that clear cold gin sliding past my red lips and down my throat had driven him nearly mad with desire.”
#MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“Emma Marries for the First Time at 54” by John Grey
Poetry

“Emma Marries for the First Time at 54” by John Grey

February 13, 2023February 13, 20230

It’s part dream, part …

“Function” by DS Maolalai
Poetry

“Function” by DS Maolalai

February 6, 2023February 13, 20230

her body falls out  …

“Blowing Out Candles” by Daniel Romo
Poetry

“Blowing Out Candles” by Daniel Romo

November 25, 2022November 25, 20220

For Devan Daniel Romo …

“Misplaced Affections” by Sinclaire Dickinson
Poetry

“Misplaced Affections” by Sinclaire Dickinson

August 26, 2022September 10, 20220

A golden retriever of …

“Fireworks” by T.K. Howell
Fiction

“Fireworks” by T.K. Howell

July 4, 2022July 10, 20220

Vincent closed his laptop …

Microfiction by Jennifer Novotney
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Jennifer Novotney

June 27, 2022August 27, 20231

The Art Gallery I …

“Another Life” by Helen Nancy Meneilly
Poetry

“Another Life” by Helen Nancy Meneilly

June 10, 2022December 10, 20240

Helen Nancy Meneilly is …

“Alligators to Ashes” by Margaret S Mandell
Non-Fiction

“Alligators to Ashes” by Margaret S Mandell

June 6, 2022April 30, 20234

Prologue to a Memoir …

Four Haikus by Constance Mello
Micro / Poetry

Four Haikus by Constance Mello

May 27, 2022May 22, 20220

When I awake I  …

“I’ve Barely Been to College” by Kailey Tucker
Poetry

“I’ve Barely Been to College” by Kailey Tucker

April 25, 2022April 24, 20220

Autumn snapped my spine like …

“Rare” by Joanne Howard
Fiction

“Rare” by Joanne Howard

March 28, 2022March 20, 20230

Two a.m., well into …

“Scrutiny” by Tim Frank
Fiction

“Scrutiny” by Tim Frank

February 14, 2022March 15, 20220

I played with the …

“In the Willow Garden” by Isabel O’Hara Walsh
Fiction

“In the Willow Garden” by Isabel O’Hara Walsh

February 7, 2022February 13, 20220

Down in the willow …

“Abracadabra” by Christina Marable
Fiction

“Abracadabra” by Christina Marable

January 24, 2022March 15, 20220

The man I loved …

Microfiction by Megha Nayar
Fiction / Micro

Microfiction by Megha Nayar

January 10, 2022January 15, 20220

Grievances David calls as …

“In Between” by Kelly Claytor
Fiction

“In Between” by Kelly Claytor

December 24, 2021March 23, 20242

Are you dead, Maria? …

“Before” by Margaret Krusinga
Poetry

“Before” by Margaret Krusinga

December 20, 2021December 10, 20240

Margaret Krusinga lives on …

“Lookalike” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“Lookalike” by Cameron Morse

November 8, 2021November 15, 20210

It’s funny how franticallya …

“Tethered” by Sarette Danae
Micro / Poetry

“Tethered” by Sarette Danae

November 1, 2021November 4, 20210

His is a lariat …

“The Wish” by Paul Rabinowitz
Poetry

“The Wish” by Paul Rabinowitz

October 29, 2021June 26, 20220

What if I couldpaint …

“Tenderness” by Mary Paulson
Poetry

“Tenderness” by Mary Paulson

October 4, 2021November 20, 20211

Through the eye of …

“The Sands of Time” by Rebecca Johnson
Poetry

“The Sands of Time” by Rebecca Johnson

September 3, 2021August 29, 20210

Amber, scarlet, gilded daffodil. …

“Avril” by Hadley-James Hoyles
Poetry

“Avril” by Hadley-James Hoyles

August 23, 2021August 22, 20210

The dull beep raises …

The Metaworker Podcast | 005 Kurt by Veronicca Lupinacci
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 005 Kurt by Veronicca Lupinacci

July 28, 2021March 6, 20241

Episode Description: Editors Matthew, …

“Rangoli Man” by Mina Rozario
Fiction

“Rangoli Man” by Mina Rozario

June 11, 2021March 23, 20241

Maya’s entire town had …

“Little Gem Magnolia” by Paul Rabinowitz
Fiction / Miscellaneous / Poetry

“Little Gem Magnolia” by Paul Rabinowitz

January 15, 2021June 28, 20221

I In an old …

“Pour toi, mon amour” by Tasnia Nahla
Poetry

“Pour toi, mon amour” by Tasnia Nahla

December 12, 20200

Chaos sings, we areDisintegrating …

“Ode to a Speck” by Thomas Piekarski
Poetry

“Ode to a Speck” by Thomas Piekarski

November 13, 2020November 12, 20200

Out of respect I …

“These fragments I have shored against my ruins” by Jie Wang
Fiction

“These fragments I have shored against my ruins” by Jie Wang

August 24, 2020January 10, 20211

We are all doomed …

“A Bride” by Michael Howard
Fiction

“A Bride” by Michael Howard

August 14, 2020August 24, 20200

It was official: Angie Lash and Marco Di Luca, twenty-one years her senior, were wed.

“Horseshoes.” by DS Maolalai
Poetry

“Horseshoes.” by DS Maolalai

June 15, 2020August 19, 20200

somewhere up here  you …

“Typical Spring Love Song” by Connie Woodring
Poetry

“Typical Spring Love Song” by Connie Woodring

May 25, 2020August 29, 20200

Connie Woodring is a …

“Locked Together” by C.D. Panell
Poetry

“Locked Together” by C.D. Panell

April 27, 2020August 29, 20200

A pair of purple-throated …

“Cattail Confessions” by Hannah Melin
Fiction

“Cattail Confessions” by Hannah Melin

April 20, 2020January 10, 2021

I’ve fallen in love …

“Advice for Young Lovers” by Thom Young
Poetry

“Advice for Young Lovers” by Thom Young

November 11, 2019August 29, 20200

“try hate later on” #MetaworkerMonday

“Barbed Wires” by Ria Banerjee
Poetry

“Barbed Wires” by Ria Banerjee

October 14, 2019August 29, 20200

Did you, my beloved, …

“Blessing” by Jeff Burt
Poetry

“Blessing” by Jeff Burt

August 12, 2019August 29, 20200

may your eyelids be …

“Reclamation” by Mallika Bhaumik
Poetry

“Reclamation” by Mallika Bhaumik

July 1, 2019August 19, 20200

Someday we might meet,when …

“The cops have Julia” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Fiction

“The cops have Julia” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

May 6, 2019January 10, 20210

I knew already, struck …

“Everyday I am Born Like This” by Abhilipsa Sahoo
Poetry

“Everyday I am Born Like This” by Abhilipsa Sahoo

November 5, 2018August 19, 20201

everyday I am born …

“7820 miles” by Snata Bose
Poetry

“7820 miles” by Snata Bose

October 1, 2018August 29, 20200

How can I forget …

“Why I Should Probably Quit” DS Maolalai
Poetry

“Why I Should Probably Quit” DS Maolalai

September 10, 2018August 19, 20200

the click of the …

“The God of Good Things” by Snata Bose
Non-Fiction

“The God of Good Things” by Snata Bose

September 3, 2018August 29, 20200

The rain cut me …

“A New Kind Of Love” by Sanbud Tehrani
Poetry

“A New Kind Of Love” by Sanbud Tehrani

August 27, 2018August 21, 20180

It may not get …

“Teeter-Totter” by Sanjeev Sethi
Poetry

“Teeter-Totter” by Sanjeev Sethi

July 30, 2018August 19, 20200

  Spindrift from your …

“Cold Frame” by Sanjeev Sethi
Poetry

“Cold Frame” by Sanjeev Sethi

June 11, 2018August 19, 20200

  Love like Eucalyptus …

“Icing” by Melissa Bobe
Fiction

“Icing” by Melissa Bobe

February 12, 2018January 10, 20212

She’d had a cupcake …

“You and I” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi
Poetry

“You and I” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

July 24, 2017September 11, 20171

You were the ocean …

“No Room in the Rubble” by Khalid Abu Dawas
Poetry

“No Room in the Rubble” by Khalid Abu Dawas

July 10, 2017September 11, 20170

I used to pray …

“a blason from the crossfaded” by Connor Chapman
Poetry

“a blason from the crossfaded” by Connor Chapman

April 10, 2017August 19, 20200

A very pretty girl …

“How We Love” by Lauren Brodowski
Poetry

“How We Love” by Lauren Brodowski

March 6, 2017August 19, 20202

Sometimes I like to …

“Word Supreme” by Clint Keller
Poetry

“Word Supreme” by Clint Keller

December 26, 2016August 19, 20200

What I’m saying right …

“Water” by Gabby Catalano
Poetry

“Water” by Gabby Catalano

November 28, 2016August 19, 20200

“He laid his head …

“The Soul is Water” by Sudeep Adhikari
Poetry

“The Soul is Water” by Sudeep Adhikari

October 17, 2016August 19, 20200

A blank is waiting …

“Blood Orange Soda” by Maya Rahman-Rios
Fiction

“Blood Orange Soda” by Maya Rahman-Rios

October 10, 2016February 23, 20200

Wait until your mother …

“This is not a Political Poem” by Addison Namnoum
Poetry

“This is not a Political Poem” by Addison Namnoum

June 27, 2016August 29, 20201

Addison Namnoum and The …

“On Fainting in Tube Stations” by Carter Vance
Poetry

“On Fainting in Tube Stations” by Carter Vance

June 6, 2016March 2, 20190

I don’t want that …

“Shimmers of Time” by Ken Allan Dronsfield
Poetry

“Shimmers of Time” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

May 23, 2016December 8, 20236

Diamond shimmers within sand, …

“Blossom” by torrin greathouse
Poetry

“Blossom” by torrin greathouse

January 4, 2016August 7, 20230

Torrin Greathouse is a …

“Catfish” by Amethyst Hope Hethcoat
Fiction

“Catfish” by Amethyst Hope Hethcoat

September 28, 2015December 8, 20230

My room is black …

“They” and “The Mountain Where our Bones Showed Through” by Jesse Swire
Poetry

“They” and “The Mountain Where our Bones Showed Through” by Jesse Swire

August 31, 2015December 8, 20231

They Sleek bold bodybound …

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