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Tag: neighbors

“Turning Back, Going Forward” by E Martin Pederson
Poetry

“Turning Back, Going Forward” by E Martin Pederson

June 21, 2021June 30, 20210

It seems like paradise, but it’s a mirage. No more concrete walkways through the wired treelings, by the serious cyclers, no kids with frisbee dogsNo …

“Neighbor” by Darrell Petska
Poetry

“Neighbor” by Darrell Petska

March 22, 2021June 30, 20211

on his roof checking shingles for fleasscouring the ground for alien invaders Hey Don! I say, but he’spolishing tools till his face smiles backdigging more …

“Sold Sign” by Kate Koch
Poetry

“Sold Sign” by Kate Koch

February 19, 2021February 19, 20210

The sunlight that crawls between hydrangea leaveswhile moss roses stretch and mouse through cracks in the stairs Neighbors who share their sweet ouzowith stories about …

“The Dinner Party” by Alexa Hailey
Fiction

“The Dinner Party” by Alexa Hailey

October 12, 2020March 23, 20241

We arrived right on time, although we had debated that. Isn’t fashionably late, well, fashionable? In the end, though, we were on time. Which was …

“Neigborhood” by Matthew Chamberlin
Poetry

“Neigborhood” by Matthew Chamberlin

August 31, 2020September 7, 20200

This neighborhood is all I know, these placid lawns and cars consumed by blooms of rust where things move  underneath the surface —parts and widens, …

“The Neighborhood is Burning” by Kaileen Campbell
Poetry

“The Neighborhood is Burning” by Kaileen Campbell

September 2, 2019August 29, 20200

The house across from mehas caught aflameand taken it against water The firemen are comingtheir trucks yelling attheir speed. They are dressedin their shieldsand are …

“Coming Home” by Ray Cicetti
Fiction

“Coming Home” by Ray Cicetti

October 23, 2017March 15, 20220

Once there was a man who found a forest in his pocket. When he came home after a day’s work he would take it out. …

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