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- Your Prom Date | The Mice | What’s Wrong Exactly | Poems by John GreyYOUR PROM DATE Everyone’s a winner. How I hate that. Everything is rotten in the world. Now that makes sense. This rented suit doesn’t fit and the new shoes are torture on my feet. I’m a bundle of guilt from previous poor decisions. Did I mention how sweaty my palms are? I fear one wrong … Read more
- Nostalgic Songs | We’ll Go Back To High SchoolAre we still on for tonight Will it be all wrong or right. Will we see the break of day and the early light Are we still going steady Can I pick you up at seven Is it too old fashion now to want to hold your hand We’ll finish the dishes and put the … Read more
- The Old Men Walking PoemWriting poems about writing poems about writing poems. The air was hot but the shade was cool and I walk over the roots on the moss step step step The old men sometimes walk as if it’s their last walk and the air, the air was hot but the shade was cool beside the green … Read more
- American Writers Review | 2025 issue, with the theme “Buyers’ Remorse.” | Call for Submissions
American Writers Review (AWR), a publication of San Fedele Press, is pleased to announce its 2025 issue, with the theme “Buyers’ Remorse.” For our new issue, we are seeking written work and imagery that springs from the moment when the best-laid schemes have turned to dust. It seemed like such a good idea…. But now? … Read more
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- In memoriam Jim Dunlap American Poet 1945-2024 presented by Richard Vallance
A fond farewell to Jim Dunlap (1945-2024) and celebration of his life, his memorable poetry and sonnets by Richard Vallance Jim Dunlap (Jan. 9, 1945 – Dec. 5, 2024), a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, had his first work published in 1970. Since then his work has appeared in over 90 publications, … Read more - E.M. Schorb reads from 1st poetry collection, “The Poor Boy”Biography E. M. Schorb attended New York University, where he fell in with a group of actors and became a professional actor. During this time, he attended several top-ranking drama schools, which led to industrial films and eventually into sales and business. He has remained in business on and off ever since, but started … Read more
- Barbara Crooker: poems from Slow Wreckage
THEN The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner Oak leaves stamped against a chicory skyswirled with clouds, like a marble I once hadand lost. It’s probably still there, caught in a drypuddle, a tree root, or one of those cracked pavements of childhood that we walkedon going to school. We roamed … Read more - Hollywood Woman A Poem by Sara L Russell 18th March 2023She has had an illustrious lifestyleand many well-earned accolades;donates to some causes quite worthwhileshe has gongs and awards now, in spades. Her mansion’s been featured in Tatlerin Mode Avantgarde and OK;She’s been called a trooper and a battlerand she always has plenty to say. But her face is a bone of contentionit is fixed in … Read more
Art Posts
- Hollywood Woman A Poem by Sara L Russell 18th March 2023She has had an illustrious lifestyleand many well-earned accolades;donates to some causes quite worthwhileshe has gongs and awards now, in spades. Her mansion’s been featured in Tatlerin Mode Avantgarde and OK;She’s been called a trooper and a battlerand she always has plenty to say. But her face is a bone of contentionit is fixed in … Read more
- Unraveling the Intricacies of Law in Shakespearean Plays: Insights, Themes, and Analysis
- How to Use Chromatic Black in Oil PaintingHow to Make Chromatic Black For Painting | Artist #shorts How To Mix Your Own Black Oil Paint – Chromatic Black Color Mixing Oil Paint | How I Paint Realistic Skin Tones REALISTIC PAINTING – FUR TECHNIQUES, GRASS AND FOLIAGE, GLOWING SKY, BIGHORN SHEEP How to mix black with primary colours: Part 2 Chromatic black … Read more
- Ekphrastic Poem Peace and Motion by Shakiba (Yorkshire Arts) and Tony Martin Woods
Shakiba (a Persian word for a patient, tolerant and gentle person) is an artist based in Leeds, Yorkshire, since 2014. She is self-taught and works with Acrylic Pouring Techniques. Painting helped her to overcome the stress of her PhD thesis in a scientific discipline, which she completed in 2020. Editor’s note: for further viewing … Read more