Two Poems by Jack Giaour

art opening   instead of a gun you use a camera   amputees are your subject    /these poor people/ you say   the walls of the gallery are dark prints pinned neatly under spotlight   //life under deformity// is the name of the show   you...

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Two Poems by Zorina Exie Frey

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WITH ME AND THE STARS No one can tie down the stars in one place, my father said as he explained how the summer constellations were different from...

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A Question Of Identity On her 90th birthday she looked in the mirror and tried to identify the face looking back. She felt the same as ever but...

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