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Three Poems by Ruchel Limbos

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Ruchel Limbos was a participant in Day Eight's 2026 AAPI reading and craft workshop...

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Blue Fading to White by Teresa Burns Murphy

Blue Fading to White A wintry wind blewthe color out of the sky that day‘til it was as whiteas my cousin’s corpsecontained in a coffininside...
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Kathryn Sparks: What is Dance?

When I dance I am most who I am, before myself, before my friends and relatives, and before God. I am the most...
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Three Poems by Patricia Gray

A Three-Day Love Affair I fell for you fast, Venice,the moment I stepped from the vaporettoand onto your floating welcome.Waif-thin as I was, you took...
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Three Poems by Lex Page

Crossword Clue, 5 Down, and a Hint: “Love” Isn’t the Answer I said it first,Come over here, and help me out,<!-- pointing to the only line...
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Haiku by Charles David Kleymeyer

Haiku Haiku haiku moment — most pure before words form   swallowing cherry blossoms… will I compose haiku with a japanese heart?   loon skimming still lake above its own image — ...
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Inside Out: Mind’s Eye by Mark Lieberman

The latest Pixar movie follows an 11 year-old girl named Riley, who moves with her family from her childhood home in Minnesota to a dingy apartment in San Francisco. The move makes Riley sad.
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Three Poems by Brandon Blue

The Twin FawnsAfter Peregrine Honig’s The Twin Fawns In the backroom of this clubmusic so loud you could neverhear the traffic, a drag queen downstairscollecting...
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Two Poems by R.E.I.L.

Piece for PEACE For my grandmother (Feb 2, 1956 - February 13, 2020) I’m trying to find the right words to make sense or peace with...
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Three poems by Eric Fischman

The poems in this post are part of a special section, curated by Ori Z Soltes and Robert Bettmann, The Jewish Experience. You All Wanted...

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