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After “Desiderata” (Collection)

After “Desiderata” (Collection)

Contestants were asked to respond to the timeless message of Max Ehrmann’s 1927 poetic prose essay. Their winning entries follow …

 #Dana Evans #Dave Douglas #Deborah F. Thomas #Grant Nelson #hope #inspiration #Josh Daniel #Joy A. Burki-Watson #Lorraine Hyde #love #peace
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The Fickle Finger of Fate

The Fickle Finger of Fate

A full stop can sometimes appear in mid-sentence the story could suddenly end in a flash, It’s sad when we find …

 #chance #fate #luck #Tim Parry
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. Contemplative / . Philosophical / Nature
The Politics of Fishing

The Politics of Fishing

I have cut monofilament lines and filed barbs from fishhooks so none of them dig  under my tender calluses. Later, …

 #B.L. Woll #cycle of life #escape from politics #mortality #nature
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. Contemplative / . Mystical / . Philosophical / .Lonesome / .Wistful / Free Verse
True Tide

True Tide

Coast of perfect bays, all night the harbor widens between us; as we sleep the continents change address. I sail …

 #Evan Fowler #loneliness #longing #seeking #separation
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. Philosophical / Fixed Form / Love / Metrical / Rhyme / Sentiment
Mud and Honey

Mud and Honey

Her sentimental spirit washes freewhen clay and sediment come sliding down,so if she cries, a man is bound to seea …

 #authenticity #empowerment #Kaleb Pier #sonnet #woman
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Moth

Moth

What wrecks you make, crushed with fly swatters. We see only your distress, caught bentwinged by geckos or wrens. A …

 #Dan Erickson #indifference #irony #transience
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. Contemplative / . Philosophical / Change / Fixed Form / History / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
The New Alchemy

The New Alchemy

  Might we again relearn what once was known To forebears long ago but somehow lost By later generations–scorned and …

 #alchemy #ancient wisdom #common sense #Gavin Quinn #lost knowledge #social unrest #sonnet
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. Philosophical / Free Verse / Life
Life’s Carousel

Life’s Carousel

We mount our steeds every day, some swift, eager; some balky, locked in place. We circle each day midst a …

 #circle #momentum #ride #Sharon Anderson
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