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Laure-Anne Bosselaar: Ode to Sungolds

Sungolds, coughed my old neighbor, a bird
shat the seed.

October 8, 2025 · 38 Comments

David Kirby: My Sunday

My Sunday is doing great
it’s driving along at 35 mph with its sleeves rolled up
and one arm out the window
dog with its head out the window barking at nothing

May 19, 2024 · 8 Comments

Amy Small-McKinney: Neighborhood

What do I know?
Anna with red wings that opened for me and hovered over the houses of bullies.
She is dead now too.

July 17, 2023 · 6 Comments

Majid Naficy: Two Neighbors

The scent of chicken tahchin
Is wafting up to me
Through the window
And I know soon
She will knock at my door…

March 30, 2023 · Leave a comment

Lisa Fay Coutley: Duplex

your son is a homeless drug addict your son is
your son is a homeless drug addict your son
until it becomes real

July 18, 2022 · 4 Comments

Jose Padua: The Sight of my Neighbor Limping

  The sight of my neighbor limping to his front door in the dim, late-evening light, walking from his truck, down the driveway to the sidewalk, then toward the front … Continue reading

October 7, 2014 · 2 Comments

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