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I just forget
by Sonja D.

I know my strength
I just forget
My endless walk
Through valleys of fire
Loss of unborn lives, lovers, friends.

I know my worth
I just forget
My treacherous journey
Through mountains of ice

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Whispers of ghosts
by Daniel Ryan Cotler

I've worn the weight of the world on my shoulders,
sustained by a lifetime of wounds,
inflicted by others,
but mostly by myself.
The ghosts of my past—
my father, my stepmother—
they etched their voices into my mind,
a relentless echo,
whispering lies that I'm not enough,
that love was something I’d never deserve.

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"A flame that burns underwater."
by Dylan Wu Rong

Above them, the tides rise,
reaching high into the heavenly skies,
and they fall-
falling deep enough to reach the land of souls.
Yet, beneath them all-
beneath this magnificent play,
lies another story,
a single shot, encapsulating the minds of the few.
The cherry blossom has stood bare,
birds of north nest in the far south,

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Fit Covid-19
by Stewart Watkins

Pushups and planks
Now armpits stank.

Roping and jumping
Outdoors I'm loving

Kicking and punching
Tension and stress I'm releasing

Netflix on house arrest

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Telegram
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Terse messages with yellowness of
Thunder, numbed by ceremonies of
Eclipse,
This day of Death!

From across the seven seas,
It fluttered with wings of
Decrepit seasons.

The page was ill

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Recent Survival Poems
Fit Covid-19
by Stewart Watkins

Pushups and planks
Now armpits stank.

Roping and jumping
Outdoors I'm loving

Kicking and punching
Tension and stress I'm releasing

Netflix on house arrest

......

Continue reading
"A flame that burns underwater."
by Dylan Wu Rong

Above them, the tides rise,
reaching high into the heavenly skies,
and they fall-
falling deep enough to reach the land of souls.
Yet, beneath them all-
beneath this magnificent play,
lies another story,
a single shot, encapsulating the minds of the few.
The cherry blossom has stood bare,
birds of north nest in the far south,

......

Continue reading
Whispers of ghosts
by Daniel Ryan Cotler

I've worn the weight of the world on my shoulders,
sustained by a lifetime of wounds,
inflicted by others,
but mostly by myself.
The ghosts of my past—
my father, my stepmother—
they etched their voices into my mind,
a relentless echo,
whispering lies that I'm not enough,
that love was something I’d never deserve.

......

Continue reading
I just forget
by Sonja D.

I know my strength
I just forget
My endless walk
Through valleys of fire
Loss of unborn lives, lovers, friends.

I know my worth
I just forget
My treacherous journey
Through mountains of ice

......

Continue reading
Telegram
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Terse messages with yellowness of
Thunder, numbed by ceremonies of
Eclipse,
This day of Death!

From across the seven seas,
It fluttered with wings of
Decrepit seasons.

The page was ill

......

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