Two Poems – Michael Lee Johnson
April 9, 2021
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Two poems – “Group Therapy” and “Fiction Girl” – by Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee Michael Lee Johnson.
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Two poems – “Group Therapy” and “Fiction Girl” – by Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee Michael Lee Johnson.
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Three poems – “Gullah Queen of Aunts”, “Coal Black Woman”, and “Sand and Silt” – by poet, author, and dancer Cynthia Stephens.
Two poems – “We Were Not Warned Not to Laugh” and “The Brutality of the Wind” – by poet, author, and teacher Matthew Burns.
Two poems – “Quiet Women” and “Ransom” – by self-published author, poet, spoken word artist, and motivational speaker Alyssa Michelle.
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One poem – “By Writing, By Carving” – by Japan-based poet and coffee and mystery novels lover Yuu Ikeda.
Two poems – “Stranded” and “Mood Indigo” – by poet and writer Edward Dougherty.
One poem – “Caligo, Patron Saint Of Strangled Light” – by poet, writer, performer, and two-time National Poetry Slam finalist Paulie Lipman.
Two poems – “Reverse” and “Double” – from Hudson Valley poet Roberta Gould.
Two poems – “West End Avenue” and “After the Virus” – from writer and Massachusetts native Liz Grisaru.
Three Roses Bright red against the grey wall, deep green stems raise blooms fresh, open as the hand that placed them there. Petals brown on the edge, after the departure,
