Stories tagged poem

More Than Octopus or Ships

by Joe Sullivan, Nov 17, 2011
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I, said he, I.

by Maren Sandt, Nov 17, 2011
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So why, said he, is she slacking...

Stumptown Mary

by George LaCas, Nov 18, 2011
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so one time the Holy Ghost come down to Stumptown

In The Wake

by Johnsienoel, Nov 18, 2011
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Any form of exertion would defile what we are trying to do

The Immediacy of White

by Sally Houtman, Nov 18, 2011
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But she is snow-blind, twice stunned by day and the immediacy of white –

More Alleged Victims of Botched Buttocks Surgery Emerge

by Jerry Ratch, Nov 23, 2011
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If you too have been damaged in the behind, you know, kicked in the ass multiple times, metaphorically or otherwise, you are encouraged to come forward with the evidence, while the tracks are still fresh.

Meanings of Reflection

by Cheryl Snell, Nov 30, 2011
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Undercut by shadows you no longer see my hand in front of your face. Our dreams taunt us, an echo against the cold mute shore. Above, silver from extinguished stars gleams as if it were the source, not mere reflection -- the…

The First Poem of Xmas

by sean m. poole, Dec 14, 2011
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Xmas! Yuletide! Chanukah! Winter Solstice! Rah! Rah! Rah! Don we now our gay apparel Parody the Xmas carol.

The Second Poem of Xmas

by sean m. poole, Dec 19, 2011
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Xmas poem the second The one I never wrote I typed upon a virtual page Composed a mental note Deck the halls with holly boughs Dream of Xmas white

His Name is Chaos

by Chad Smith, Dec 12, 2011
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Should probably be faster at the cash register

The Stick

by Zackary Sholem Berger, Dec 19, 2011
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When you finally got blood from the hard stick You spotted the backflash of red And said Thank God. The woman’s legs and arms Were everywhere, and you were in the middle Holding her down with one hand while wielding A butterfly in the other. You stuc

The coded feather in the glass

by David Maverick, Dec 16, 2011
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Dirty intimate feathers They're not listened to by anyone I can't hear the feathers in my mind I can hear the breaking clattering thunder and the ambidextrous love

Crisis Junkie

by Damion Hamilton, Dec 17, 2011
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　 A lot of people are like this--they thrive on On conflict 　 My bartender is that way-she likes the Confrontation She wants to fight and argue and haggle And I never related to this In anyone Well, people are scared, or pretend to be Scared at the bar. Some…

The Ballad Of Sideshow Sam & The Heckler

by sean m. poole, Dec 17, 2011
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"You know what a hobo is, my young friend? Or a tramp? Or a bum? Well, I'll tell ya, 'cuz you'll meet all of 'em in yer life and it's a good thing to know since they are each one of 'em different and the difference is this. Bums sit around and loaf. T

Santa’s stuck

by Ed Higgins, Dec 17, 2011
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The lard-arsed ol’bastard struggling soot-faced and yelling. . . .