Poem – MY COUNTRY SIDE (By Akeredolu Tope)

MY COUNTRY SIDE {Where old misty mountains adorn the sphere competing with the sky in height and glory and boisterous antelope’s race and hide behind the shrubs from *ogún’s intrusion} ~Akeredolu Tope My country side Where unruly old vultures scavenge on hot excrement Threatening even the carriers Of the meal, the happy children Pouring out yesterday’s fill                         My country […]

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Poem – Last Tuesday (By DS Maolalai)

Text design featuring the words 'Soul Fountain Poetry' in a stylized font.

Last Tuesday   nobody was answering any emails except for the people who were waiting for answers only other people could give. there were rooms which needed stuff moved out, but the price had gone up because now the work had to be done out of hours. and someone was looking for numbers on feminine hygiene waste products used in […]

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Poem – Relapsing (By Valentina Cano)

  It falls on me like a net, chainmail over my shoulders, wanting to kiss its satin cousin. I raise fists and switchblade claws but there’s no piercing through. Bubbles like swollen screams race up like flags. Like flares marking I was once here.   Bio: Valentina Cano is a student of classical singing who spends whatever free time she […]

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Poem – BANG FOR THE BUCK (By Ray Gallucci)

  BANG FOR THE BUCK (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/extinction_causes; http://en.wikipedia.org/Wilkes_Land_crater; http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview.html; http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/erthboom.htm; http://tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/impact.htm)   There’ve been five big ones that we know That dealt a cataclysmic blow To life existing on the earth And one to which the moon gave birth.   It’s speculated early two Occurred when earth grew hot then cooled So melting, freezing glacial mass Caused ocean level changes vast. […]

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Poem – Limits (By Gary Beck)

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Limits   You promised in front of a priest to love, honor, cherish. Then you started gambling,   When you lost you started drinking. The more you lost, the more you drank.   You came home drunk, yelled and cursed at me. I had to help you to bed, but you hit me.   Then you started beating me. I […]

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