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Like Some Slim Branch of Heaven
All day I sit here with my fishing pole Like some slim branch of Heaven, bent With all the glory of the stars, and kick my feet In this green water to…
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J.Z Schafer
Elfin Dreams and Tired Eyes
Literature can only be profound because life is profound.
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J.Z Schafer
Tremble
By Evelyn Quarrel
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Nathan Woods
Motel Lovers
The fan stops, the room warms. Disasters, like perfections, Happen with majestic rarity Or desperately All the time. What town's nearby?
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Nathan Woods
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December 2024

Golden Apples
Down to their knees in cloths of white and gold, Stars clad in light of stars, the sisters four Whom men call the Hesperides, Nymphs of the West, among…
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J.Z Schafer
The King
I sing in tune as best I can And hope my youth outlives me. I’m a die-hard Elvis fan, Johnny Cash, forgive me. America’s first prophet Polished a black…
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Nathan Woods
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The Eternal Boomer
Poetic responses to an aging society
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Nathan Woods
Lullaby
Sleep like a feather on the stream Where all the golden angels swim With feathers like to fins and swords Made for to guard your crib. Mother therealso…
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J.Z Schafer

November 2024

On a Rainy Day Contemplating Other Worlds
Or, why Minecraft worlds are in some sense as ancient as language
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J.Z Schafer
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Psyche at the Tomb
By Olivia Marstall
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J.Z Schafer
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Monthly Roundup(s) X: Autumnal Redemption Arc
News, news, news!
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Nathan Woods
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Only Fate is Understood
Only fate is understood. The look behind, the broken chair, An old man falling down the stair. It's a pulling back of heaven's hood To cut an angel's…
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Nathan Woods
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