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Hurricanes Free verse

"in my early years, laws of weather not yet known
I prayed for hurricanes in a landlocked place
wild with youth, I craved disaster to match me..."
Hurricanes by Carly Jo Helm medium.com/the-mad-rive...
in The Mad River #litpub & #poetrycommunity
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Laundry Day Free Verse

"I have no memories, except
the suitcase atop a paved hill. One push,
they pinwheel out, all
gangly fluttering shapes. Momentum
learned..."
Laundry Day by Michelle Lauren medium.com/lit-up/laund... #poetry in the Lit Up Press #litpub & #poetrycommunity
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What Am I To Do With Kindness and Compliments? A short poem

"I accept kindness
Like I accept compliments
Warily..."
What Am I To Do With Kindness and Compliments? by Crystal Jackson medium.com/lit-up/what-... #poetry #compliments #mentalhealth in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Learning Experiences Growing up ain’t easy

unbalanced —
the boy on a seesaw
can’t solve the equation
Learning Experiences by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/learn... #memory #griefandloss #haibun in Lit Up #readingcommunity #poetrycommunity and #litpub

In defence of rhododendrons free verse for my mother’s birthday

In defence of rhododendrons medium.com/lit-up/in-de...
"...like her smile’s
glorious grab of radiance
they clamour their existence
sing it out in petals
mad honey and protective skirts..."
Mum's birthday was today #poetry #motherdaughter in the Lit Up Press #litpub & #poetrycommunity

Laying Guilt to Rest How my mother’s funeral set me free

"My father walked out on us when I was just eight years old..."
Laying Guilt to Rest by Will Pearce medium.com/lit-up/layin...
#fiction #flashfiction #abandonment #grief in Lit Up #litpub and #readingcommunity

Lilac Wine This performer’s homecoming in an unwelcome encore…

‘You don’t have to like it, Cara. You just have to do it. Three nights. Sing whatever you want, then we decide what to do with the old bird.’
Lilac Wine by Heather Stewart medium.com/lit-up/lilac... #fiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity

Echoes of the Abyss Quatrain

"Imbibe with pure vision, your flesh & bones,
Trepidation, evasion, then pain,
The mind forbids whilst hearts live in vain..."
Echoes of the Abyss by Michael Lahoue medium.com/lit-up/echoe...
#poetry #quatrains in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Manchester morning you don’t need brains to be a painter, just feelings.

"The morning rain soaks my clothes, my hair, my skin,
I do not care. For I am not here, there, anywhere..."
Manchester morning by John E Marks medium.com/lit-up/manch...
3 of my favourite things: #Manchester #history #poetry in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Her Words on the Wind As you might imagine, though, prophecy can put a lot of pressure on a budding relationship…

As you might imagine... prophecy can put a lot of pressure on a budding relationship…
Her Words on the Wind by Micah Smith medium.com/lit-up/her-w... #fiction #fantasy #flashfiction in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity

Holding On in the Morning a poem for anyone who needs to hold on a little longer

"...I sip my coffee and look for something to hold me
Because the phone feels too heavy to lift..."
Holding On in the Morning by Crystal Jackson
a #poem for anyone who needs to hold on a little longer
medium.com/lit-up/holdi... #poetry in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Lost pages Free verse

"There is a tale,
Of weaved words,
That died before reaching my trembling lips..."
Lost pages by Nitesh Mishra medium.com/lit-up/lost-... #poetry of #love and #loneliness in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Something retro anyway Free verse

"...For a heartbeat, everything fell silent —
a warmth that wrapped around us whole..."
Something retro anyway by Matia von Trier medium.com/lit-up/somet... the #poetry of the #kiss in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Garden Poems in three parts

"I almost greened against the turning of the clock,
forgetting as follows forgetting, capturing
my shape by every nerve
enduring a spring rain unremitting..."
Garden Poems by Ellis A Conklin medium.com/lit-up/garde... #poetry #nature #life in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity

Sunshine The battle scars of love (free verse)

Hey you!
How have you been these long years?
Sunshine by Richard Grahn medium.com/lit-up/sunsh... #poetry of #trauma #healing #sexualassault in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Friendly Fire and Foxholes Home as a battlefield

"...His foxhole was in the fibers
of a green carpet,
a bunker behind the sofa.
He only came out
in daylight
when there were
no bomber jets
flying overhead..."
Friendly Fire and Foxholes by @mftulin.bsky.social medium.com/lit-up/frien... #poetry #childhoodtrauma in Lit Up #litpub & #poetrycommunity

Breaking and Entering all those lights, all those little decisions, those infinite possibilities, and here I sat, in my piece of shit car, chainsmoking, waiting…

"all those lights, all those little decisions, those infinite possibilities, and here I sat, in my piece of shit car, chainsmoking, waiting for a pregnant woman and her husband to leave their house"
Breaking and Entering medium.com/lit-up/break... #fiction #flashfiction in Lit Up #litpub

So White It Shows after whitening

"White teeth, coated with correction fluid.
He smiled so confidently it dumbfounded me on the spot —
as if the burning sun weren’t blinding enough..."
So White It Shows by No Blabs medium.com/lit-up/so-wh...
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

WILD is the WAY A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in

"Ye olde gods of the greenlands have gone to ground, raging, burning forests all around, your acolytes burnt alive, stretched upon the rack, hung, cruelly drowned..."
WILD is the WAY by John E Marks medium.com/the-mad-rive... #poetry #nature video #haiga in The Mad River #poetrycommunity & #litpub

MITChell PART 65: INT. GREAT WALL — NOON

"If Leo were to look up, he might see Rich, now halfway dry..."
MITChell by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social
medium.com/lit-up/mitch... #serialfiction #fiction #scifi in the Lit Up press #litpub and #readingcommunity
Need to catch up? Find links to the beginning in the #story.

Memories of Modern Art And the movement of time

Memories of Modern Art open.substack.com/pub/gumusser... I can't get enough of Debdutta's words

Parity XII Waking Up to Snow

Waking Up to Snow
Parity XII by @oldcoleminer.bsky.social medium.com/the-mad-rive... tiny but perfectly formed #poetry #seasons in The Mad River #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Ailehpo The heavy garment of memory

"I am eight years old the first time I see her, in a museum my aunt insists on taking me to because it is a Tuesday afternoon and there is nothing better to do"
Ailehpo by Sylvara medium.com/lit-up/aileh...
#cnf #personalessay #ophelia in Lit Up #litpub & #readingcommunity

Lest I Become Pillar of Salt a poem

"Wider the arms in the plummeting,
or a familiar door in this brave swelter,
or the mind amidst a mutiny..."
Lest I Become Pillar of Salt by Ellis A Conklin medium.com/lit-up/lest-...
#poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity

Rollaway Room Sometimes, you don’t have any

"I look away. It’s too painful, this thing that happens to us. But he comes back, of course. We always do. Almost always..."
Rollaway Room by A. Gee medium.com/lit-up/rolla... #fiction #writerproblems in the Lit Up Press #litpub and #readingcommunity

Utopia Somewhere in the land of Is . . .

"this play opens with a chunk of salted caramel
and a dash of cayenne pepper
in a land where water flows uphill
and lakes lie filled with starry nights..."
Utopia by Richard Grahn medium.com/the-mad-rive...
magical #poetry in The Mad River #litpub and delightful #poetrycommunity

What Are You Waiting For? Free Verse

"While you were waiting to be seen
for the world to validate your story
a small rose pushed bulbous
unfurling ..."
What Are You Waiting For? by Shalini C
medium.com/lit-up/what-...
#Friday #poetry in Lit Up #poetrycommunity and #litpub #carpediem

Day and Age Free Verse

"...On behalf of the planet, break the dam open, turn the old key..."
Day and Age by Alex Clark medium.com/lit-up/day-a...
#poetry in Lit Up #litpub and #poetrycommunity

How to Not Make Money on Medium Yes, I have paywalled this composition of quality writing tips

How to Not Make Money on Medium by Debdutta Pal medium.com/all-about-m/...