3 POEMS by Ivan Ndoma-Egba

Calendar Teetheach month bitesa little harderjanuary gnawed at hopefebruary kissed the woundmarch spatapril laughed with blood in its teethmay bloomed but only with weedsjune forgot how to rainjuly choked on heat and old secretsaugust waited by the windowcounting how many times no one cameseptember showed up late and tiredwith cracked lips and bruised handsoctober whispered […]

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Renee Ebert ~ Listening to Jazz in Newport Beach (Remembering the Holocaust)

Listening to Jazz in Newport Beach (Remembering the Holocaust) All the beautiful clothes In a pile on the floor Some beginning to wear A thread loose, color fading A piece of hair Of living human beings They watch and listen to the jazz Look closer Prettiness gone, fading too Eyeglasses, teeth, possessions Become just cracks […]

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A WAR POEM WRITTEN BY A 17 YEAR OLD WHO IS ONE HIGH SCHOOL SEMESTER AWAY FROM GOING TO MARINE BOOT CAMP

War.  War.  I think of it often,  dream of it even, the honor, the stories of men who gave up their tomorrows, so that others could keep theirs.  But then reality sets in and the horror shines through. How saving a life is easy, but taking one is so much easier.  War.  Brothers in arms, […]

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2 poems by LEOTIS HARGROVE

Walking on Bloody soil Pt. I History has shown us one thing,The one who rules, is the one who one.War’s past, present and future,Only has one outcome, survivals of Death.Tainted grounds, roads, animals and nature,Discarded, cause not a single person cared! Walking on Bloody soil Pt. II Not one human being cared about their environment,Nor […]

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