medicine deniedmother of necessityreturns with resolve homegrown herbal teaspennyroyal mugwortbecome black market toll point of a hangerwe’ll tear out our wombsthrow ourselves down staircases solder our vaginas shutexpediencyour only choice now we’ll deliver themthen smother them at birthbury the unwanted leave them out in the coldtoss them in the seafill baby boxes roast them broil…
Category: Poetry
Chicken Soup for the Soul Poem Nominated at Film Festival
The poem, “Breakfast in Northport” by Zorina Exie Frey was one of the twelve poets selected for Chicken Soup for the Soul‘s anthology, “I’m Speaking Now, Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage, and Hope (2020).” Her poem was also featured on Chicken Soup for the Soul’s podcast. Listen to the…
Ghost I am
Read more poetry by Michael Lee Johnson at 45magazine.com or visit him on Instagram @MLJPoetryMan1330
Closure
“You threw my name on a dirty floor
With the phrase “you disgust me”
Not a single thought
That I could possibly be the water
That should cleanse your sins…” @lulekamhlanzi #newpoetry #poems #45MagPoetryJournal #closure
Superstition
No longer do I wish up on
the evening’s first star.
My eye may catch a glint of coin
on the ground yet I only walk on.
Poetry by @reneebutner
Predator
“Crew-cut man stands, facing us,
twirling something in his right hand” by Pat Bonner Milone #poetry #poems #predator
Python
Space gets smaller /
face and body contract /
unknown space /
black as ink /
hollow inside // Poetry by Susanne Allen
Calling All Poets!
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4 Quatrains
Puritan New England’s Hester Prynne, /
In her day, wore an “A” for unspeakable sin. /
Now with sex extramarital, kinky, and group, /
The fashion would be to wear alphabet soup.
What is Home?
This poem was written during Writing Class Radio’s Wednesday night’s Memoir First Draft Session. #poetry #groupwriting #writingprompt #memoirwriting
Her Mate is Just Like the Moon
“Just fancy the look on the unlucky guests,
and the entertainer, who’s even smarter
at faking it.” #gabriellagarofalo #poet #poetry #italianpoets
Jesus and How He Must Have Felt
“My body detaching from myself,
numbed by winter’s fingers…”
#newpoetry #michaelleejohnson #poems @poetryman1130
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