Cathexis Northwest Press
Train
By: Benjamin J. Kirby Today I heard a train whistle blow in a town a hundred miles from tracks Standing at the edge of a forgotten forge...
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C.N.P Poetry
Cathexis Northwest Press
Oct 1, 2022
A Word for that Sound
By: Russell Willis “Flapping” won’t suffice for the sound of scores of Grackles fleeing from over there behind those trees to somewhere...
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Oct 1, 2022
Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani
By: Matt Schur It was Monday. Jesus stretched on the sunny steps awaiting glad tidings of great joy. Bob Marley’s little birds wailed...
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Oct 1, 2022
Nora Roberts Interview...; Charles Bukowski Interview...; Salman Rushdie Interview...
By: Patrick Moran Nora Roberts Interview—Claire E. White 2021 Take us through a typical day in the life of Nora Roberts. My...
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Oct 1, 2022
Behind the Dissatisfaction; The Tubes; That Particular Line in the Sunset
By: Rhys Daly Behind the Dissatisfaction Somewhat melancholic I play a jaw harp its tongue rattling against our canines you’ve ground to...
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Oct 1, 2022
Survivor; Hunted, Hunting
By: Meghan J. M. Caughey Survivor I saw her again just now wearing a long pale pink coat, clutching a white canvas bag of groceries...
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Oct 1, 2022
Holiday Burn
By: Ed McManis Buried to our chins in holiday sand, summer skittering on crab legs net-to-net, the cool aloe of her lips mouthing what we...
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Oct 1, 2022
Prelude to a Blizzard
By: Anthony Clemons Blizzardous squalls appear on the break of Fall’s horizon. Gusts of disorder surround us. I’ve listed what’s needed—...
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Oct 1, 2022
Eviction; Feeding Chickens on December First; After Our Dog Dies...
By: Josh Nicolaisen Eviction Nearly forty feet up, the dying sugar maple’s crown has cracked midback where it leans to lie across the...
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Oct 1, 2022
Drain the Ocean
By: Toni La Ree Bennett Drain the ocean, you said, and we would walk among the craters on the submerged skin of the earth. I obeyed. I...
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Oct 1, 2022
PLANE FLIPS AS IT LANDS EVERYBODY SURVIVES*
By: Eric Lunde Your hands look like night he said Where do you keep them? Hidden from sight so they Won’t turn into...
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Oct 1, 2022
The Mirror Betrayed
By: Benjamin Rose The sudden breeze of a lost summer day When the fires of August scorching have passed And humid heat on the...
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Oct 1, 2022
Tuesday Morning’s Plate
By: Peter Coe Verbica On his deathbed he finally gave up the combination to the safe. But lean and laser-eyed, she still can’t drop that...
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Oct 1, 2022
Ocean Canticle; After the Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary...; Daybreak Light Rejoining...
By: Clif Mason Ocean Canticle We choose not to leave the dream of the sea. Immortal jellies float, transparent as windows, in the water,...
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Oct 1, 2022
“Never, Never Land, My Ship”
By: Mark Pearce Never, never land, my ship, For now would be too late. I always dreamt someday you’d come, But my days were spent in...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Oct 1, 2022
Across the Room; a finite number; Love Poem
By: Terri Hanauer Across the Room Lost in the snowstorm your shadow is translucent and I can hardly tell if I ever loved you back. The...
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