Leaves
_Leavesby Kristine Ong MuslimThis time, there is no basket to gather the falling leaves. All that is left is a trailof breadcrumbs leading to the path of light, a casualty in the urban ecology.Random...
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_ASPIRATIONS by Joseph RoqueGreat expectations are dysfunctional dreams, some have wings that lift us high, embellish us, others become leaden weights that drag us down, diminish us, dash...
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_COLORSby Joseph Roque I am somehow diminished,don’t mean smaller, mean less. I do not know the when or whyof it, only that what was once proud tradition, I see...
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_PROOF OF LIFEby Joseph RoqueFor lack of anything obvious toblame, he'll point to the moon--when it's full, he is like a long-fanged linguist on locoweed.Not sure if it is lycan-inspiredtradition...
View ArticleWHAT IS A DREAM WORTH?
_WHAT IS A DREAM WORTH?by Joseph RoqueIf I sacrifice my dreams for you, it will mean I love you morethan dreams, that love gleamsbrighter than wishes. Some believe love’s glistenvanishes with time,...
View ArticleRENEE OUELLET
_RENEE OUELLETIn 2004, Renee Ouellet was attending Rhode Island College as a Fine Arts student. She discontinued her studies to help at home with her ailing mother, who was dying from cancer. To this...
View ArticleForecast for the Dim
_Forecast for the DimI see it on the horizon, black & brown withflies all around. . .a point in time, whenignorance is no longer blissful--they say all good things come to an end.©RENEE OUELLET
View ArticleBlackest of Blues
Blackest of BluesIllusive shell of my perfect man,made of grit, and the rest dry sand.Spoken desires into his abyss,unfair echoes from his lips to my hips.Still unknown what was honest or true,but...
View ArticleOrphanage
OrphanageAn extinguished flame form cloudstheir incandescent standsbecome a human storm In a cold roomat the base of a windowparticles of dust adored in goldmorph into childrensleeping under a sheet of...
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