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All Poems Are About Death

by Paul Hostovsky They’re talking about tying teacher payto teacher performance,and tying teacher performanceto student outcomes. They like to use words likeoutcomes. They probably don’t readmuch poetry, whoever they are,and wouldn’t know a good lineif they wrote one. I remember Mr. Westrich though,my seventh-grade English teacher, who diedin a boating…

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Sunday Afternoon

by Nick Stonaker Ned grew up in church. He and his family rarely missed Sunday, and never for silly reasons like rain, sleep, car problems, or sickness. If Ned missed a service, it meant there was no feasible way to attend. His family even played hooky for his grandmother’s funeral…

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Oracle

by Zachary Jones Living in the shadowsI became a prophet.Learning everythingThat no one can teach Here alone nowI’m in perfect companyThe waters around me are my fortress walls. I see the future,In seashells and ripples.They tell me of heat waves,They speak of great wars. In hot fever dream state,I saw your god running.A…

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MaabHasanLENS

All Poems Are About Death

by Paul Hostovsky They’re talking about tying teacher payto teacher performance,and tying teacher performanceto student outcomes. They like to use words likeoutcomes. They probably don’t readmuch poetry, whoever they are,and wouldn’t know a good lineif they wrote one. I remember Mr. Westrich though,my seventh-grade English teacher, who diedin a boating…

read more...

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Sunday Afternoon

by Nick Stonaker Ned grew up in church. He and his family rarely missed Sunday, and never for silly reasons like rain, sleep, car problems, or sickness. If Ned missed a service, it meant there was no feasible way to attend. His family even played hooky for his grandmother’s funeral…

read more...

Image by bess.hamiti@gmail.com from Pixabay

Oracle

by Zachary Jones Living in the shadowsI became a prophet.Learning everythingThat no one can teach Here alone nowI’m in perfect companyThe waters around me are my fortress walls. I see the future,In seashells and ripples.They tell me of heat waves,They speak of great wars. In hot fever dream state,I saw your god running.A…

read more...