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Humor & Satire

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  • Poem
    By Russell Atkins
    The probability in the yard:

    The rodent keeps the cat close by;

    The cat would sharp at the bird;

    The…
  • Poem
    By Joshua Seigal
    I don’t like similes.Every time I try to think of onemy brain feels like a vast, empty desert;my eyes…
  • Poem
    By Aram Saroyan
    “ # $ % _ & ‘  (  )  *  !
    2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -  ¾ Q W E R T Y U I O P ¼
    q w e r t y u i o p ½ A S D F G…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazine

    Toast

    By D. A. Powell
    Said my illness
    I’m tired of being
    serious all the
    time I don’t
    like how you
    treat me like
    we haven’…
  • Poem

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    The Language of Joy

    By Jacqueline Allen Trimble
    Black woman joy is like this:
    Mama said one day long before I was born
    she was walking down the street…
  • Poem
    By Paul Muldoon
    I’ll be the Road Runner
    To your Wile E Coyote
    I’ll take you in my stride
    I’ll be a Sancho Panza
    To your…
  • Poem
    By Alberto Ríos
    1

    Pies have a reputation.
    And it’s immediate —no talk of potential


    Regarding a pie. It’s good
    Or it…
  • Poem
    By Marcus Wicker
                  The thing about facing your fears head on
    is it only really works on TV. As an example, let’s say
                  a…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazine

    Myth of the Mole

    By S.J. Fowler & Max Porter
    I would not have thought I would have needed to say this.

    Once upon a time, there was an English mole…
  • Poem
    By Wallace Stevens
                                       i
             The World without Imagination

    Nota: man is the intelligence of his soil,
    The sovereign ghost. As…
  • Poem

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    Laughter

    By Crisosto Apache
    one day, Coyote sees Duck walking her ducklings,
    Coyote asks her how she keeps them in a straight line…
  • Poem
    By Darren Sardelli
    The letter A is awesome!
    It simply is the best.
    Without an A, you could not get
    an A+ on a test.
    You…
  • Poem
    By Hoa Nguyen
    What if I ate too much food     there being
    Not enough money    immigranty
    And save all the ketchup
                                      packets…
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