December 29, 2025

Groping for Light (Comments below)

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This Week's Press:

Rested, Looking Over the Wall
By Bradford Middleton
~ "...the muse has, it appears, returned ..."

Neon Glow
By Jiel Narvekar
~ "...You play the hand that came your way..."

No More Road
By Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
~ "...I had no destination home..."

Death and the Maiden: An Elegy
By Claudia Kessel
~ "...Her beauty a flaming sword..."

Support Sytem
By James Croal Jackson
~ "...Time is oxygen when masking loss..."

Fair as Fresh Air
By Mark Nuzzi
~ Mark Nuzzi lives in New Jersey, enjoying middle age and everything that comes with it. When not in his own universe, he spends time as an aquarium hobbyist, an amateur astronomer, writing stories and feeding the wildlife in the backyard.

Blue Ulysses
By Tim Law
~ There is more joy in living things...

Broken Shadow
By Nisha Raviprasad
~ Nisha Raviprasad is a poet and avid reader based in Cochin, Kerala. Her work, often centered on memory, nature, and emotion, has appeared in various literary journals. A quiet observer of life and language, she continues to explore the beauty of the everyday through poetry.

A Birthday Song in Minor
By Jerry A. Sierra
~ What a celebration...!

Trench Art
By Stephen Kingsnorth
~ "That summit once a seaside scene..."

What Does a Teenager Do in the Dark?
By Dan Holt
~ "... words of teenage angst in a tattered notebook..."

Alive with Resolve and Resilience
By Ndaba Sibanda
~ Two poems by Ndaba for the new year.

Ngongo Chronicle: Copper: A Memoir 08
By Ron Singer
~ In his private life and in his leadership, Festus Nkwema is beleaguered...

Brotherly Love
By Jim Bates
~ A way that brothers should be...