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Jozef Cain's avatar

Pulled a fat 12-hour shift(14 with travel) during the time this went out. Thank you all for coming together to make dope shit. You all are amazing writers. One Love.

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Nancy Santos's avatar

“Through cupped ears you lipread like Horus

A fucking puppet with singed scalded strings”

Love the fucking puppet!

I want to comment on my favorite lines from everyone without blowing up y’all’s notifications. Next time, I’ll read your collections from my laptop. When I back out to copy another, everything I typed disappears.

But I will say when I saw Jozef’s, at first glance my old lady eyes thought it said blue hued whorehouse. And now I’m kinda down for a whorehouse poem, if you’re taking requests. 🤣

Well done, everyone!

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Jozef Cain's avatar

lmfao Nancy

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Ute Luppertz's avatar

🤣

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Just Kayla's avatar

Stunning poetry by many of my fave writers. Some new too!!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Some borrowed and some blue 💙💙💙

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Marcia Abboud's avatar

Wow. What a playlist :) Nice to hear your voice, Elena :) I'm blown away by the talent here. It makes me want to write poetry 🤍

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you, sweet Marce.

Elena soothes the eardrums 🖤🖤🌪😂

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Elena's avatar

Sugar Cane “unit 176,

racing to find that one pic;

the one where you're smiling—

your hair like a willow at dusk” 😭🤯🌟

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Debdutta Pal's avatar

Alright. I'm going to read this a few more times and hope, pray, beg, I have all these dreams tonight.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Mon ami, you are too perfect for your own good, always the brightest spark from an alit match ⚡️🔥

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Linda Kowalchek's avatar

I would welcome anyone’s feedback on my work. I seriously have no idea if my poetry is even poetry or if it is good or not. Please let me know if there is any hope for me. Thanks so much. 😊

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Jozef Cain's avatar

It's poetry, Linda. And pretty elegant poetry at that. There is hope for you ;)

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Edward Swafford's avatar

You have a classic flow, an eye for meter. If you weren’t fantastic, I wouldn’t have included you!!

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Linda Kowalchek's avatar

This truly means the world to me! Thank you! 😊

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BJ Dawson's avatar

I'm honored to have added my voice to this tremendous chorus. Everyone brought it.

A special hat-tip to Heather Zoccali, who I plan to learn more about immediately after this banger of a stanza:

"I will drive my name into metal,

bend it barehanded until the edges bite,

until even rust remembers me."

I don't know how to tag in Subtack, otherwise I'd tag her too.

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brutallybeautiful's avatar

Awe wow thanks! I really appreciate that- seriously 🖤Heather Zoccali here. Brutally Beautiful is my tag name🖤

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BJ Dawson's avatar

Oh, I’ve already found you, Heather, and I’m all the luckier for it. Dropping iconic bars like yours will instantly get you a new fan in me. :)

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Haha! Heather is another transplant from Medium, she’s a treasure.

Thank you for being apart of this collage!!

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BJ Dawson's avatar

Thanks for having me! Like I said, Heather’s work really moved me, but everyone submitted such strong work. I enjoyed reading your passage too!

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brutallybeautiful's avatar

These were so good! What a wonderful way to wake and read still in the hazy in between. Incredible everyone 🖤 thanks for putting my words on your page and with all these amazing poets🖤

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Black Coffee Poetry's avatar

Your words sing on this page, Heather 🌪🖤.

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Maisie Archer's avatar

Thanks so much for including another of my poems in these fantastic, mind-blowing collections. It's such an honor.

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Jozef Cain's avatar

The honour is ours. You're next-level Maisie.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank YOU for making your poetic presence known, three times in a row!🌪🖤

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A. Njoto's avatar

Props to all involved! This is amazinggggg

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you! Hopefully you’ll partake in our next one? 🌪

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A. Njoto's avatar

Sure will, Edward!

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Kali Fox-Jirgl's avatar

Once again, an incredible collection of some amazingly talented poets 🖤 Wow, these leave me full of reflection…

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Jozef Cain's avatar

Your poem was incredible on its own, Kali... Thank you for sending it over and being part of this dreamscape we all created.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

And you’re one of them🌪🖤

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Mark Fricker's avatar

Great collection keep em coming

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Ute Luppertz's avatar

Amazeballs!!!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

You truly are, sweet Ute.

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E.R. Davis's avatar

I feel like everyone pulled out all the stops with this one. It was so much. It was like a competition for greatness and the readers won out in the end.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

The next one will have a poll - and you’re in it 🖤

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julie radford's avatar

awww you 😭❤️‍🔥

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thanking you for the 11th hour inclusion 🥰🥰

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julie radford's avatar

always!!💖

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Elena's avatar

Oooh, I’m losing sleep over all these poems- I am not complaining ❤️

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BJ Dawson's avatar

Right? I was already up past my bedtime… this collection kept me up even an hr longer!

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Jozef Cain's avatar

hahaha

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Yours is quite the banger 🌪🌪

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