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REAL LOVE BY HAWNA ATWOOD

Posted on May 13, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — Leave a reply

She hadn’t known what real love wasNot until he smiled at her.He offered his help without her needing to askHe held her as she sobbed during shark week And never Continue Reading →

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PIECES BY: MALA VIRK

Posted on April 19, 2025 by davidkootnikoff — 1 Comment ↓

I thought I could fix what was broken. Be a hand to mend cracks and seams, But in my search for healing I lost myself within the dreams. You came Continue Reading →

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Northern Lights Amnesia By: Daniela McGonigal-Videla

Posted on February 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff

As I look up into the ink black sky,A smattering of stars above my eyes,Rays of moonlight white,Like angel’s fingers grasping at the darknessThe northern lights of Aurora beginning to Continue Reading →

Posted in Poetry

Contraband Body By: Victoria Nestorowicz

Posted on February 6, 2025 by davidkootnikoff

rot is the instinctintegrated to the land;taboo prescription.

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EROSION By: Jessica Marcotte

Posted on December 23, 2024 by davidkootnikoff

Sober clouds watch the cliff fall, Crash into water from heights tall Stir the silent riverbed Lost her clarity, clouds of dirt bled Soft rain, mound of fallen place Settled Continue Reading →

Posted in Free Verse, Poetry

HAIKU (theme: planet/earth/politics) By: Raelyn Riley

Posted on December 23, 2024 by davidkootnikoff

The original teacher shakes with the “Strong and Free” against this fault.

Posted in Free Verse, Poetry

The RABBIT, the FOX, and the CROW By: Daniel Doukpolagha

Posted on August 27, 2024 by davidkootnikoff

Ol’ Mr. Rabbit sat on field of green,Munching away at a patch of grass.‘Twas a beautiful day, no cloud to be seen,And the fields ripe for Mr. Rabbit to reap. Continue Reading →

Posted in Poetry

LAST By Alex Gallaway

Posted on April 10, 2024 by davidkootnikoff

As night seems longer than it hasHas hell frozen over?I wait for a returned messageIs he lost to this death? Her friends are unloving todayShe’s thrown the towel inThat pain Continue Reading →

Posted in Poetry

ASLEEP By Istvan Jamrik

Posted on April 10, 2024 by davidkootnikoff

Such a horrific nightmare I had!Something, a ghastly demon, I believespawned from the ancient bones of all the graveyardsand promptly after its repulsive, nasty birthit set off to consume and Continue Reading →

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MY BODY IS SACRED By:  Tatiana Weasel Moccasin

Posted on April 2, 2024 by davidkootnikoff

My body is sacred. It comes from the earth. Invasive species do not phase me, But oil and coal try to erase me. My body is sacred. The blood in my veins flows through me Continue Reading →

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