Poetry
This is Thin Air Online’s Archive of pieces that are classified as poetry, both long form and short.
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“When the enemy is despair what then will you do?” by Sean Mahoney
“Once upon a time in a construct of your own making or maybe not your own making as it is all upstairs…”
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“Summer Rain” by Joan Mazza
“After July’s heat wave now a steady rain.”
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“are the stars you see at night already dead?” by Lorelei Bacht
the pain you baked into my bones is astronomical.
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“Do not think of those who have died as Dead; rather, they are Alive and with their Lord” by Isra Cheema
They are you. You are them. Say their names.
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[How difficult do you think] by Thomas Osatchoff
How difficult do you think it would be to live a zero-waste lifestyle?
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“203 NE Angus St” by Marchiano
The evening struggles under the weight of cigarette smoke, the weight of a full moon— nine now between us
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“The Night I Stopped Writing Poetry” by December Verbout
I need to scream because all I want to do is write one more poem about her laugh lines before they are gone forever. Write her the ending she so longingly deserves. But as I sat on the front porch steps, all I could hear was the distant, uninviting cicadas.
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“Sestina with Tangerines, Plaster and Teeth” by Courtney Justus
Let us feast on tangerines.
