Category Archives: STRICT POETIC FORMS

yet it hurts

clown clouds
all kites unfurled
jubilance & church bells
but then she hied for good that day
or ill

fain i’d be okay
could i smile the pain away
left by my bride fae

by TONY SINGLE
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hell (guitar solo)

dullened
his basswood skull
struck a discordant tone
for every wrong in memory
& less

by TONY SINGLE
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chair theory

i make space for you
& yet you make none for me
an eyeroll, a sigh
silence meant to break the heart
music has gone, now depart

depart, unwanted
before they take the last chair
break your monkey face

by TONY SINGLE
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everything is magic

inhale
dust, exhale wool
make the night sky starry
my irresponsible lovely
wizard

by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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hennadii

a beatles crossing
ghost prints through chechelovka
now here you’re a tree
nourish me with your good cheer
i’ll never wish you weren’t here

your love never fades
nourish earth with your good cheer
we’ll never wish you weren’t here

by TONY SINGLE
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