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heartwood

bark on the old tree
i would become an artist
just to draw this bark
one day i will be a tree
one day i will feel better

On the Downside

Text by TETIANA ALEKSINA
Image by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2023

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February 7, 2023Tony Single Artist, Bark, Depression, Heartwood, Hope, Mental health awareness, Poem, Poetry, Tanka, Tetiana Aleksina, Tree, Writings 6 Comments

GUEST POST // sustenance by Tremaine L. Loadholt

miss cooking for him
and on most days, for her, too
I cook anyway
energy needs assistance
I thrive on this love

by TREMAINE L. LOADHOLT
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January 30, 2023Tony Single Cooking, Food, Friendship, Growth, LGBTQ, Life, Love, Poem, Poetry, Sustenance, Tanka, Tremaine L. Loadholt 12 Comments

cold comfort

no one wants to die
no one wants to say goodbye
no one wants to cry
void their headstone of the lie
that there is a by the by

Cold Comfort

by TONY SINGLE
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January 5, 2023Tony Single Belief, Freedom from religion, God, Grief, Heaven, Hope, Life and death, Poem, Poetry, Religion, Tanka, Tony Single 2 Comments

the moment before she smiles

just call me by name
make me turn swiftly around
lift my lowered hood
beneath a leaky awning
make us blab till the rain ends

The Moment Before Her Smile

by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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December 8, 2022Tetiana Aleksina Awning, Hood, Lovers, Name, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Relationships, Smile, Tanka, Tetiana Aleksina, Writings 13 Comments

fade to black

pooch, go away now
i know you crave attention
(cannot feel my arms…)
i’m open to your absence
happy to be anywhere

Fade to Black

by TONY SINGLE
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October 24, 2022Tony Single Black dog, Depression, Fighting back, Hope, Life and death, Poem, Poetry, Second thoughts, Suicidal ideation, Suicide, Tanka, Tony Single 2 Comments

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