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I knew a poetess, Mariya (tribute, in my meager way)I knew her for a moment / like passages in rhyme / her heart a gentle flutter

@TemporalFugue13

Palimpsest with Fire-Bombing TeethHe finds her work the way a cut finds salt— / by accident, by hunger, by the old compass that turns toward ache. / He sits with the pixeled book open like a door blown inland by weather,

Rolling Earth & Big BarragesPlease lend me thee a borrowed psalm / Of some kind of light / Leaking through an open palm

By the Wire to the Contagious HouseholdIt is spring. / that is to say / another season tries to begin

The Things I Am NotI am not the things that have happened to me. / Let those words stand like a cup on the table, / plain, chipped, steadfast ...

CharterWe sign nothing on paper. / We take oaths / the way frost takes a field—

Logic Behind the Least Bad Option in IranThree months after a joint U.S.–Israeli war against Iran began, the conflict has reached a damaging stalemate. Iran has kept the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, severely disrupting global oil supplies, while continued U.S. airstrikes have failed to break the Iranian regime or force surrender. Negotiations continue, but the United States still demands sweeping concessions on Iran’s nuclear program and regional power, despite lacking decisive military leverage. / The issue argues that Donald Trump weakened America’s bargaining position by launching a war intended to coerce Iran into a better deal. Instead, Iran emerged more resilient than expected and now holds significant leverage through both its nuclear program and its ability to threaten global energy flows. We contend that Washington can no longer impose “victor’s terms” because it has not actually won the war. / A major obstacle to any settlement is trust. By striking Iran during negotiations and using extreme rhetoric, the United States has undermined its own credibility. Iran fears that if it surrenders its nuclear assets or strategic deterrents, Washington or Israel could later attack again or demand further concessions.

@marshal-gebbie28

BurnIt's not a weapon, / but it could be. / I want to S T R I K E a match,

@Songbird092646

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ExpectorantSee a doctor. / Tell him the cough wakes you / three, four times a night.

@Kiki-Dresden18

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EntitlementInheritance / By virtue of / Birth

@cj-sutherland54

Beauty Fades People ChangeThere are many types of Roses / A Rose is a Rose by any other name / Is it still a cherished treat?

@cj-sutherland40

Handling of DamageThe pelicans no longer reach you now / a desert deluge along my window perch / Tundra snow on shingles

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AutopsySometim— / No. Many times, / I stand a thumb’s-width behind my eyes

****** for a Jar of Red *** (Palindrome Poem Attempt)I am the hunter / He is the hunted / He is the hunter

@Snaring-Snowshoes22

THE MOMENT OF GLOBAL TRUTHThe world is down to a single hinge: either this peace holds, or the global system buckles. / The article you’re reading makes it plain: distrust is total, oil is weaponised, and the Strait of Hormuz has become the world’s exposed nerve. / If diplomacy fails, the consequences won’t be regional. They’ll be planetary.

@marshal-gebbie30

I ******* hate youI absolutely ******* hate you! / That venomous feeling surges through me, boiling over every time I think of your pathetic existence. / And you?

@Pink_Ink_Amber39

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THE CHOKING POINTThe world wakes to a narrowing throat, / a single strait tightening like a noose / around the century’s windpipe.

@marshal-gebbie51

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ChildhoodThe words were fired like bullets / The barbs rained down like acid / The blows struck flesh like the bodies that fell

What Is Wrong With Me?What is wrong with me / that one asterisk row / can throw my whole body

@William-A-Gibson92

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College Kool-AidHigher education a privilege not a right / Financially universities are out of sight / Choose A college, not cloaked in hypocrisy.

@cj-sutherland144

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