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Philadelphia Stories happily announces that the poem, “greens” by Edythe Rodriguez was selected as the winning poem in this year’s Sandy Crimmins National Prize in Poetry.
Poetry
The baby bunny’s back again, chewing grass with ears turning and turning.
Poetry
Hello sounded like a new language from her mouth. Intergalactic sparkle of passionfruit lip gloss.
Poetry
Pretend you are waiting for a bus. It is best to practice this while waiting for the bus.
Poetry
There are Horses in North Philadelphia! There are Figs in My Stomach!
It is Sunday, a real full moon. We are at an outdoor drag show at Pentridge Station.
Poetry
Fiona Rice Does Not Talk to the Rabbits
The last time I wrote to you the blueberries were here, and Mom was showing me how to cut a tomato for the kill.
Poetry
In 1879 Presidente Garcia Moreno brought silver dollar eucalyptus trees from Australia
Poetry
Ars Poetica Caught in Eternal Recurrence – ONLINE BONUS
You use the gas burner to set dreams on fire while stirring beans.
Poetry
In the Wake of Heat – ONLINE BONUS
The summer keeps on swallowing, My loved ones, Whole and crushing, Their bones.
Poetry
The Night Diana Died – ONLINE BONUS
Was sticky in the streets & I wanted to linger in the theater with the girls on the screen:
Fiction
Nature’s assorted players stir themselves into motion, from the lowly insects to the elusive reptiles to the lofty mammals.
Non-Fiction
Four maple shelves sit on black metal brackets along a wall in the kitchen of my family’s Fairmount home,
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Year 2. For the last two years, we have lived and witnessed a level of community that we believe is worth a testimony.
Review
REVIEW: Present Imperfect by Ona Gritz
As grammarians know, the “present perfect” verb form is used for actions that began in the past and continue into the present moment or those that occurred at an indefinite time.