“And I’ll greet them, marveling at their reawakening…” Continue reading
Category Archives: Original Poetry
Bloom Creative Writing: Fiction by Stuart Watson
A few feet away, a first-gen Lincoln Town Car had taken up residence at the curb. It wore vanity Idaho plates celebrating someone named JELLI. Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Donna Henderson
Once, I was your other heartbeat, your deepest
center. You were the world I was and knew.
After—all your life—I thought I was unlike
you: the you I liked, and otherwise.
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Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Maud Kelly
The baby holds her hands to her ears, and I worry she hears voices. Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Two Poems by Kirk Swearingen
“After her stroke, we read to each other” Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Muriel Nelson
Spring has shifted the year’s
Uneven balance and the light
Spreads even as dawn adjusts… Continue reading
Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Mark Goldstein
“Soon, several hundred sated, well-lubricated,
Turkish towel donning friends or strangers
will begin to filter out from the labyrinth
of thin-walled, cramped, private cubicles.” Continue reading
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