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Category Archives: Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Carol Coven Grannick
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Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Carol Coven Grannick

Posted on July 26, 2022 by joeschuster3 • 2 Comments

They wouldn’t let me near you,
their ring around your bedside tight
hungry wolves on a dark navy night Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by AG Compaine
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by AG Compaine

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Bloom • Leave a comment

Bobbi’s petticoat on a hanger
on her doorknob
bodice smooth as silk. Nobody’s looking
I strip off my shirt and pants slip it on
Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Jane Barnes
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Jane Barnes

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Bloom • 1 Comment

O children I forgot to have you
Didn’t want to be a bad parent
Like they who always said they’d

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Bloom Creative Writing: “The End of the Season” by David Blumenfeld
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Bloom Creative Writing: “The End of the Season” by David Blumenfeld

Posted on April 26, 2022 by joeschuster3 • Leave a comment

“And I’ll greet them, marveling at their reawakening…” Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Fiction by Stuart Watson
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Bloom Creative Writing: Fiction by Stuart Watson

Posted on March 29, 2022 by mctking96 • Leave a comment

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
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Donna Henderson

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Alice Stephens • 1 Comment

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.
Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Maud Kelly
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Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Maud Kelly

Posted on January 25, 2022 by joeschuster3 • 1 Comment

The baby holds her hands to her ears, and I worry she hears voices. Continue reading →

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