SPECTRUM LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE
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w(h)ine list anna siembor
ribbit
matisse yoshihara
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seamless dreaming
for you, a thousand times over
caroline malouse
alex snyder Derelict Wave, you’re so naïve With playful thoughts of tsunamis You drip and drop, so slow, a sieve They breathe, you come, they go, you leave. ~ The luminescent fireflies; A million oscillating eyes Patrol the skies with reverent cries And never despair Over what they despise. ~ Shifting continents in the air Like castles blowing everywhere But ocean skies won’t last long, Baby Blue has come and gone. ~ The night is ending, dawn sails in Light lifts the lids, your mind, chagrined, At what you dreamt while in your bed Was real while it was in your head. …….*
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essex river, ma jacob stains
dear diary
sid phadnis
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taking flight alex puffer
There's no point the jagged hairs of a tipless pencil held in the hand of a listless --not to say boring but
0.7 mm sid phadnis
escape magdalena szalowski
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shrouded in dichotomy
black eyed susan meghan doty
alex vera
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femme fatale dean wagner russell
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reach matt beatty
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pale yellows and blues susan ng
nancy
kate helen
sole thoughts
lucia allen
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Dragon ≠HuskyNathaniel Hahn
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choice of doorways dan McCarthy refrain lucia allen
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snow white matisse yoshihara
cherry pie yvette kim
lament
chantalle hanna
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recitative
lauren ditullio
road and RiĚ o Maipo christie perkins
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two paths diverged brian o’rourke
scientific distortion susan ng
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seasons of love tess carenbauer
tranquility matt beatty
sticks and stones miriam laufer running toandrew forget kearns
everything’s pretty ok, alright alex snyder
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normal human behavior dean wagner russell
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lake mist
andy carlson
autobiography magdalena szalowski
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cough syrup for the soul magdalena szalowski
mistress jacob stains
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nutella gabriel colon-sciabarrasi
an interview at the edge of nowhere jacob stains
help please on the t
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and how! caroline malouse
when i closed the door today dylan zierk
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