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Latest Poems

Jul 12, 2023

I‘ll love you

Poetry Hannah Hartje 102

i‘ll love you till my tea gets cold,
until I close my book.
I‘ll love you till I leave my room, until I wake up from this dream.
I‘ll love you for evermore.

Jun 26, 2023

Riverside

Poetry andres idrovo 106

I'm tryina finish a second chapbook of 20 poems

Footnotes

then sneak is thin

an inch is in

transition is trinsition

Riverside

1 The Watchtower

Embryos and fluids

More sez smoke than a…

Jun 14, 2023

You ask me, why I flinch,
At every sudden movement,
That I don't see coming.
Like I expect to be hit.
It's a leftover reaction,
like A residual tic.
A predetermined mechanism Physically attempting to…

Jun 10, 2023

Stand Alone

Poetry Shahna vk 264

Stand alone girl,
You are making it better, even alone, those arms will never hold you again, neither you will see their smile nor their shadows.

That one who smiled at you on your triumph, yes he is…

Jun 04, 2023

Ancestors of Scripture

Poetry Teresa Nash 122

They were bold and they wrote and they ate sheep but not goats,
And they lived and they laughed,
And they kicked evils ass!

They were strong,
They were brave,
They weren't anyone's slave,
And they are who…

Published & Contest Winning Poetry

June 29, 2017 Published & Contest Winning Poems Mary Rose Fair 30170 5

Elephants

"Winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period April 1 - June 30, 2017. See commentary below."-Ed.

"Scientists have long considered the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror to be an index of high cognitive ability...there is every reason to suspect that elephants may be capable of far more complex cognition than is currently…

June 22, 2017 Published & Contest Winning Poems Joey Turner 29409 2

Ants.

"Runner-up of the Open Community Poetry Contest for the period April 1 - June 30, 2017."-Ed.

A branch’s charcoal shadow

cast by an evening sun

traces a single line of trifling ants

following in file under an oak’s shade

avoiding the rays, scurrying;

Interviews & Culture

August 04, 2017 Contributor Interviews Staff Writers 2281

An Interview with Mary Rose Fair

Mary Rose Fair, a young poet, student, and lover of dance, is our featured poet for her winning poem, “Elephants.” Following her award for winning our Open Community Poetry Contest, I sat down with Fair and tried to talk with her more about elephants, love, and memory.

What drew you to the subject matter? What is it about elephants?

I was drawn…

October 23, 2011 Contributor Interviews Administrator 9357

Recent Interview with Michael Miller

An Interview with Michael Miller, winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest, January-March, 2011

by John Winn

Staff Writer

Hennen's Observer

Known as michaelmiller.ic to contributors and visitors to the website hennensobserver.com, Michael Miller Jr. is as mysterious as the allegories he employs. With little more to go on that an arm tattoo…

October 22, 2011 Contributor Interviews Administrator 8791

Recent Interview with H. E. Mantel

An interview with H.E. Mantel, winner of the Open Community Poetry Contest (for the period October—December, 2010) conducted February 28, 2011.

by John Winn

Staff Writer

Hennen's Observer

Harold E. Mantel has been a mainstay in the literary community ever since he burst on the scene almost a decade ago. Since then many of his poems and prose,…

October 02, 2011 Contributor Interviews Administrator 6643

Recent Interview with Christina Hazelwood

by John Winn

Staff Writer

Hennen's Observer

Corruption. Crime. Office politics. Christina Hazelwood has seen it all. The freelance journalist, entrepreneur, and indie filmmaker has had a front row seat watching some of the grittiest and dirtiest moments in our nation's history.

Published & Contest Winning Prose

March 10, 2010 Published & Contest Winning Prose Neil Donnelly 61094 5

Fogtown: A Musical

Again the dusk has filled this town with fog a sight I've grown accustomed to; odd shapes and silhouettes become dancers and these cracked calloused streets have become their stage. As they dance a bullfrog belches in the background a light wind rustles…

depression,

Daily Revalations

Deprived of affection and a sense of belonging

one retires to a sanctuary of isolation.

Arraigned by the acute pain of rejection

the walls become his or her world.
Stand Alone
Stand alone girl,
You are making it better, even alone, those arms will never hold you again, neither you will see their smile nor their shadows.

That one who smiled at you on your triumph, yes he is smiling like an evil, then this one who cheers for you might not be cheering,
But you still believe, cause you're ingenuous.

Stand alone before all around you tries to drag you down,
Cause one's victory isn't a beautiful story for others.