Portals
Stephanie ValenteExplorations on the poetic, esoteric, mysterious, and beautiful, precious things.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 130 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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portals: the afterglow
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poem of the week: New York Address by Linda Gregg
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New York Address
Linda Gregg
The sun had just gone out
and I was walking three miles to get home.
I wanted to die.
I couldn’t think of words and I had no future
and I was coming down hard on everything.
My walk was t...
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Poem of the Week: Persephone by Judith Taylor
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Persephone
Judith Taylor
Ghosts cannot cross your threshold unless you let them in.
Margaret Atwood in an interview
The sun moves and now the sharp images
behind the shades are gone. Everything is
dissolved, amorphous...
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