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Shout Out to Mystery (Katherine Stelly Watson - Lafayette, LA)

  Here's to the mystery man sitting in the corner I saw him looking blindly Not knowing I was staring from the opposite direction He couldn't notice me I was bound by the bar stool under the bleak light No attention was on me except for the swirling smoke Here's to the booth and the barstool Here's to the mystery of our relationship Starting off as oglers then to friends then to committed contestants in the game of barflying Here's to the booth and the barstool Here's to the mystery of The Bulldog How I found my husband there Well, that's a miracle Here's to the mystery of love and commitment Here's to the booth and the bar stool Where roaming eyes became a mysterious matrimony and a solved case of love.
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Too Bright (Chris S. Hayes - Lafayette, LA)

Too bright she burns, a fragment of the fire That flames within her eyes will immolate The unsuspecting subject of her ire, Reducing him to ash, a dreadful fate. And so she shines, her brilliance a mere mask While cowards walk around her, daring not, Their courage insufficient to the task Of walking though her fiery onslaught. Until he comes, inured to pain and death, Oblivious to all but her bright blaze, And braves destruction in a single breath To be incinerated by her gaze. To ash they both are rendered by the sight But flare again to fiery flame, too bright.

Best of the Week: February 15th - 21st, 2026

 

Les Mots Passé (2026.6 - February 2025)

 

Dark Sonnet #5 (Louis Toliver Jr. - Swartz, LA)

This is the last dark sonnet I shall write  Your lips aren't worthy of my pen's kisses I am sick of whining about our misses I reject your darkness for true light  Am I but Shakespeare's lover jaded?  He left words for me to give to you  But quite frankly, I'd rather you eat glue  Keeping your mouth of lies shut, you faded I turn my pen to a life more fruitful yielded This is the last dark sonnet I shall write Trust me, you don't want my words to fight  My heart will laugh at you as it's shielded I bid you adieu, old love, lost to the winded My mind stands strong and forever mended  

Nobody Knows My Soul (CJ Avory - Lafayette, LA)

Nobody knows my soul how could they when   they are so quick to judge me   never knowing my deepest reflections   Nobody knows my heart that dreams such   beautiful dreams and has faced   such horrible nightmares and still I survive   Nobody knows my pain something   I hold deep inside in The Depths of Solitude   Nobody knows my soul   and sometimes I watch time pass and wonder   if it is something that   I will truly one day know   because at times I don’t even know my soul

Best of the Week: February 8th - 14th, 2026