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POETS: Call for submissions. Political poetry for the times we live in. Opens April 15th. mainstreetrag.com/wag-the-doโ€ฆ
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"Critical to the success of a poem then is the poetโ€™s gift for observation by which they may identify a macrocosm within a microcosm, creating belief and wonder where there was no wonder or belief before..." - Eric Helms . Buy Eric's book: mainstreetragbookstore.com/pโ€ฆ
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Hi, Den" by Robert Wooten Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Paying the Last Bills" by Luci Huhn Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Periphery" by Darla Himeles Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Negative" by Michael P. Hill Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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"Poetry is believing there is something deeper than what you think you heard or saw. It requires examination of memories, feelings, the turn of your tongue when you form a word..." - Terresa Cooper Haskew . Buy Terresa's poetry: mainstreetragbookstore.com/pโ€ฆ
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Of Fame, Fire Engines, and the Heart" by Alice Friman Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Lip Service" by Kristen Keckler Full story in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Lovelorn" by Gavin Kayner Full story in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Authorsโ€™ Advance Sale Page password was spotted on the dark web. Rather than risk a breach, the password has been changed. Please contact Scott for the new password. Moving forward, new titles/authors will be provided the new password in their Marketing Instructions email.
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"Gardening, Not Farming. As in, most of us are writing not as our day-jobs or to maximize saleable output, but to put something new into the world via creative process." - Dave Essinger . Dave's book: mainstreetragbookstore.com/pโ€ฆ
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Beware the Chinese Inch" by Susan J. Hudson Full story in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Abandoned" by Karen George Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Sarah" by Adam Coulter Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Stop & Go" by John Paul Caponigro Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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"We live in a wondrous, exuberant, vibrant, alive world that just blows my mind how it is even here. For me, there seems no end as to how it wants to tell its story, but I am here - listening, aware, sifting, pondering, astonished - to humbly act as chronicler." - Michael Drummy
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Swan Song" by Alan Elyshevitz Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "The Truthful Moon" by David Dragone Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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The Main Street Rag | Summer 2026 | excerpt from "Emily as a More Hatchets" by Darren C. Demaree Full poem in the issue: tinyurl.com/MSRSummer2026
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