Tumbleweed Words
Original poetry and short fiction by David Moran — Pushcart-nominated, internationally published. Minimalist verse and literary prose, written on trains, in bedsits and strange cities across the globe.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 14
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- Sep 30, 2026
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- Jul 26, 2026
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night sweeper (opens the original)
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day shift (opens the original)
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Paris (opens the original)
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the hour (opens the original)
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I am giving my heart to you (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedI am giving my heart to you I don’t know what else to do with it. we sat by an open door feeding on bowls of Pho bamboo lanterns, dim lit space we occupied. at a café alone, I watched hungover on love the façade of opulence hid from view a basement KP, who in scrubs would scrub through blister heat, plates the wealthy would never keep in homes, chosen few could afford to enter. I am giving my heart to you, alone in basements
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