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Rebbecca Brown

The no puts perspective in a prism or a prison refracts.  Says there are two sides, evenly negated.  The no is a blooming proposition.  It is active, compressed, in between splinters lies a nest of mites.   Give me no to give me bliss.

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Rhyming with the Dead
Rhyming with the Dead

Sandra Marchetti

My work is steel-girded because of my fathers and mothers in poetry. Instead of divorcing my predecessors, I would rather marry them or at least take up their causes.

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The Whiskey Admiral's Lament

Paul Cockeram

When it comes to pleasure, tell the whole story. Always speak in superlatives--the finest performance, the brightest note. I had my best drink, for example, a hundred yards down the beach from a most fascinating hole in the ground.

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Issue 3: AnimalsDeadline: Sept. 1, 2016

Issue 3: Animals
Deadline: Sept. 1, 2016


Poetry

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Two Poems from Kerry James Evans
Kerry James Evans
Two Poems from Kerry James Evans
Kerry James Evans

Kerry James Evans

. . . why are we
so afraid to embrace
each other like our atomic
selves are so wont to do . . .

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Kerry James Evans
Five Poems from Simon Perchik
Simon Perchik
Five Poems from Simon Perchik
Simon Perchik

Simon Perchik

And the river falling into you
lies down the way you are fed
by stones that no longer open

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Simon Perchik
Two Poems from Lauren Scharhag
Lauren Scharhag
Two Poems from Lauren Scharhag
Lauren Scharhag

Lauren Scharhag

Here, twigs might just be the strongest material,
The cradle of generations. Bits of trash and hair
Dangle between power lines and dogwood blossoms...

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Lauren Scharhag

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