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Last Acts, When You Know
Lea Marshall
(1)
3,089 views
stop counting / fill the car with dirt / make way / say no / cut the handles of plastic bags / finally kiss / plant bulbs / take off the dog’s…
Trash Can
Dena Rash Guzman
(1)
281 views
I’m mean and lean, // sullen cream cheese / cake on the counter. I baked. . I’m hot. I’m sweet. / I’m the wrong thing to do. That doesn’t stop you....
The End of the War
Shadab Z. Hashmi
(0)
394 views
/ I entered the city gates in a blind-fold / led by nothing but the summer drift / of fairy-roses / the secret musk of books / / How the…
Found Poem
Joseph Massey
(0)
298 views
for Jacqueline, in memory // // / i. // When we visited / Dickinson’s grave our / shadows crossed the stone— / crossed out “CALLED / BACK.”…
Qasida of Half-Widows
Shadab Z. Hashmi
(0)
418 views
Qasida of the Teahouse by the Lake / / Zephyr’s saffron-sigh hanging in window / closed to news of Kashmir, window unlock- / ing almond- and…
SIXES AND SEVENS
LM Rivera
(1)
3,164 views
for Judith Rosebird // in memory of David Berman / // // Dear Judith, my father left before I / was born. Knowing very little / served me…
In Praise of Ambrosia and Nectar
Noah Eli Gordon
(2)
4,643 views
In Praise of Ambrosia and Nectar / / I don’t feel safe in Walmart / / I don’t feel safe inside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora,…
Evening at Wyatt Detention Facility,…
Amy Pickworth
(0)
306 views
Sparrows occasionally flutter by, / negotiating the miles of barbed wire / that encircle the air and the building. / In one room the lights…