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Dinner
Becca Yenser
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I boil the bruised artichoke / and later watch him suck / the tender leaves, scraping / his teeth across / the meaty flesh. / Triumphant, he tips /…
Plague Year
Seth Abramson
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491 views
We have moments / not lives. There’s a sudden breeze. Sweet scent.One of our girlsputs a paw on her sister’s. The news is bad,then worse, then…
March 18, 2020
Amy Pickworth
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1,201 views
The sun doesn’t appear / to know the angel of death / is lurking near, hissing quiet, / passing over (or not). / / My lush daughter is / …
SIXES AND SEVENS
LM Rivera
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2,199 views
for Judith Rosebird // in memory of David Berman / // // Dear Judith, my father left before I / was born. Knowing very little / served me…
Alaska Air
Ryan Walsh
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1,252 views
With the swipe of a card, you can be / anywhere. // Salmon in the fridge and a slab of kitchen quartz / like ice cream settled between angel…
Last Acts, When You Know
Lea Marshall
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2,145 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…
A Family of Birds
Jenny Drai
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3,141 views
“The creative adult is the child who survived.” Ursula LeGuin / / Heaven isn’t lighter fluid or an antique cup overflowing // full of sulpher…
Tongue
Shadab Z. Hashmi
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3,418 views
The tongue in the Dictionary // does all the defining / (It will never / be tried / at the Hague) / / is a translucence / milked from a…