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Absence

08.23.11 Posted in today's words by

Meg Pokrass is the author of Damn Sure Right (Press 53) and serves as editor-at-large for BLIP Magazine(formerly Mississippi Review) and before that, for SmokeLong Quarterly. Her stories, poems, and flash fiction animations have appeared in nearly 100 online and print publications including Gargoyle, Annalemma, Wigleaf, PANK, FRIGG, and the Mississippi Review. Meg lives with her […]


I Don’t Know

08.22.11 Posted in today's words by

Aarushi Vyas’ poem Land of Eternal Bliss appeared here in June 2011.  I Don’t KnowBy Aarushi Vyas What makes the tides turn Or new buds unfurl I don’t know I am blissfully unaware Of the intricacies Of nature’s divine show I may not be a know-it-all nerd But still I am unperturbed Because not knowing What makes […]


Reclaiming Sibine

08.22.11 Posted in words to linger on by

Hannah Cranston is an untried undergraduate eager to add her voice to the conversation. She’s shared poetry and prose on Cicada Magazine’s online writing forum “The Slam.” Her poem Child Walking at Night (2008) and short story The Hidden Room (2010) are published in the magazine’s yearly “Best of the Slam” feature. She may be young, but […]


Taxidermy Poem 2

08.21.11 Posted in today's words by

SJ Fowler’s poem Taxidermy Poem 1 appeared here in July 2011.  Taxidermy Poem 2By SJ Fowler (Pact) -O Yahweh! their killer dogs looked us over with curiosity -O levi baaram batzi Tzion in a strange land –Genrikh Sapgir the camp blueprints show seventeen huts built on the downward southern slope of the rubbish tip near Clichy-sur-seine after […]


Unearthed

08.20.11 Posted in today's words by

Douglas Polk is a writer of poetry from central Nebraska. Feeling persecuted most of his life, he has published three books of poetry: In My Defense, The Defense Rests, and On Appeal. He lives with his wife and two boys and two dogs on the plains of Nebraska.  UnearthedBy Douglas Polk construction begun across the […]


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