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Undertakings

12.03.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Joseph Harker’s most recent poem to appear here was Elizabeth in Rome, 1962 (October 2011).  UndertakingsBy Joseph Harker Promise to be a better person, tomorrow:for now, let the sun go down on your beautiful wreckage. When you make promises you can’t keep,fold them into a kind of origami, red birds, blue frogs,arranged around your crown as sentinel […]


Pushcart Prize Nominations

12.02.12 Posted in today's words by

All told, between vox poetica and unbound CONTENT I read about a thousand poems and whittled them down to 12, 6 from vox, 6 from uC. By now you all know that picking half a dozen from the year’s poems is a lunatic mission. But the nominations are safely in the offices of the Pushcart […]


My Words

12.02.12 Posted in today's words by

Laura Zucca-Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was On a Southbound Train (October 2012).My wordsBy Laura Zucca-Scott They took my words awayAnd I stood thereDumbfounded, defeatedA convenient presenceIn a too loud world I turned around seekingThe sunlightA doubtful kryptonite antidoteI could always count onThey laughed Didn’t you hear the news?Imagination diedIn a plane crashThey were flying […]


That Sinking Feeling

12.01.12 Posted in today's words by

Anthony Ward’s most recent poem to appear here was The Nervous System(October 2012).That Sinking FeelingBy Anthony Ward I sink into myselfUntil I’m practically drowning Waving my arms in the airSo people think I’m crazy Just hankering for attentionAs I go under Nobody noticingUntil I’m gone.


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