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Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Bones

12.19.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Bones By Jeanette Cheezum Her bones are not lovely anymore. She turned one hundred yesterday. Outlived two husbands, short and tall, saw two sons and a granddaughter fight foolish wars. Always big money made them die. Helpless pawns in this world of greed. Built a company by […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Horse’s Skull with White Rose

12.19.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Horse’s Skull with White Rose (after the painting by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1931) By Neil Ellman Picked clean By the merciless sun Bleached a white calm Never to run again In barren valleys Vacant eyes Remember running free And wild When wind With delicate hands Loosened the reins […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, The Inevitable Outcome

12.18.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone The Inevitable Outcome By Christine Tapson There are no ordinary moments Nothing miraculous in the routine Life can be a cruel torturer And I run for the restroom. The angry heads of the predators Will prescribe the future. The unexpected catches the unaware who fall and break […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Exoskeletal Snacks: The Triumph of Osseous Matter

12.17.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Exoskeletal Snacks: The Triumph of Osseous Matter By KJ Hannah Greenberg Aglet-sized Caeliferan rangers, forb-feeding paladins, small warrior-arbiters, wee bravery, Your dense jungle justice does nada when it comes to hidden nares, claws, teeth; High palapas homes go missing goodwives despite your exaggerated anthropoid perfidy. Too many leaf-fashioned coracles, […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Thelma

12.17.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Thelma By Jessie Carty Fried potato sticks. Pick-up sticks. Loser cries. Sticks and stones. Branches then bones bones bones. Words wound. Two inches deep. Open hole on the hill of a foot. From rock. From lawn mower. Do not operate without wearing shoes. But you didn’t like […]


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