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Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Crystal Voice

07.11.11 Posted in Contributor Series 9, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears Crystal VoiceBy Jekwu Anyaegbuna From the translucent drop of this sound, I shall spot your crystal voice, singing,  sharing from my memory, a repository of bliss. Little birds copy your inimitable voice, a voice that dreams; a voice that rules; a voice that delivers. Under the canopy of […]


Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Rum Dance

07.10.11 Posted in Contributor Series 9, today's words by

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears Rum Dance By Rosalyn Marhatta I fly to your voice on a dolphin wind, kiss sugar cane notes from your lips, dance to the sway and harmony of your hips, drink too much rum punch, float on mist, catch rainbows of toucans while steel drums carouse with the […]


Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, June

07.09.11 Posted in Contributor Series 9, today's words by

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears June By Stan Galloway The jazz notes you spur summon Satchmo’s cornet squawk, syncopated yips scatting over beats–syllables of desire bending blue-hot pitches and sliding be-be-bop all around the melody– improvising every next move vocalizing thump and groove to mark the song be-be-bumping inside dizzy spinning tumble-bumble full-score-orchestration, […]


Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Furiously listening

07.08.11 Posted in Contributor Series 9, today's words by

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears Furiously listening By Laura Zucca-Scott Furiously listening to her own tune She finds rhymes Unspoken Forgotten Music made sense Once upon a time Before the madness began Yet, she still listens Undefeated Triumphant While tears underscore The silence Laura Zucca-Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was Watermelon at […]


Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Talent Show

07.07.11 Posted in Contributor Series 9, today's words by

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears Talent Show By Monica Crumback When she asks and one of those bitches says she’s off key, she comes home and tries to be cool. She doesn’t cry or fuss, just sits and lists the few girls still her friends. Oh hell yes, she’s got this, I’m told and retold. Does she, […]


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