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Folded

03.07.13 Posted in words to linger on by

Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was After Tarring the Corn Bin (February 2013).FoldedBy Nicole YurcabaI hope you never forget the poems I penned for you, and if you ever cease to remembermay one of the three you secretly keep   –folded small and square, tucked into your battered leather wallet–fall upon gray gravels at […]


This poem is not about you

03.04.13 Posted in words to linger on by

Mimsy Farquhar lives with her husband and contingent of 4 children, 3 dogs, 2 cats and is currently taking applications for the lone animal role once filled by a tree frog named Piggy. She tempers her love of hard science with poetry, trying to draw word pictures of things we can’t see.This poem is not […]


when she cut out her voice

02.28.13 Posted in words to linger on by

Kate Hammerich’s most recent poem to appear here was 23 Blocks (September 2012).when she cut out her voiceBy Kate HammerichShe is lost and the monster is coming. Her head tilts and jerks like a bird bouncing lightlyon the bladed grass.There is a ringing phone in her hands and it confuses her so much her chest aches and […]


Zelda

02.25.13 Posted in words to linger on by

Emily Davis is a 20-year-old college student studying creative writing. This is her second publication. An earlier form of her poem, “The Frog,” was published online and in the November 2010 print issue of Teen Ink Magazine. Read more of her work here. ZeldaBy Emily DavisStein’s mechanic called them Lost.A whole generation wanderingthese cobble-stoned streets, searching, waiting […]


What the Women Wrote, 1

02.21.13 Posted in words to linger on by

This is part 2 in the ongoing series of poems by women living with cancer. The first poem was published here in January 2013. This series of collaborative poems contains work by women who don’t consider themselves to be writers. The work showcased here was written at different campuses of a program by different groups of women, […]


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