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Undercover Poet

12.06.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Mirrored (November 2012).  Undercover PoetBy Christopher Roe    Everyday I go outamong the armiesof uniform      samenessas they do battlewith their      indifferenceunder a flag of surrender.In their need to be differentthey manage to all be the same    becauseevery army has its uniformthat they wear […]


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 […]


In the fall

11.29.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Helen Losse’s most recent poem to appear here was Facing One’s Weakness(November 2011).  In the fallBy Helen Losse 1. September’s saddle shoesdefine our school days, when it’s still too hotto wear new clothes, but before the month is over,cool wind blows the leaves, now red & golden. 2. October’s Halloweenwill surely bring rain. Dried corn and […]


All Those Nooks and Crannies

11.25.12 Posted in words to linger on by

KJ Hannah Greenberg’s most recent poem to appear here was Not Entirely Becoming Grandma (October 2012). If you like this poem, you will love her book, A Bank Robber’s Bad Luck With His Ex-Girlfriend, available here.  All Those Nooks and CranniesBy KJ Hannah Greenberg Zaftig love, unlike other visages, thrusts adipose tissue sun forwardWhile many frail-looking smaller folk, […]


Reading My Life

11.22.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Ally Malinenko’s second book of poetry, Crashing to Earth, is forthcoming from Tainted Coffee Press. Her first book of poetry, Wanting Bone, was published by Six Gallery Press and her first novel for children, Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb, was recently published by Antenna Books. Ally currently lives in the part of Brooklyn the […]


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