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Last Call

10.15.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Alan Britt’s most recent poem to appear here was Flashback (September 2012). Last CallBy Alan BrittGreen hooves coffee grounds lemon bulldozers blackambulance in the garden with clouds & troubadoursmultiplying like wild hippos in Columbia swamps liketorsos gone viral in the fog crouched over Formica desktop titanium trimmed eyeglasses earth mover groaningthrough the Amazon crawling from college campuses &beeping like a zebra […]


Umbrella-Shaped Hole

10.11.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Gianluca D’Elia says this about his poem: “The idea to capitalize certain words was inspired by Arundhati Roy’s writing style in The God of Small Things, which I just finished reading and the quote from the book: ‘When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people […]


Tried it once

10.08.12 Posted in words to linger on by

EV Noechel’s most recent poem to appear here was Dinosaurs (August 2012). Tried it onceBy EV NoechelAt the range, a significantly bored man looks past mewhile the guns in the case between us speak of conflict.A hundred muzzles, a hundred heldbreaths, I feel the prickle of rapt attentionfrom every side. Fear, red and sharpas a laser, holds […]


Ions

10.01.12 Posted in words to linger on by

I can’t tell you much about BJ Pearce because he (she?) hasn’t sent me a bio yet. Rest assured, if I get one, you’ll be the first to know. In the meantime, I suppose it couldn’t hurt to google her (him?). IonsBy BJ PearceThe ocean is my galaxy.Like the infinite expanse of space and sky,Those […]


All the Lost Crayons

09.27.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Richard Peabody is an awesome writer and the publisher of Gargoyle Magazine. All the Lost CrayonsBy Richard Peabody1) Prussian Blue (ceased 1958) Kids fight over their favorite crayons. If you reach for my Aquamarine or CopperI might just bite you. And who didn’t love youPrussian Blue? I needed you for the deep watersurrounding Mike Fink’s […]


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