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the downfall of civilization

04.09.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Kate’s work has been published in The Susquehanna Review, ditch, Third Wednesday, Barrier Island Review, Verandah Literary Journal, Grasslimb, Kill Poet, MiPoesias, The Junk Lot Review, The Legendary, The Missing Slate, and Existere. She has self-published 2 books, escape artist and hallucinations, cancer & the purple tree and is publishing a third book, Inheritance (unbound CONTENT, forthcoming in 2013). She mostly […]


Jukebox Jury

04.05.12 Posted in words to linger on by

KJ Hannah Greenberg’s most recent poem to appear here was The Fullness of Aging: Autumn’s Showy Bounty, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags, in December 2011. Jukebox JuryBy KJ Hannah Greenberg Greens and other bitters spring as grandiose farmers, ever kerningRows, fields, acreage, compensate for little, gnostic pollen explosions. Such copal-sourced, childish harmonies […]


When Your Husband Is Diagnosed With Cancer

04.02.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Laurie Michelle Summer’s most recent poem to appear here was At Forty-One (February 2011).When Your Husband Is Diagnosed With CancerBy Laurie Michelle Summer Is it unseemlyTo craft poetryFrom tragedy? A spray of fresh new thought springs forth, unexpectedly.As if opening a drawer one thought for so long empty and findingA live heartRaw and redSet against the flowered […]


A Pot of Chili

03.29.12 Posted in words to linger on by

William Wright Harris’ poem Ode on a Fortune Cookie appeared here in February 2012.A Pot of ChiliBy William Wright Harrisis bubblingon my stove,spitting greaseandtomato sauce, Jackson Pollackweaving wind onmy kitchen wall.Pound saying, if America hasno place for poetrythen it hasno place for me,leaving for a cagein Italy.Bukowski pointinghis BMW towards the racetrack toforget his typewriteris humming for himalonein his […]


Confession

03.26.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Matt Pasca’s poem By the Window appeared here in February 2012. Confession By Matt Pasca This is the poem I have not wanted to write–the vegetable drawer inch-deep in blackenedherb, the dishwasher rack that needs fixing,the recommendation letter for a kid I amnot convinced I should recommend. It is the line I don’t want to wait on–the […]


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