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Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Original Composition

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

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears Original CompositionBy Julie Ellinger Hunt Waxed floor boards vibrate beneath a subwoofer. The loft apartment you left two days ago, still here, still making dance beats to an anthem you chose before you packed up boxes. Ages ago, I followed you here in the dark–just a neon sign […]


Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, My Father The Jazz Singer

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

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears My Father the Jazz SingerBy Elizabeth Stelling I saw smack daddy arrows heading straight for my heart amongst the mania expressed moaning in early morning rain pounding compounding loud hangover grooves of one dollar beer laced with gin and bottled up good looks stretching truth as long as […]


Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Is she young?

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

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears Is she young?By Jeffrey Grunthaner Well, it’s not like such things weren’t always in the works. You know this, & still it hurts. The answers must lie in the radio, churning out hits like an espresso machine. Layer pills with some coffee, & then take some of these. […]


Careless Mother

06.16.11 Posted in words to linger on by

Maxwell Baumbach’s poem More appeared here in May. His first e-chapbook, Suburban Rhythm was published in September 2010 by Scars Publications in conjunction with cc&d magazine. Look for his amazing first full-length collection to be released in January 2012 by unbound CONTENT.  Careless MotherBy Maxwell Baumbach I. I knew a careless mother of eight children she lost the first […]


The Plot

06.13.11 Posted in words to linger on by

Matthew Ross is 33 and from England. He is living and working as an ESL teacher in Seoul. His work has been published in Osprey Journal, Haggard and Hallo, Edison Literary Review, Two Hawks Quarterly, and Munyan. When Matthew is not teaching or writing he enjoys reading the work of Philip Larkin and Hugo Williams among others.  The PlotBy Matthew Roberts […]


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