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02.23.13 Posted in today's words by

Katya Amchentseva is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Kazakhstan. She divides her time between photography and other forms of expression including various visual media and writing. She currently lives and works out of a studio in New York. untitled By Katya Amchentseva Dogs outside barkingunwelcome arrival ofstepfather again


Lunch Salad

02.22.13 Posted in today's words by

Phoebe Wilcox’ poetry has won the Gertrude Stein Poetry Prize, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Rhysling Award, and generally appears at very fine places. Visit her website. Lunch Salad By Phoebe Wilcox Eating chicken that tastes like WelfareIn a cafe that looks like a spa.This chickenIs like the government surplus chickenThe social worker […]


Eve’s Tears

02.21.13 Posted in today's words by

Anthony Ward’s most recent poem to appear here was Figments (January 2013). Eve’s Tears By Anthony Ward I see the fair maids of February,Their forlorn bonnets bowed to the groundPallid with Eulalion ash,Dousing autumnal flames–Fallen from aestival prominence. Standing delicately defiantAgainst the grievous landscape,Their anaemic complexionEmbodying the life that’s gone–Representing what’s to come.


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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02.20.13 Posted in today's words by

Sarah Endo’s most recent poem to appear here was Ten ways of looking at gymnastics, published as part of Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays in July 2012. this By Sarah Endo this eveningI rock yourestive baby your bare limbs and belly lushas cushion mossagainst my skin the air conditionerdronesin my left ear on my chestyou ease […]


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