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Issue #1 July 2011
The Hardworking Man
On the island where I grew up, the hardworking man is the ideal man. The
Nin Andrews
Focus
The point at which
Rae Armantrout
Fold
I pet my pet, I fear my fear, I torment my torment, I wear my wear, I tear my tear, I
Charles Bernstein
Missing
If I told you simply that the bed in the Baptist Hospital
Carl Dennis
Paradise
Our little vacation town in Spain is packed. The driving, slow. Things have changed
Denise Duhamel
The Lesson
It seems to me you don’t dare express yourself
Stuart Dybek
Late Portrait
Dried flowers everywhere. Greeting cards. China plates hung on walls, showing a
Amy Gerstler
Toussaint
The soul, you said, is this sour wind, or this empty glass, the tiny steps of insects, these white iron
Jean-Michel Maulpoix
Like Body
one light series discrete
G.C. Waldrep
Mother Doesn’t Bite
I bite instead and she needs salt,
Terese Svoboda
The Remaining Breast
I was showing my sister something about my breasts.
Alicia Ostriker
A Back Road Near Calais, 1961
A Back Road Near Calais, 1961
Mark Jarman
A Nocturnal Upon Saint Charles Yeager’s Day
Here comes that sonic boom
Kimberly Johnson
Poem for Shang Qin
I’ve been digging my way toward you since the day I was born. I watch the
Christopher Kennedy
Today’s Comedy
Why Dante in summer?
Maureen N. McLane