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Issue #50 August 2015

  • THE BRIDGE

    The most beautiful Russian girl in the world lives in Germany

  • A BAT IN THE HOUSE

    swoops high, webbed little arms for

  • EDITOR’S NOTE #50

    Readers: Welcome to Plume Issue # 50 –   August: Our fiftieth issue! Astonishing in every way, this little whim…

    Editors Note

  • AFTER THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA

    The sky becomes sickly,

  • ALCHEMICAL MEDITATION

    It abides in secret on my pencil tip—

  • THE COMPLETE LIST OF EVERYTHING

    Plow blade excavated from a tomb

  • CONCRETE

    Entry was easy

  • THE LIGHTS ON THE BOATS

    I didn’t start this to break anyone’s heart.

  • ON PAINTING THE SISTINE CHAPEL: MICHELANGELO TO GIOVANNI DA PISTOIA

    This damn job’s given me a goiter –

  • PASTORAL

    The circle lies unbroken, and the lord is by and by.

  • POSTSCRIPT

    You’re wasting time. Your lilac needs pruning. By the shed,

  • SHE-POETS CENTO

    Femininity is a sickness.  I open my eyes.

  • SPITE FENCE | THE HUMAN CANARY

    My neighbor forced his abutter

  • YA KNOW? | LITTLE-KNOWN ROYAL COGNOMENS

    It’s been one of those days

  • Allison Adelle Hedge Coke: A Folio of Indigenous Poets

    What luck the incoming U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, recently reminded us that “the audience is half of the…

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