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…

    Issue #50 August 2015
  • 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…

    Issue #50 August 2015