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Geese
More dream now than memory, though memory is all it is: after an early dinner, I’m dropping them off at their
Alan Shapiro
GDR CHINA | LAMB
My housekeeper had the dishes brought
Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Game with a Mad Bounce
The child and I are kicking a pebble down the road--
D. Nurkse
From Toying
Like Tiny Tears
Kimiko Hahn
From THIS BROKEN SYMMETRY
Yes, Ravidat, to follow the rabbit down its winding hole
Daniel Tobin
from The Violet Blood of the Amethyst
An exceptionally unhappy heart.
Louis Calaferte
from The Seven Deadly Sins
You had always expected a sonnet from me
Daniel Bourne
From the River of News
The President and his opponent both speaking in Ohio—
Robert Pinsky
From the Republic of Sleep and Mercy | The Island to Remind You of Your Childhood
All night I dreamt death
Heather Altfeld
From The Little Book of Passage
Ecco il fiume che mi allarga lo sguardo, che mi attraversa la fronte.
Franca Mancinelli
From the grab bag of desire
I keep meaning to walk up to you,
Bob Hicok
from THE CITY OF PARIS HAS YOU IN MIND TONIGHT
When G died began the midnight panic attacks.
Deborah Landau

Geese