fall 2015
Table of Contents
Return to Home PageWord on the Street Henry Rappaport
Saturday Night Charles Springer
Yellow Flowers The World Dream Ann Filemyr
revenge/reincarnation annie ross
Can't Stomach Mitchell Grabois
what do you talk about desire derives pleasure aren't we missing every thing gary lundy
A Monday The Devil Valentina Cano
(Ouverture) Garry Thomas Morse
Alcohol Fast-slow Continuum Peycho Kanev
The Day Everyone Realized Ron Riekki
A Fire Hydrant on Camino de la Amapola Good to See You Eleanor Kedney
The Story of Chitin Giri Zoe Dagneault
In the Cyberspace Icicle Changming Yuan
Why, And for What Purpose Is There Something Ace Bogess
the neighbors knew i divined water Hell is hot Allison DeLauer
QED A Moth In Rain Christopher Patton
Girl I Girl II Carolyn Supinka
a rose is a rose is a rose manhattan Nikki Reimer
The Stale Cold Smell of Morning Angela Rebrec
Brains Lost to the Earth Melissa Nelson
Fault Vodka / Blame Juice Jamie Sharpe
Darkening Over Still Water Richard King Perkins II
The Insidious Susurration A Conversation Marie-Andree Auclair
what do you talk about when unoccupied
what do you talk about when unoccupied by the givens of your upbringing. that's not something you should do in public. nor in front of your mother whose fear fills your life with the excuse of wrong doing.
the sentence that drives desire derives its strength in denial. in imposed self-hatred. in poetry sentences are fragmented memories disabling all certainty. confidence flees into the comfort of status quo.
my first lover father escapes his mother’s strictures by diving head first into my awaiting innocent body. dwell in some hidden context. we meet and forget almost immediately.
love so fragile. this early lover father whose touch beautified my unexplored mundane life.