Yearly Archives: 2014

The Unbearable Darkness of the ’80s Flashback

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September 21, 2014 by author

By Victor D. Infante

I’ve been looking at photographs from the ’80s, all the black clothing and wild hair. My friends and I were young then – in our teens and early 20s — but looking back, there was a … Continue reading→

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Poem by Truth Thomas

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August 15, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

Self-Existence
By Truth Thomas

Wolves know value of howling tests,
how woods will jump at their alarms
and fight-back canines do not bluff
when rallied round the hunter’s barn.

And fight-back canines bared is school
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Full Circle: How One Poetry Reading Changed Everything

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August 11, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Randall Horton

A bedraggled man sits on the steps of the Bleeker Street Station in Manhattan – one shoe on, one shoe off. He talks to himself so fast the words in his mind cannot possibly keep up with … Continue reading→

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Poem by Cortney Lamar Charleston

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August 7, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

“American Terrorism in Seven Acts”
By Cortney Lamar Charleston

I.
Survival tactic: poor movie etiquette.
I keep my cell phone on silent, never off.

As people file into the theater,
I locate the exit signs. Record … Continue reading→

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Three Poems by Casey Rocheteau

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August 7, 2014 by author

Victor D. Infante

The Godfinger Sweeps Away the Free Past
By Casey Rocheteau

Sweatseason was at its peak until the phone rang out
Time became a knotted rope anchored to a void
My brother ran across the yard before the … Continue reading→

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