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Invented Forms: The Upside Down Paradelle

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

Extractions By Grace Curtis We remove the tougher of these We remove the tougher of these And get angry when we are wise And get angry when we are wise Remove these when of the angry. Wise, we are, and … Continue reading →

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Journeys Through the Underworld in Ai’s “Reunions with a Ghost”

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

By Lea C. Deschenes “Reunions with a Ghost” by Ai, read by Lea C. Deschenes By titling her poem “Reunions with a Ghost,” Ai foreshadows the poem’s connections with the myths of Odysseus, Orpheus, and Innana. All three narratives feature … Continue reading →

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Poem by Laura Lee Washburn

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

Peace and Reckoning By Laura Lee Washburn i. Of Whom to Beware Every English teacher has a brother with a gun, somebody who goes out Thanksgiving for a duck. The teachers sit home with red pens, or so you would … Continue reading →

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Poem by Shivani Mutneja

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

I By Shivani Mutneja I have blood that guarantees submission I have eyes for revolution fingers for information and car keys for explosion. I can say it aloud if required that I have sex with both men and women I … Continue reading →

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Ah, Sweet Youth: Laura Read’s ‘Donut Parade’

Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin

By Jean Macpherson The rich creamy center of a Boston Crème, or the frightening sugar shock of a glazed donut. There is nothing delicate about the gut-heavy sensation of fried goodness. I made donuts for the first time for Hanukkah … Continue reading →

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Invented Forms: The Radius

Posted on April 16, 2012 by admin

By Robert Wynne The Radius is a variable-length, syllabic form.  I was inspired to create it last year, not surprisingly, by the name of the Radius site.  Each Radius must have an even number of lines, and each line must … Continue reading →

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New Worlds For Old: John Carter On Mars

Posted on April 11, 2012 by admin

By Tony Williams “Entertainment offers the image of `something better’ to escape into, or something that our day-to-day lives don’t provide. Alternatives, hopes, wishes – these are the stuff of utopia, the sense that things could be better, that something … Continue reading →

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Three Poems by KJ Hays

Posted on April 9, 2012 by admin

a belief system By KJ Hays i remember when i was a kid that i would pray to jesus for all of the things in the world i was grateful for & all of the people in the world i … Continue reading →

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Is Katniss Everdeen Gilgamesh Dreaming?: Unveiling The Connections Between Poetry and Heroic Fiction

Posted on April 7, 2012 by admin

By Victor D. Infante It seems, these days, we are awash in the heroic fantasy adventures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the iconic heroes and monsters born in the turbulence of the dawn of the modern era … Continue reading →

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Five Poems by Simon Perchick

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin

Five Untitled Poems By Simon Perchik They’re eggs nobody wants :snow all day falling from their nest and these waves broken in half — it’s so long since I sang — I forgot how a word, one then another, another … Continue reading →

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