Category Archives: Regular contributors

Break Through/Breaking Through: a miniature essay on poetics, process and why ages 3.5 to 4 are the worst

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July 1, 2016 by author

By Lauren Gordon

I have been thinking a lot about my halcyon days of how I would enter a poem. Once I went on a long walk with the baby, pushing her in the stroller through the alley behind our … Continue reading→

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Poem by Robert Wynne

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June 13, 2016 by author

Victor D. Infante

Rumi Visits Sesame Street™
By Robert Wynne

He waves to Kermit with a left hand
the color felt becomes
when it’s achieved oneness

with the idea of neighborhood.
L, he says, is for the Love in … Continue reading→

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Invented Form: The Pseudo-nelle

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May 18, 2016 by author

Victor D. Infante

In the Middle of an Anxiety Attack, Don Henley Tells Me to Take It Easy
By Lauren Gordon

Don’t let the sound
of your own wheels
drive you crazy

when panic mantles
your heart’s gallop,
… Continue reading→

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Poem by Robert Bohm

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April 9, 2016 by author

Victor D. Infante

This Bitter Crop Hasn’t Ended
“. . . blood at the root” — Billie Holiday
for M. Brown
By Robert Bohm

You died the day
I turned 71.
Couldn’t hold on, I guess. You should’ve … Continue reading→

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On Distance

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March 30, 2015 by author

Victor D. Infante

By Lauren Gordon

“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.” – Aesop

1. Different Ways of Seeing

I get asked on occasion if my husband and I will ever have another child, to which we laugh and … Continue reading→

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