Tag Archives: R/B Mertz

‘Stronger Speaking Together’: Our 2017 Pushcart Prize Nominees …

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November 28, 2017 by author

It’s difficult to recall a time when reading the news wasn’t painful. Indeed, if there was ever such a time, it might bear some responsibility for the state of the world today: How much has been dredged up into our … Continue reading→

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Six Poems by R/B Mertz

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June 12, 2017 by author

Victor D. Infante

Rudy Guiliani in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
By R/B Mertz

Between Vampire Slayers, students reach
hands up into nothing, teachers bite
their tongues with sidewalks.

Holes worn through the stratosphere
& the population. Oil shaped hole, … Continue reading→

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