‘Remembering My Time As a Student (For David Blair),’ By Justin Rogers

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July 6, 2016 by author

Remembering My Time As a Student (For David Blair)
By Justin Rogers

You are a River Rouge stench
creeping like a grimy greyhound
from west to east. You are remembered
for how sweet that stench … Continue reading→

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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

Victor D. Infante

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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Two Poems by Heather J. Macpherson

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June 21, 2016 by author

Victor D. Infante

The Ellen Jamesian is a Mermaid
By Heather J. Macpherson

Sailing shorthanded, the catboat
swings forth with a mind set on me,
two men all dark summer flesh, caught
up with myth. And I took the … Continue reading→

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Poem by Thom Young

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June 17, 2016 by author

Victor D. Infante

Fail
By Thom Young

I am the American
failure
kissing the sky with a manicured
lawn with skeletons
buried in the back yard
two point five brats
staring at a dull
… Continue reading→