Monthly Archives: January 2012

January Poetry Blitz: Mike Jurkovic

Pale Diaspora I’m sorry I mistook the Mercedes Benz logo for a peace sign But I haven’t been myself of late. Now I’m not writing this to make excuses for myself or leave the door open to any greater anti-testimony … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Pauline Uchmanowicz

Elements of Style What if poets had to pick? The ocean or the stars. A reputation in truth telling or a prize in diplomacy? Seabed or zodiac. Water or fire. Density or infinity. There’s travel by Chinese junk with shipwreck … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Bruce Weber

Where Does Love Go When It Dies? where does love go when it dies? under a rock in a jealous lover’s garden? does love vanish in a shell’s ear or float in the nether reaches of interstellar space along with … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Joanna Solfrian

We Arrive Home After a Film Whose beneficence this is, it’s difficult to say— but when the inconsistent moon hoovers in the sky and casts its ghostly light on the two of us, we stand transfixed, beside the car, still … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Michael Perkins

The Double I know he’s out there Pretending to be me— Telling people all my lies, Signing my name to checks Made out to the Devil, Ruining my credit With the righteous; But what am I to do? You can’t … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Lynn Domina

Not Exactly What You Had in Mind Imagine you speed home to find God sprawled across your chaise lounge, her feet lapping over the soles of plastic sandals, her bare legs smudged with road tar, lumps of flesh jiggling from … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Dayl Wise

No Other Brand Right next to the spices a young girl my age, yellow bobby socks, ribboned golden ponytails and matching yellow dress. It’s short, exposing her white legs past mid thigh. The Morton Salt Girl. Holding an umbrella in … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Rebecca Schumejda

Walking Home From The Bar This afternoon I buried your cat while you were at work. Eighteen years placed in a two-foot hole covered with dirt. I don’t know how to tell you this. Three hours and twenty minutes from … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: George Drew

Ghost Calls In memory of Leo Connellan Ghost calls—that’s what Miss Susan Pellicani says they call them here. Ghost calls—when the telephone rings and you say hello and nothing. Not even heavy breathing. Nothing but the silence of the ocean … Continue reading

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January Poetry Blitz: Christine Boyka Kluge

Jar of Bees He stored his anger like a swarm of killer bees in a baby food jar, then hid the jar in the musty dumbwaiter at his core. The passageway under his ribs was dark and drafty, echoing with … Continue reading

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