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About Face by Alice Fulton
About Face by Alice Fulton published in her book, Sensual Math (1995) Because life's too short to blush, I keep my blood tucked in. I...

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Jan 29, 20231 min read


Morning Prayer with Rat King by Kaveh Akbar
Morning Prayer with Rat King by Kaveh Akbar published in Poetry, March 2018 gravity accounts for the distance between weight and mass it...

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Jan 25, 20231 min read


Daughter I am saying things to you by Amy Schmitz
Daughter I am saying things to you by Amy Schmitz published in Kestrel, Fall 2016 like sand seed storage like always have something to...

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Jan 22, 20231 min read


Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild by Kathy Fish
Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild by Kathy Fish published in Jellyfish Review, 2017 A group of grandmothers is a tapestry. A group...

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Jan 18, 20231 min read


There Is a Street Named for Martin Luther King, Jr. In Every City by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
There Is a Street Named for Martin Luther King, Jr. In Every City by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib For Joe Bart especially the ones where blood...

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Jan 15, 20233 min read


Elegy with Apples, Pomegranates, Bees by Hayan Charara
Elegy with Apples, Pomegranates, Bees, Butterflies, Thorn Bushes, Oak, Pine, Warblers, Crows, Ants, and Worms by Hayan Charara published...

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Jan 11, 20232 min read


A Spine Moving by Karen Braucher
A Spine Moving by Karen Braucher for Dr. Jocelyn Kirnak published in Caveat Lector In this poem there will not be a looming, joking...

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Jan 8, 20231 min read


At the South End of Lake Whatcom by Richard Widerkehr
At the South End of Lake Whatcom by Richard Widerkehr published in Sweet Tree Review, Winter 2017 At night the lake looks closer, and...

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Jan 1, 20231 min read
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