From this Issue
Poem
When you think about it, mostly, a cage is air —
so what is there
to be afraid of?
A cage of air. Baudelaire said
Poe thought America was one giant cage.
To the poet, a nation is one big cage?
And isn’t the nation mostly filled...
so what is there
to be afraid of?
A cage of air. Baudelaire said
Poe thought America was one giant cage.
To the poet, a nation is one big cage?
And isn’t the nation mostly filled...
Poem
“Ah neva seen this before in all ma years.”
Testify, Sis. How we grew accustomed,
Spoiled almost, by decorum, now try
Mosquito larvae cultivating at speed
In standing bodies of water. Pigeons
Flock rooftops, twist, launch, shout
As one, spin sky, turn skulls porous.
Car repair shop...
Testify, Sis. How we grew accustomed,
Spoiled almost, by decorum, now try
Mosquito larvae cultivating at speed
In standing bodies of water. Pigeons
Flock rooftops, twist, launch, shout
As one, spin sky, turn skulls porous.
Car repair shop...
Poem
The night Max wore his wolf suit
made him infamous, bred the child star
never sent to bed. Middle school,
Max started drinking. Not in my house,
his mother begged, No, no, no, wild thing.
Max reminded her who bought
this condo, who paid for her...
made him infamous, bred the child star
never sent to bed. Middle school,
Max started drinking. Not in my house,
his mother begged, No, no, no, wild thing.
Max reminded her who bought
this condo, who paid for her...
Table of Contents
POEMS
- Sandra Simonds
- Fred D'Aguiar
- D. Gilson
- Laura Kasischke
- Sergey Gandlevsky
- Mary Karr
- Lynn Emanuel
- Morgan Parker
- Peter Cole
- A.B. Jackson
- Lynne Thompson
- sam sax
- Phillip B. Williams
from the poetry review
- Lucy Tunstall
- Kate Potts
- Gillian Allnutt
- Moniza Alvi
- Liz Berry
- Ruth Wiggins
- Fran Lock
- Mark Waldron
- Denise Riley
- Emily Berry
comment
- Helen Vendler
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