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Hum
2023-12-05HumJoshua McKinney When I smelled green through the blurwhere its wings were, felt the whir of their arc, heard the red of its ru...
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Cloud No Bigger than a Man's Hand
2023-12-05Cloud No Bigger than a Man's HandDick AllenIt approaches from the sea, too smallfor thunder and lightningbut ominous as a closed fistand what it w...
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What the Girl Wore
2023-12-05What the Girl WoreKathleen DriskellAt the store, on the hanger, the blue dress must have fallenlike water to a froth of frilled hem, its bodice as smo...
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The Ten Commandments
2023-12-05The Ten CommandmentsJericho BrownBut I could be covetous. I could be a thief.Could want and work for. Could wire andDeceive. I thought to fool the moo...
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Dreamheart
2023-12-05DreamheartTony HoaglandThey took the old heart out of your chestall blue and spoiled like a sick grapefruitthe way you removed your first wife from yo...
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Recalibration
2023-12-05RecalibrationPolly BuckinghamThe repairman arrives at night to fixthe telephone wires fried by lightning.He unscrews a metal box encasing a joint,and ...
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Annunciation
2023-12-05AnnunciationRobin Robertson after Fra AngelicoHe has come from the garden, leavingno shadow, no footprint in the dew:They hold each other's gaze...
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Activity Room
2023-12-05Activity RoomJohn BargowskiMy mother wants nothing to do with the puzzletwo other residents,whose wheelchairs have been rolled upto a folding card tab...
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Hart Crane in LA, 1927
2023-12-05Hart Crane in LA, 1927Peter BalakianWe sat in leather chairsaround cocktail tables and the candidatescame and went with badges on their jackets, proud...
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Zen Sonnet
2023-12-05Zen SonnetElizabeth SpiresIt was April and we were reading the book about Zenyou were writing your Zen poems and we were talkingabout the moment we we...