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Report from the Skinhouse
2023-12-06by Jan Beatty I went looking for the body. The apple, tree, the river. Gliding voice, curve of arm,pearly blue uterus. Muscled calf, the neptune green...
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Panther
2023-12-06by Ned O'Gorman When the panther came no belfrey rang alarums, no cleric spat his tea. When the panther came the sky and lawn were still. The pant...
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Repairwork
2023-12-06by Dennis Hinrichsen They must have bled as they sang, the needles so quick through the linen, the frayed mesh, the silvers must have stung them. Pinp...
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Palea
2023-12-06by Tory Dent Only my mouth taking you in, the greenery splayed deep green. Within my mouth, your arm inserted, a stem of gestures, breaking gracefully...
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Painters
2023-12-06by Muriel Rukeyser In the cave with a long-ago flare a woman stands, her arms up. Red twig, black twig, brown twig. A wall of leaping darkness over he...
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Renascence
2023-12-06by Edna St. Vincent Millay All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three isla...
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Quotidian Poem
2023-12-06by Patricia Fargnoli When I heard the bombing had begun I drove down to Keene and bought a 3x magnifying glass, a sketch book and drawing pencils. The...
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Quilts
2023-12-06by Nikki Giovanni (for Sally Sellers) Like a fading piece of cloth I am a failure No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter My seams a...
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Render, Render
2023-12-06by Thomas Lux Boil it down: feet, skin, gristle, bones, vertebrae, heart muscle, boil it down, skim, and boil again, dreams, history, add them and boi...
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Question
2023-12-06by May Swenson Body my house my horse my hound what will I do when you are fallen Where will I sleep How will I ride What will I hunt Where can I go w...