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At the Edge
2023-12-05At the EdgeLinda Pastan we are having tea at the edge of the abyss . . . RAYMOND FARINAIt's a long way downto darkness and fireand the wings o...
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Easter Morning
2023-12-05Easter MorningJean Nordhaus Driving through the gorge to Santa FeChrist is risen,I hear myself say, as the roadbreaks out of the gorgeonto floodplai...
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Parable
2023-12-05ParableSandra BeasleyWorries come to a man and a woman.Small ones, light in the hand.The man decides to swallow his worries,hiding them deep within hi...
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Even the Ohio Can Change
2023-12-05Even the Ohio Can ChangeRick CampbellThe river I grew up on was rankwith oil. Shoreline stonesgleamed slick-blue and nothingin the river was worth a s...
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Adam Home from the Wars
2023-12-05Adam Home from the WarsSean BishopYes, when the orchard's dolled up in pastelsand the finches scrawl cursive across the skyand the big moon sags l...
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The Name of the Island Was Marriage
2023-12-05The Name of the Island Was MarriageBruce BeasleyIThe name of the island was Island and the name of the Fridaywas Good. Sunflower roots lay smoked on a...
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The Meeting
2023-12-05The MeetingAlfred CornRekindled consciousness, abrupt as a slapThat makes identity slot in, its clipCoinciding with that signatureStride acquired roug...
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Midnight
2023-12-05MidnightNiall CampbellMy heart had been repeating oh heart, poor heartall evening. And all because I'd held my child,oh heart, and found that age ...
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The Wine
2023-12-05The WineMichael MetivierWhen the townspeoplegave the teenaged Buddhaa glass of wineso delicious he grewto an unthinkable sizeand froze into a blue sta...
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Story
2023-12-05StoryFrances LevistonUnder what tree, in what part of the forest, beside which branchof the leaf-obstructed stream, in sun or in rain,concreted into w...