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Wildfire, Charles Laird Calia
Wildfire, Charles Laird Calia
Bryant Literary Review
For months there was no rain or very little, the mountain grasses were dry, prone to lightning strikes and wildfires, and Frank could see the river far from his little cabin, just beyond Federal land, drying up before his eyes.
Respect Your Elders, Charles Harper Webb
Respect Your Elders, Charles Harper Webb
Bryant Literary Review
"Ready for a fastball," the grizzled grampa
leather-lungs. "Alls he's got's a fastball.
Bald Eagle, Blackbirds, Matthew Spireng
Bald Eagle, Blackbirds, Matthew Spireng
Bryant Literary Review
A dead blackbird on the driveway, eagle
swooping down to avoid the plague of blackbirds
If This Man, Matthew Spireng
If This Man, Matthew Spireng
Bryant Literary Review
If this man with hairy ears, ears
sprouting--not like an old man,
It Wasn't In The Cards, Sarah Brown Weitzman
It Wasn't In The Cards, Sarah Brown Weitzman
Bryant Literary Review
"I'm in", I announced and sat down
to play the cards I'd be dealt.
Rising To The Call, Christa Albrecht-Vegas
Rising To The Call, Christa Albrecht-Vegas
Bryant Literary Review
Julie heard them calling: the high, shrill pinging of a thousand points of--not light, but tinnitus.
As If It Mattered (Gambling Sounds), Fredda S. Pearlson
As If It Mattered (Gambling Sounds), Fredda S. Pearlson
Bryant Literary Review
if today moves
through its hours
with no lost rings
Chez Moi, Dennis Saleh
Victor As A Victim Of Precipitation, Jonathan Greenhause
Victor As A Victim Of Precipitation, Jonathan Greenhause
Bryant Literary Review
Victor's car was stolen, but he chose to drive it anyway.
Prayer Of The Bell, Laura Bonazzoli
Prayer Of The Bell, Laura Bonazzoli
Bryant Literary Review
I guess you probably want to know how I got to be in a mess like this.
Leaning Into The Party, Stephen Roberts
Leaning Into The Party, Stephen Roberts
Bryant Literary Review
I was having a good time at the party
until I leaned back on the door frame
Right Now At This Moment As We Speak, Tom Chandler
Right Now At This Moment As We Speak, Tom Chandler
Bryant Literary Review
Two humpback whales
are breaching eight miles
off the coast of Venezuela
The Womb Of The Unknown Soldier, Tom Chandler
The Womb Of The Unknown Soldier, Tom Chandler
Bryant Literary Review
Is unoccupied at the moment
could be most anywhere
Ennis, Ruth Holzer
Ennis, Ruth Holzer
Bryant Literary Review
The dusty road to Ennis
rose up to meet me
like a blessing,
What's Going On, Ruth Holzer
What's Going On, Ruth Holzer
Bryant Literary Review
I'm making my way through the stormy night,
a long road back, after I've left Father
Eating The Whale, Mitch Lescarbeau
Eating The Whale, Mitch Lescarbeau
Bryant Literary Review
He brings the sizzling strip
on a bone china plate.
Death Comes To The Office For Daniel Downer, Jennifer Companik
Death Comes To The Office For Daniel Downer, Jennifer Companik
Bryant Literary Review
He might've dispatched one of his Angels to do it, but Death knew Daniel would resist, and his best Angel was on vacation, harvesting souls in Costa Rica for the next month, so Death resolved to take Daniel himself.
Perseids, Deborah Fleming
Perseids, Deborah Fleming
Bryant Literary Review
Mid-August and the hemisphere
Now turns its head away from light;
Peasant Woman In Gascony, Deborah Fleming
Peasant Woman In Gascony, Deborah Fleming
Bryant Literary Review
1972
Under the shadow of the Pyrenees
In a field at the bottom of a hillside,
With A Phone Call To Heaven, Bill Hoadley
With A Phone Call To Heaven, Bill Hoadley
Bryant Literary Review
I wish I had a phone
that could talk straight to heaven.
Lists, Michael Onofrey
Lists, Michael Onofrey
Bryant Literary Review
Earl has begun the prep work for painting the "foyer" of Bob and Lisa Kob's house, "foyer" a term Bob had used.
Island Time, Theresa Fairless
Island Time, Theresa Fairless
Bryant Literary Review
Carry a sunset in your pocket,
let the beam break a seam.
What Is, Stephen Malin
What Is, Stephen Malin
Bryant Literary Review
It is what it is
unless of course
it isn't in which case
Block Island Haiku, Fred Yannantuono
Big Red, Ryan Warneke
Space Storms, Sarah Thompson
Space Storms, Sarah Thompson
Bryant Literary Review
You are the star
In the blackened sky