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Bryant Literary Review

2009

Poetry

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End Of Summer Session At The Music School, Michael Hogan May 2009

End Of Summer Session At The Music School, Michael Hogan

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Cecilia Hall is silent tonight:
no oboes, no flutes


Ode To Everything Ordinary, Mary Christine Delea May 2009

Ode To Everything Ordinary, Mary Christine Delea

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Praise the #2 pencil


The Waves, Jéanpaul Ferro May 2009

The Waves, Jéanpaul Ferro

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In the afternoon, when the sky
is almost out of sun,


To A Former Student Training To Become An Interrogator, David O'Connell May 2009

To A Former Student Training To Become An Interrogator, David O'Connell

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They say pressure isn't torture
and, at times, because I don't know better
I'm willing to agree


Kidnapped At Birth, Buff Whitman-Bradley May 2009

Kidnapped At Birth, Buff Whitman-Bradley

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Every one of us was kidnapped at birth
By a man in money-colored shoes who
Snatched us away from our real parents


Happy, Peter Johnson May 2009

Happy, Peter Johnson

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In spite of persistent rumors, let me assure you I'm happy.


I Traveled South, Janet Jennings May 2009

I Traveled South, Janet Jennings

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We drove to the coast to sip Black Russians. Cream swirled in an ice-
black sea. My name changed every day.


On A Beach With White Sand, Matt Ross May 2009

On A Beach With White Sand, Matt Ross

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In trillions of years,
Every inch of matter


Instructions, Geri Rosenzweig May 2009

Instructions, Geri Rosenzweig

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Before you fit me into a pine box and
lower me into the ground to the chant


Autobiography, Pamela S. Wynn May 2009

Autobiography, Pamela S. Wynn

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My parent's match was made on the outskirts of heaven.


Bridge Of Sighs, Don Kunz May 2009

Bridge Of Sighs, Don Kunz

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One wrong turn
(For which Venice is famous)


Two-Timing The Beekeeper, Timothy Martin May 2009

Two-Timing The Beekeeper, Timothy Martin

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Of all the unwise things you have ever done
(and that counts the time you threw the lit dynamite stick


Undershirt, Donna Pucciani May 2009

Undershirt, Donna Pucciani

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That undershirt
with the hole I'd like to put my index finger through


Barred Owl, B. J. Best May 2009

Barred Owl, B. J. Best

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somewhere in the forest lives a question.
ice cracks, wind whips, a child is putting


Hartford Circus Fire (1944), John Surowiecki May 2009

Hartford Circus Fire (1944), John Surowiecki

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All we were told was that the animals
were saved and the children died;


The Cliffs, Stephen Arney May 2009

The Cliffs, Stephen Arney

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Walking along the
Cliffs of Moher


Girls, Linsey Morse May 2009

Girls, Linsey Morse

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learn at very young ages
that outer beauty is the water--


Lyme Tick, Mitch Lescarbeau May 2009

Lyme Tick, Mitch Lescarbeau

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Through the porch screen of the makeshift sickroom
the patient boats in the cove


Morendo, Al Niente (Dying Away, To Nothing), Ryan Cipriano May 2009

Morendo, Al Niente (Dying Away, To Nothing), Ryan Cipriano

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Chicago plaza, centered around a fountain
Beside which Stanley passed away


Gone Too Soon, Nancy Lee Craven May 2009

Gone Too Soon, Nancy Lee Craven

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You left, I think, under the burden of heavy judgment,
Or grief too difficult to bear. I do not know, but I would like to,


Chicken-In-The-Pot, Charles Harper Webb May 2009

Chicken-In-The-Pot, Charles Harper Webb

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One dollar buys a chance to catapult
a rubber bird onto a spinning table that seems


Parsimonious, Paul Hostovsky May 2009

Parsimonious, Paul Hostovsky

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I remember the first time I looked it up--
I was a sophomore--Michael


Lines For An Absent Friend, Larry Rubin May 2009

Lines For An Absent Friend, Larry Rubin

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So you weren't there--the emptiness
Would have shattered me, except I know how atoms


Leonard On The Farm, Jack Cooper May 2009

Leonard On The Farm, Jack Cooper

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He had less than a dozen teeth,
wore shoes with ten years of pigshit


Grim Reaper, Carl Beauchamp May 2009

Grim Reaper, Carl Beauchamp

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It's only natural
A black gown
And sharp sickle


Orange Poppies, Helen Wickes May 2009

Orange Poppies, Helen Wickes

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They do their best to deceive you,
the satiny sheen of their petals


We Are All Boot Makers To Kings, Matt Ross May 2009

We Are All Boot Makers To Kings, Matt Ross

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I praise the justice,
Raise my hands to the sky,