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Moving On, Joyce S. Brown

Bryant Literary Review

Twenty minutes into death
and whatever happens there,

This And That (For Coleman Barks, October, 2008), Lisa Starr

Bryant Literary Review

A while back you said, You know, one of these days
you're gonna have to write that poem about that deer,

A Bad Sandstorm, Sheryl L. Nelms

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"We all
saw it coming

Nothing At All, Ali Morreale

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You sit and you look at all the strange faces,
on the bus that drives you not far.

Making History, Charles Webb

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Columbus didn't think, "I've discovered
America!" He was happy just to find dry land.

At The Post Office, Martha Christina

Bryant Literary Review

A blue tooth device
glows behind the ear

Hoo Doo Interests, Allison Whittenberg

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MaMa Fontaine stirs gumbo in a big rusty pot
telling me that joy is squashing a pregnant roach

The Accident, Victoria Melekian

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I pass the stone walls
of the bridge. Bouquets

Lost Memory, Jane Stuart

Bryant Literary Review

You were--
you are--
a dream

She Feeds Me Now, Susan Johnson

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I read cookbooks as if they were ancient texts,
the life of grandmother's grandmother translated

A Fried Egg, Ellen Cooney

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a fried egg
a small sun

Clown School In France, Lee Kisling

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How do these two things fit together--
the rain falls on the just and the unjust, and yet

Former Things Are Passed Away, Rebecca Melnyk

Bryant Literary Review

I.

On Saturdays, Daddy likes to take the Coupe Deville through the

center of town,

Modern Peasantry, Mark Smith

Bryant Literary Review

Are you not yet cognizant,
my people, of how your television

Heist, Rachael Colasanto

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Your scent lingers on my pillow.
You've entered my space,
The place for my thoughts.

The Dictionary, Ace Boggess

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I keep a dictionary by my bed
in case a word is spoken when I dream

In Praise Of Cowards, William Jolliff

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No brave man could ever imagine
how much a coward can tolerate

A Scarlet Tanager Alights On A Branch, John Grey

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The stopping, admiring,
is all on my side.

Hitler Stamp, Paul Hostovsky

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I traded ten triangular
Mongolian stamps for Hitler,

Seashells Never Say Much Anyway, Joshua R. Mora Pagkalinawan

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Envelope me in your existence
until the mailman gets tired

Bayou Mirror, Iris Litt

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At first on the island
I gushed my amazement

Elvis At The Dunkin Donuts, Gregg Moglia

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Coffee at hand I sit alone and begin
To read some Walt Whitman

Lethal Injection, David Dragone

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It didn't matter where you stood--
It was the way they botched his killing

Poem For Humphrey Bogart, Herman Bush

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You always said the world
was three drinks behind,

Lost At Sea, Dylan Thomas

Bryant Literary Review

One dark day
my love was washed away

Cul-De-Sac, Dennis Saleh

Bryant Literary Review

The night at
the door is
torn and frayed