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Thoughts And Prayers, Christopher T. Keaveney

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This poem by Christopher T. Keaveney originally appeared in Clementine Unbound.

Peach Blossom Spring, Christopher T. Keaveney

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This poem by Chris Keaveney originally appeared in Anapest.

On Slim Whitman And How Irony Entered The World, Christopher T. Keaveney

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This poem by Christopher T. Keaveney originally appeared in The Ekphrastic Review.

You Will Hear Each Question Only Once, Christopher T. Keaveney

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This poem by Christopher Keaveney originally appeared in Ink.

How Not To Cull Wild Horses, Christopher T. Keaveney

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This poem by Christopher T. Keaveney was first published in MockingHeart Review.

Blade, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz was awarded the University of Cincinnati Graduate Poetry Prize in 2016 and appeared on the official website of the Academy of American Poets.

La Llorona At The Saloon, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Aster(ix).

Story Of The Salt Doll, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

The Story Of Eyes, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

El Rio, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Crab Creek Review. “El Rio” comes from trying to move beyond predictable tropes about border crossing and work out how the river makes itself known, through dreams as well as everyday occurrences of profiling, and unignorable.

Cazar Means To Hunt Not To Marry, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in December.

Freckles, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Indianola Review.

Night Sky Manifesto, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

The Music Inside, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

Alien, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Crab Creek Review.

On Being Called Jorge, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Indianola Review.

Cornflower, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

Midnight, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

Distinguished Poet José Angel Araguz: The Interview, José Angel Araguz, A. Molotkov, John Sibley Williams

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This interview with poet José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

Leave, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

Joe, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in RHINO Poetry and placed first in its 2015 Editors' Prizes.

Gentleman, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Apple Valley Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.

José Angel Araguz comments on "Gentleman":
My father’s death and absence from my life keeps coming up on the page. It is both a talisman that makes me grateful for each day I live as well as a source of wonder and perseverance. Since poems, via white space whether stanza breaks or paragraphs, engage and subsist on the unspoken, it is only natural for this conversation between us to continue.

Our Lady, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Apple Valley Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.

José Angel Araguz comments on "Our Lady":
The vision in this poem really happened; I remember my aunt coming home from a trip to Mexico visibly shaken. I was raised by only my mother and aunt, with my aunt being the hard-nosed disciplinarian. To see her shook up was something new. One detail that lives around the poem but didn’t make it in is that she quit heavy drinking for a while after this incident.

Canicas, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Apply Valley Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.

José Angel Araguz comments on "Canicas":
I fear being one of the last generations to play with marbles. This isn’t a statement of nostalgia or one bemoaning how times change. I mean simply in terms of the reference of the game and the scene. These days, birds fly over our cell phone screens without us noticing.

Wish, Joe Wilkins

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This poem by Joe Wilkins originally appeared in Blackbird.

Abandoned Church, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Rattle.

Don't Look Now I Might Be Mexican, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz placed third in Blue Mesa Review's 2014 poetry contest, judged by Carmen Giménez Smith.

Why Do That?, Lex Runciman

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This essay offers one poet's view on why he chooses to write poetry.

Gloves, José Angel Araguz

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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Rattle. It was also featured in Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry Project (Column 196); Kooser served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.