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Lavender Bride, Robert Kostuck
Lavender Bride, Robert Kostuck
Bryant Literary Review
Svetlana and Valery at the late edge of a summer weekend, aligned vacations, rented bicycles, wool sweaters, damp air spilled inland from the half-empty beaches.
Moving On, Joyce S. Brown
Moving On, Joyce S. Brown
Bryant Literary Review
Twenty minutes into death
and whatever happens there,
The Dictionary, Ace Boggess
The Dictionary, Ace Boggess
Bryant Literary Review
I keep a dictionary by my bed
in case a word is spoken when I dream
Hitler Stamp, Paul Hostovsky
Hitler Stamp, Paul Hostovsky
Bryant Literary Review
I traded ten triangular
Mongolian stamps for Hitler,
This And That (For Coleman Barks, October, 2008), Lisa Starr
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,
Ginger, Charles Butterfield
Ginger, Charles Butterfield
Bryant Literary Review
After Sam's truck clears the hill, all Lucius hears is the cooing of wild pigeons in the cavernous haymow.
Former Things Are Passed Away, Rebecca Melnyk
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,
Bayou Mirror, Iris Litt
Bayou Mirror, Iris Litt
Bryant Literary Review
At first on the island
I gushed my amazement
Gerstler's Triumphant Return (1972), Julie Zuckerman
Gerstler's Triumphant Return (1972), Julie Zuckerman
Bryant Literary Review
Sitting among the malodorous teenagers--boys ripe with day-old sweat, girls thick on jasmine scents--Jeremiah Gerstler tried to check his mounting vexation.
In Praise Of Cowards, William Jolliff
In Praise Of Cowards, William Jolliff
Bryant Literary Review
No brave man could ever imagine
how much a coward can tolerate
Elvis At The Dunkin Donuts, Gregg Moglia
Elvis At The Dunkin Donuts, Gregg Moglia
Bryant Literary Review
Coffee at hand I sit alone and begin
To read some Walt Whitman
Lethal Injection, David Dragone
Lethal Injection, David Dragone
Bryant Literary Review
It didn't matter where you stood--
It was the way they botched his killing
Nothing At All, Ali Morreale
Nothing At All, Ali Morreale
Bryant Literary Review
You sit and you look at all the strange faces,
on the bus that drives you not far.
Modern Peasantry, Mark Smith
Modern Peasantry, Mark Smith
Bryant Literary Review
Are you not yet cognizant,
my people, of how your television
Poem For Humphrey Bogart, Herman Bush
Poem For Humphrey Bogart, Herman Bush
Bryant Literary Review
You always said the world
was three drinks behind,
At The Post Office, Martha Christina
At The Post Office, Martha Christina
Bryant Literary Review
A blue tooth device
glows behind the ear
Lost Memory, Jane Stuart
Heist, Rachael Colasanto
Heist, Rachael Colasanto
Bryant Literary Review
Your scent lingers on my pillow.
You've entered my space,
The place for my thoughts.
The Strap, Ruth Latta
The Strap, Ruth Latta
Bryant Literary Review
"Carmen? Carmen Lawrence? Where are you, girl?"
I peeked through the planks of the porch stairs
Lost At Sea, Dylan Thomas
Hoo Doo Interests, Allison Whittenberg
Hoo Doo Interests, Allison Whittenberg
Bryant Literary Review
MaMa Fontaine stirs gumbo in a big rusty pot
telling me that joy is squashing a pregnant roach
She Feeds Me Now, Susan Johnson
She Feeds Me Now, Susan Johnson
Bryant Literary Review
I read cookbooks as if they were ancient texts,
the life of grandmother's grandmother translated
A Fried Egg, Ellen Cooney
Cul-De-Sac, Dennis Saleh
Cul-De-Sac, Dennis Saleh
Bryant Literary Review
The night at
the door is
torn and frayed
Phantom, Adam Matson
Phantom, Adam Matson
Bryant Literary Review
The pinky finger betrayed her. It sent a signal to Martin, who reached out from beneath the frilly cuff of his costume and grasped it.
Clown School In France, Lee Kisling
Clown School In France, Lee Kisling
Bryant Literary Review
How do these two things fit together--
the rain falls on the just and the unjust, and yet