The Fall,
2017
Bryant University
The Fall, Peter Schmitt
Bryant Literary Review
I could forget, in time, how a half-minute
sooner and I might be running in the rain
across the parking lot, catching his shoulders;
Junkyard,
2017
Bryant University
Junkyard, Susan Boehm
Bryant Literary Review
In a junkyard
piled with the rusting machinery
Goodbye, Apostrophe,
2017
Bryant University
Goodbye, Apostrophe, Peter Schmitt
Bryant Literary Review
Goodbye, apostrophe--
you were barely hanging on
Bamboo,
2017
Bryant University
Bamboo, Kerry Jones
Bryant Literary Review
Alice Tran was sitting in the lobby area just outside my office, waiting for me, a large paper bag on the chair beside her, her feet dangling from the chair she occupied.
The Barber's Chair,
2017
Bryant University
The Barber's Chair, Kevin Power
Bryant Literary Review
The shallow mockery goes back and forth
like a hollow ping pong ball of conversation
And Another Thing,
2017
Bryant University
And Another Thing, Ruth Holzer
Bryant Literary Review
she used to bark
was that I looked
Out Of The Limelight,
2017
Bryant University
Out Of The Limelight, David James
Bryant Literary Review
Maybe it's my dislike for coconut,
my aversion to horror movies.
Ruffled Feathers,
2017
Bryant University
Ruffled Feathers, Murzban F. Shroff
Bryant Literary Review
It was one of the finest buildings in South Mumbai
6802 Bayfield Ave.
Arverne, New York,
2017
Bryant University
6802 Bayfield Ave. Arverne, New York, Brennan D'Elena
Bryant Literary Review
He lights a cigarette and keeps
his hand steady on the wheel.
Confession,
2017
Bryant University
Confession, Brian Daldorph
Bryant Literary Review
I don't have much to confess, actually.
I only sinned a few times, didn't like it--
One Survived,
2017
Bryant University
One Survived, Shelley Joy
Bryant Literary Review
He shoves the only cash he has at the Amtrak desk clerk.
Oui,
2017
Bryant University
Oui, Dennis Trudell
Bryant Literary Review
It is raining in Paris,
and a thin woman takes off her clothes
Strolling In Guangzhou,
2017
Bryant University
Strolling In Guangzhou, Stephen C. Behrendt
Bryant Literary Review
It's afternoon in Guangzhou
and I'm out with Maia,
Water Stone,
2017
Bryant University
Water Stone, Matthew J. Spireng
Bryant Literary Review
A small translucent stone with water a million years old
trapped inside like a bubble, a liquid core purer, we think,
Where The Light Enters,
2017
Bryant University
Where The Light Enters, Michael Pikna
Bryant Literary Review
Max knocked lightly on Celia's door.
The Moon's Old Glory,
2017
Bryant University
The Moon's Old Glory, David Dragone
Bryant Literary Review
Overrated, exaggerated
The crescent hangs, worn-out
Game 5 Of The 2015 World Series (Pitcher Perfect Through 8 Innings),
2017
Bryant University
Game 5 Of The 2015 World Series (Pitcher Perfect Through 8 Innings), Frank De Canio
Bryant Literary Review
"Call no man happy till after his death,"
Montaigne wrote. If, Harvey had died before
Let Wind,
2017
Bryant University
Let Wind, Timothy Clutter
Bryant Literary Review
Let wind be the day-old toy
of a thoughtless god who can't
recall where he left it.
Iron Box,
2017
Bryant University
Iron Box, Emily Sheehan
Bryant Literary Review
Was the sun shining when you stepped out into the world today?
Dresden,
2017
Bryant University
Dresden, Robert Kostuck
Bryant Literary Review
The mockingbird song is familiar, something from childhood; maybe a nursery rhyme buried in the deepest part of my memories.
