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You Could Die Laughing (For Sarah Purnell And Especially For Anne), Don Fisher 2016 Bryant University

You Could Die Laughing (For Sarah Purnell And Especially For Anne), Don Fisher

Bryant Literary Review

I told a co-worker about a mutual friend dying.

She thumbed away one tear.


Nothing, Nathan Rivas 2016 Bryant University

Nothing, Nathan Rivas

Bryant Literary Review

It's all I have to offer.

Not a penny for the man

shaking his cup,


John, Paul, George And Me, Brian Daldorph 2016 Bryant University

John, Paul, George And Me, Brian Daldorph

Bryant Literary Review

I was the Beatles' first drummer,

played the first gig at The Cavern


Laundry, Will Walker 2016 Bryant University

Laundry, Will Walker

Bryant Literary Review

It's what separates us from the beasts.

Plato did not say I only wear

the idea of laundry;


This Man's Life, Brian Daldorph 2016 Bryant University

This Man's Life, Brian Daldorph

Bryant Literary Review

If only for a short time

a man has all that he wants:


Escape, Dolores Redfearn 2016 Bryant University

Escape, Dolores Redfearn

Bryant Literary Review

Mambo sounds provoke the silence, waking the sleepwalkers in the street below.


A Fifth Of Old Crow, Mitch Lescarbeau 2016 Bryant University

A Fifth Of Old Crow, Mitch Lescarbeau

Bryant Literary Review

Feathers black as an undertaker's wingtips,

he struts resplendent with a monocle and a walking stick


Laundromat, Sheila Golburgh Johnson 2016 Bryant University

Laundromat, Sheila Golburgh Johnson

Bryant Literary Review

Out of the washer

endlessly swirling,

damp and wrinkled

and knotted from harsh


The Man Who Will Perform My Colonoscopy, Charles Harper Webb 2016 Bryant University

The Man Who Will Perform My Colonoscopy, Charles Harper Webb

Bryant Literary Review

As I slouch in the shower, drained by fear

and laxatives, does he look forward to a day


With Birds Flying Below Her, Patricia O'Donnell 2016 Bryant University

With Birds Flying Below Her, Patricia O'Donnell

Bryant Literary Review

Where Muriel wants to be is sitting on a terrace, one on a mountain with a view of the ocean.


The Acid God & The Anti-Dad, Saint James Harris Wood 2016 Bryant University

The Acid God & The Anti-Dad, Saint James Harris Wood

Bryant Literary Review

With his dirty blond grown-out Beatles haircut, secondhand Hawaiian silk shirts and second-rate flip-flops


Love Match, Ann Robinson 2016 Bryant University

Love Match, Ann Robinson

Bryant Literary Review

Beast with cufflinks and condoms,

studmuffin with biceps a woman could climb,


Oh My Brother, Katie Koumarianos 2016 Bryant University

Oh My Brother, Katie Koumarianos

Bryant Literary Review

The rifle stands wedged into the ground

between standard issue combat boots


The Higher Faith, Elton Glaser 2016 Bryant University

The Higher Faith, Elton Glaser

Bryant Literary Review

New Orleans, August 2005

When the floodwaters licked at our ankles

And wind prowled around the house,


Bravo, Lisa Starr 2016 Bryant University

Bravo, Lisa Starr

Bryant Literary Review

And when, at last,

September rolls around again,

there is a wild flurry among the leaves


Older Brother, Thomas A. West, Jr. 2016 Bryant University

Older Brother, Thomas A. West, Jr.

Bryant Literary Review

As a child I wondered

what the lobster saw in the last second

before it flopped twisting into boiling


Whistler's Mother, Lisa Starr 2016 Bryant University

Whistler's Mother, Lisa Starr

Bryant Literary Review

"Why I are you whistling?" I ask.

Have I been? He replies.

Is it annoying?


Into The Storm, Tatianna Williams 2016 Bryant University

Into The Storm, Tatianna Williams

Bryant Literary Review

Olivia sits in the chair near the silent radio and reaches for her brush with a trembling hand.


The Charleston Church Massacre, David Dragone 2016 Bryant University

The Charleston Church Massacre, David Dragone

Bryant Literary Review

The reporter with perfect hair and perfect teeth

asked Mrs. Tragedy how she felt

now that her innocent son had been gunned down in church.


A Litany For Tender Mercies And Tougher Meats, Sean Gill 2016 Bryant University

A Litany For Tender Mercies And Tougher Meats, Sean Gill

Bryant Literary Review

"Reebs, chicken, poke chop, slice beef, chop beef, turkey laig, links, baked pohtatah, boot ann, bolo,


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