Title Page,
2010
Bryant University
Children At The Wake,
2010
Bryant University
Children At The Wake, John Grey
Bryant Literary Review
I admit that, more than once,
I've pointed to the sky
Dedication,
2010
Bryant University
Dedication, Charles Harper Webb
Bryant Literary Review
Where did Blake Bumgardner find the washtub-sized
cojones to confess over the phone, then listen
Confidence,
2010
Bryant University
Confidence, Laura Buermann
Bryant Literary Review
I am a polysyllabic phenomenon,
a thesauric wunderkind
Traveling Alone, She Fell In The Sistine Chapel--,
2010
Bryant University
Traveling Alone, She Fell In The Sistine Chapel--, M. J. Iuppa
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collapsed in a whirl, as if a gust of wind
struck her weak ankle and set her spinning--
Tierra Blanca,
2010
Bryant University
Tierra Blanca, Andrea Lewis
Bryant Literary Review
I had what I wanted. I was alone with Charles.
Pages From The Textbook Of Alternate History: Plato, King Of Syracuse,
2010
Bryant University
Pages From The Textbook Of Alternate History: Plato, King Of Syracuse, Phong Nguyen
Bryant Literary Review
When Dionysus II first offered to Plato the city of Syracuse, jewel of Sicily, for the philosopher to rule as his own, there was a moment of hesitation
Bee Lust In Manhattan,
2010
Bryant University
Bee Lust In Manhattan, John F. Buckley, Martin Ott
Bryant Literary Review
Thousands of bees swarmed outside a Manhattan
deli, trapping dozens of patrons, the meat scent
I Killed A Bug Last Night,
2010
Bryant University
I Killed A Bug Last Night, Carol Hamilton
Bryant Literary Review
He was walking along the edge
of the tasseled rug, no hurry,
Without Breath,
2010
Bryant University
Without Breath, Michelle Soucy
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I'm eight years old and my parents make me sleep in my sick younger brother's bed with him in case he stops breathing again
On The First Morning,
2010
Bryant University
On The First Morning, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff
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of spring
when I see a red shiny
balloon valentine shaped
descend
Doing The Math,
2010
Bryant University
Doing The Math, Martin Cloutier
Bryant Literary Review
James was experiencing a breach -- a psychic breach. Like his real self was coming into contact with a parallel universe self.
Peace,
2010
Bryant University
On John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things",
2010
Bryant University
On John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things", Nathaniel Lee Hansen
Bryant Literary Review
With steady three-beat brushes and cymbal
of Elvin Jones, stand-up pulse of Steve Davis,
A Bullfight,
2010
Bryant University
A Bullfight, C. W. Owens
Bryant Literary Review
Warily, the bull's hooves pound the sand--
black hide, muscle, churning with intelligence--
The Aloha State,
2010
Bryant University
The Aloha State, Adam Berlin
Bryant Literary Review
It wasn't our honeymoon but it was Hawaii. It had been all sky and water for thousands of miles, blue above, blue below.
43rd And Main,
2010
Bryant University
43rd And Main, Linsey Morse
Bryant Literary Review
They see a burnt-out bitch on a sidewalk,
selling sex, her soul, to the devil for a smoke.
He's A Thief,
2010
Bryant University
He's A Thief, Eliza Demarseilles
Bryant Literary Review
He stole a piece of my heart, attached it to a voodoo doll
Secret Lives,
2010
Bryant University
Secret Lives, Mary Elizabeth Parker
Bryant Literary Review
A lacy blouse, two breasts beneath
Light, Extra Sugar, No Patsy,
2010
Bryant University
Light, Extra Sugar, No Patsy, Nancy Lee Craven
Bryant Literary Review
"1992: A slice of life when dollars to donuts sometimes bought more than an even dozen"
