Bingo,
2011
Bryant University
Bingo, Seth Benton
Bryant Literary Review
Mosquitoes spatter the wall
beside us as the sweet rot
smell of marsh at low tide
Small Fires,
2011
Bryant University
Small Fires, Keith Alexander
Bryant Literary Review
Ryszard turns in a clearing
with a finger to his lips.
It is fall, dead fall, ssssh,
Interruption,
2011
Bryant University
Interruption, Keith Alexander
Bryant Literary Review
A cow in the meat yard opened its mouth
and out poured the voice of Bessie Smith.
The Lion Cub Raised By A Terrier,
2011
Bryant University
The Lion Cub Raised By A Terrier, David Starkey
Bryant Literary Review
reminds me of the porcupine
reared by a manatee, the raven
The Hippo At The Bronx Zoo, Circa 1965,
2011
Bryant University
The Hippo At The Bronx Zoo, Circa 1965, James Arthur Anderson
Bryant Literary Review
The mouth opens like a dumpster lid
and, trained to toss, we all comply,
Love Letter To My Imaginary Man (After Pamela Alexander),
2011
Bryant University
Love Letter To My Imaginary Man (After Pamela Alexander), Christine Graf
Bryant Literary Review
Next time you walk by my bedroom
in your hulk of spectral dust
with a gust of Thor and thunder, stop
Horses,
2011
Bryant University
Horses, Gladys Goldberg
Bryant Literary Review
The sorrel who eats carrots
from my hand
A drift of gold in his thick mane,
The Passenger Seat,
2011
Bryant University
The Passenger Seat, Madeline Wise
Bryant Literary Review
Rudy called his ex-wife from a dealership in San Francisco and blurted out, "I've got it, Mimi, and it's all mine!
The Whale Remained For Rebecca,
2011
Bryant University
The Whale Remained For Rebecca, Floyd Cheung
Bryant Literary Review
Of course they took your iPod,
those fabulously large sunglasses,
Fly In The Air,
2011
Bryant University
Fly In The Air, Judy Klass
Bryant Literary Review
...strafes the dinner party guests but does not land, cuts through the invisible gases jagged,
A Walk On The Old Road,
2011
Bryant University
A Walk On The Old Road, Wendy Smith-Stenhouse
Bryant Literary Review
It's cold
but I stay
standing in the road
Pulse,
2011
Bryant University
Pulse, Nathan Alling Long
Bryant Literary Review
Dad stopped the car on the hill above school and put it in park.
The Ashland Bump,
2011
Bryant University
The Ashland Bump, Dan Sieg
Bryant Literary Review
There was a quick rise and dip
in Ashland Street,
I never cared much why.
Easter Eggs,
2011
Bryant University
Easter Eggs, Vanessa Blakeslee
Bryant Literary Review
Julie wished the problem of the Easter eggs wouldn't turn into a blowout fight,
Memo To Mean Girls Everywhere,
2011
Bryant University
Memo To Mean Girls Everywhere, Nancy Craven
Bryant Literary Review
After you sign-on to U-Stream, and watch the backs of classmates whose fronts you no longer recognize
Why I Cannot Love Picasso,
2011
Bryant University
Why I Cannot Love Picasso, Devon Miller-Duggan
Bryant Literary Review
Sure, he gets that everything is broken
And still charged with lusts.
The Telephone Pole,
2011
Bryant University
The Telephone Pole, Jay Baruch
Bryant Literary Review
Everyone leaves--the medics, the police, the coroner, the late night news crew
Gospel,
2011
Bryant University
Gospel, Brady Rhoades
Bryant Literary Review
On French Hill, night falls and you sit on the slope
in your shanty clothes,
Childhood Nightmare,
2011
Bryant University
Childhood Nightmare, Buff Whitman-Bradley
Bryant Literary Review
In the recurring dream I had as a child
I stood on a small platform
The Lemon Tree,
2011
Bryant University
The Lemon Tree, Emily Swaine
Bryant Literary Review
I was walking back to camp with some new supplies when I noticed all the boys standing around,
