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The White Hydrangeas, Larry O'Brien
The White Hydrangeas, Larry O'Brien
Bryant Literary Review
You notice them first while getting the mail,
in the airless heat of an August noon,
Life On Mars, Eileen Russell
Life On Mars, Eileen Russell
Bryant Literary Review
Chapter One
I knew I'd barely survive an eight-hundred mile road trip with Bill and Fran, from the tip of Florida's peninsula
Apple For Your Thought Processes?, Eric Cisternelli
Apple For Your Thought Processes?, Eric Cisternelli
Bryant Literary Review
Like hundreds of flies to a carcass
Sacrificing money at an altar,
Go Gentle Into That Good Night (After Dylan Thomas), Bart Edelman
Go Gentle Into That Good Night (After Dylan Thomas), Bart Edelman
Bryant Literary Review
Please, please, go gentle into that good night,
Old age should never burn at close of day;
C. Bowen, Plumber, Paul Hostovsky
C. Bowen, Plumber, Paul Hostovsky
Bryant Literary Review
I like this guy
before we even meet.
He's the only one
Surabaya Animal Market, David Pinault
Surabaya Animal Market, David Pinault
Bryant Literary Review
In loving memory of
Paul George Pinault
1947 - 2011
The trim lancet window with the elegantly etched lettering
Mozart, B. Z. Niditch
Mozart, B. Z. Niditch
Bryant Literary Review
You came to me
early
like butterflies
in my secret universe,
The Swings On Crane Avenue, Parker Williams
The Swings On Crane Avenue, Parker Williams
Bryant Literary Review
He loved them,
would sit there for hours and dream about flying,
Miss Mercy, C. Sanchez-Garcia
Miss Mercy, C. Sanchez-Garcia
Bryant Literary Review
"How does it feel, where you are?"
"It's okay. You keep it cool in here."
Moon Rise, John P. Kristofco
Moon Rise, John P. Kristofco
Bryant Literary Review
when colors and their implications fade
into the twist of trees,
Fountain, Josh Wardrip
Fountain, Josh Wardrip
Bryant Literary Review
In those days I would take the #3 downtown where I spent my afternoons having lunch at one of the little diners
Small Blue Butterflies, Buff Whitman-Bradley
Small Blue Butterflies, Buff Whitman-Bradley
Bryant Literary Review
On a walk around the lake
I pause to watch three small blue butterflies
What Jupiter Knows, Wendy Smith-Stenhouse
What Jupiter Knows, Wendy Smith-Stenhouse
Bryant Literary Review
Thing is... Nobody cares less about me missing the Junior Spring Fling than me. But Blaine, with his beer stink and lolling eyeballs,
Yesterday's Tongue, John Mckernan
Yesterday's Tongue, John Mckernan
Bryant Literary Review
Its syllables
Dripping to the brown earth
Disconnected, Jim Hart
Disconnected, Jim Hart
Bryant Literary Review
I'm leaving you - she said
The words hanging in the air between us
Taking Liberties, Jim Hart
The Cow Near Matamoros, Carol Hamilton
The Cow Near Matamoros, Carol Hamilton
Bryant Literary Review
Tied to her terror,
her placid, brush-haired sides
so like a back room
Who Is We?, Kevin Mcintosh
Who Is We?, Kevin Mcintosh
Bryant Literary Review
Patrick Lynch is passing back personal narratives to his second period. He used to call them memoirs,
To Ansel Adams, John Sibley Williams
To Ansel Adams, John Sibley Williams
Bryant Literary Review
It could have been
color
if mountains and dreams
Drive-Ins, John Grey
Drive-Ins, John Grey
Bryant Literary Review
I should have noticed something
was up when the film stopped mid-reel.
The Propensity For Monologue, John Sibley Williams
The Propensity For Monologue, John Sibley Williams
Bryant Literary Review
I'd like to be a sparrow,
bring new morning
each time I speak.
Sanctum, Robert Mcguill
Sanctum, Robert Mcguill
Bryant Literary Review
The places where water comes together
with other water. Those places stand out
in my mind like holy places.
--Raymond Carver
Water. Crashing. Thundering down the boulders.
Rebel In A Plaid Skirt, Janet Proulx
Rebel In A Plaid Skirt, Janet Proulx
Bryant Literary Review
She moved robotically through junior high
learned by rote, kept imagination in check,
Junior Munson Does The Long Haul, Elton Glaser
Junior Munson Does The Long Haul, Elton Glaser
Bryant Literary Review
I like to start my mornings
Sunnyside up at a truckstop,
Going-Away Party, Elton Glaser
Going-Away Party, Elton Glaser
Bryant Literary Review
Inside the white envelope, I find
An invitation to my death.
You can steam off the stamps,
The Referee, David Alan Goldstein
The Referee, David Alan Goldstein
Bryant Literary Review
Martin Abramson believed that very small, innocuous and seemly trivial acts were the key
Weather Wins, Francine Witte
Weather Wins, Francine Witte
Bryant Literary Review
It always does. Big blow
from the latest tornado?
That's just nature clearing
Shells, Barbara Mackay
Shells, Barbara Mackay
Bryant Literary Review
today I walk a sullen beach
its sand a deep gray
had it once been white
New York Symphony, Ed Galing
New York Symphony, Ed Galing
Bryant Literary Review
It was a drab brownstone
Tenement house we lived in
When I was growing up
Open At 10:00 A.M., Ron Koertge
Open At 10:00 A.M., Ron Koertge
Bryant Literary Review
I burst into the Gap on the morning
after Labor Day and surprise
the pretty clerks giggling,