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Bryant Literary Review

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Ride The Peter Pan, Allison Whittenberg

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There were times when it seemed like all the beauty was sucked out of my life.

Late, Chad Dickinson

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You were late.
The strong Hawaiian sun peers through
The window on that December Sunday morning

Sunny Side Up, Byron Case

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It is ovoid simplicity incarnate,
perfectly palm-sized,
and crackable.

Terminal Velocity, Charles Harper Webb

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--the highest velocity attainable by an object as it falls through air

The male Mandarin, world's most gorgeous

duck--scarlet bill; purple breast; white

Pigeons, Bibhu Padhi

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They embody a consciousness
that shines among light-grey rocks.

The Ice Man, Mitch Lescarbeau

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Bolzano, Italy

We jostle and joke in the waiting line's dark,
snaking toward the cold cube of light in the wall.

Sister Wigberta, Thomas Dorsett

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Dad hanging onto the pier
after his ship has sailed on

It's For Sale, But I'M Keeping It, Sean Loughran

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This car is a money pit. I can't stand it. I keep
spending thousands of dollars of hard earned
cash to keep it running but all I'm getting out

A Fitting Memorial, Roger D. Hicks

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Ballard had already been sitting on the store porch more than an hour before Ep left his house across the creek for their regular morning conversation.

Why Should We?, Don Kunz

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Death addresses its invitation
In bold black block letters,
And will honor no regrets.

The Fall, Peter Schmitt

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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;

Goodbye, Apostrophe, Peter Schmitt

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Goodbye, apostrophe--
you were barely hanging on

Junkyard, Susan Boehm

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In a junkyard
piled with the rusting machinery

Bamboo, Kerry Jones

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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, Kevin Power

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The shallow mockery goes back and forth
like a hollow ping pong ball of conversation

And Another Thing, Ruth Holzer

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she used to bark
was that I looked

Out Of The Limelight, David James

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Maybe it's my dislike for coconut,
my aversion to horror movies.

Ruffled Feathers, Murzban F. Shroff

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It was one of the finest buildings in South Mumbai

Confession, Brian Daldorph

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I don't have much to confess, actually.
I only sinned a few times, didn't like it--

Oui, Dennis Trudell

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It is raining in Paris,
and a thin woman takes off her clothes

Candle In The Wind, Sheryl L. Nelms

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black
back lit
by the sprinkle of stars

Strolling In Guangzhou, Stephen C. Behrendt

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It's afternoon in Guangzhou
and I'm out with Maia,

Where The Light Enters, Michael Pikna

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Max knocked lightly on Celia's door.

The Moon's Old Glory, David Dragone

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Overrated, exaggerated
The crescent hangs, worn-out

Let Wind, Timothy Clutter

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Let wind be the day-old toy
of a thoughtless god who can't
recall where he left it.

Iron Box, Emily Sheehan

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Was the sun shining when you stepped out into the world today?

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