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Ripped From The Tree, Tom Hansen

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(beginning with two lines by Anonymous)

There is no easy way

into another world.

Blr 2005 Contributors

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Dramaturgy, Philip Dacey

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It was my idea to stage

a classic romantic scene

Fat Broad, Darren Defrain

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Ten minutes twice a day is barely enough time to get to the nub of a cigarette,

Sandpipers, Again, Lisa Starr

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I went back to the sandpipers today--

it's been a while.

Outside Leadville, Emily Morganti

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I thought we would die on that mountain. Not in my heart but in my head.

Detroit, Michelle Brooks

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I did not know any better except to love

For The First Time, Joanna Noble

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Alone and snow-bound you learn

the bones of your home as they keen

In The Village Of Mourning, Mark Brazaitis

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Outside the Purulhá market, where the bus had left her, Olivia stared at the mountains to the north of town.

Dead Professor, Dan Dabrowski

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Came knocking,

but I take it you're not around.

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Focal And Idey, Ruth Abat Cooper

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Idey Ponder whistled softly to himself as he shuffled his lanky body along behind the hounds.

Lying Awake With The Windows Open, Mairéad Byrne

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After you left I heard car doors closing

across the river in Lafayette.

Newport Ferry, Nancy Sullivan

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Getting on was serpentine and narrow

Like pushing a wheelbarrow.

The Station Nightclub, Don Kunz

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How can they not still dream of fire?

Everything has turned black:

Squeeze The Putty, Mrs. Martin, Mike Onofrey

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"Do you have a minute?" she said to Dwayne as he was coming out of his mother's hospital room at four in the afternoon.

A Dangerous World, Chris Henry

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I went to visit Victor Shanks' parents because nobody else would.

Prison, Elizabeth Percer

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I wish a crime would come my way.

That I had the nervous power of disobedience.

Verso

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Announcement, Paul Hostovsky

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Careful, world.

Attention. Vorsicht.

It is dangerous to lean

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Mathematician's Love Poem, Matt Zambitto

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I can't subtract the angle at which your two

irides let go of no frequency but blue.

American Men, Matt Zambitto

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can carry the yoke

of a tune

from PA to CA and back,

Cave Bull, Dan Stryk

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My wife's quick

drawing thrills the children

at our youngster's

Teacher's Names, Charles Harper Webb

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For what more-than-mortal sin is the soul squeezed

inside the body of a grub,

Greatness, Charles Harper Webb

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It came easy, then--winning big at Chinese

checkers--finding, behind a slab

All Things Starting, One, Robert Parham

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When the radiance of the ripple

turns its back to catch the sun

The Doctor Arrives, John Grey

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The doctor enters the room

and the mood is no less gloomier.