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Thoughtless, Chris Semansky

Bryant Literary Review

A piano falls from the sky.

A quite beautiful piano.

Punching Air, Ben Brooks

Bryant Literary Review

Dead fish floated in close to shore. There were so many of them

First Sky, Jay Udall

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Some days you don't need a second sky--

the one outside is what you have

Contributors

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Across The Line, William Holinger

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The trouble is that the balls go where you throw them.

-- a well-known saying in juggling

Standing in foul territory over by the cornfield, roughing up the game ball,

Inky Went Down To The Well, K. S. Phillips

Bryant Literary Review

None of us knew how pure Inky was until we drank her. Sadly, our awareness came three summers too late.

The Touch So, Rob Diehm

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the touch so

deep (little hairs

stand on end)

we become one

Impending Doom, Mario Duarte

Bryant Literary Review

Out of nothing, nowhere,

a boy grasping a red balloon

wavers over the circus tent.

Notes On Laureateship, Michael S. Harper

Bryant Literary Review

You must act like a Morpho in the forest

Perhaps thirty feet in the air

Hands That Drew Them As They Are, Unity Durieux

Bryant Literary Review

These hands have delved in ruin,

plumbed lovers' pockets, availed

themselves of coldcuts, goodbooks

The Sparrows, John Grey

Bryant Literary Review

It's not their flight but how they

alight on the gutters where I might live.

Dyslexic, Will Nixon

Bryant Literary Review

The year I learned the hangman's noose

I tied it everywhere: tire swings, clothes lines,

Abuelita, Camincha

Bryant Literary Review

To Reyna María, it's like they never left. They visit her often, sometimes in groups, sometimes one at a time.

Verso

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Editor's Note

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Table Of Contents

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The Baker's Secret, Kathy Anderson

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The town baker wakes at dawn, stands in his silent shop, with floured hands slaps rounded balls of dough

The Word Box, Christopher Brookhouse

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We can't sleep.

I'm hungry, she says.

I know what she wants.

The Day After, Patricia Dobler

Bryant Literary Review

So I walked back to the place we'd found him,

needing to see the blood stains and my hands

in the place his head had lain.

Places, Mark Brazaitis

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Salcajá, Lanquín, Purulhá:

the places we made love.

Consider, Mary Crow

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Consider the polar bear

whose every white hair is a heat pipe

Fan Letter, John Mann

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Dear life, dear earth, dear season of snow.

From One Boy To One Girl, S. Eric Ketzer

Theses

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Russia's Other "Mormons": Their Origins And Relationship To The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Eric A. Eliason, Gary Browning

BYU Studies

When Mormon missionaries entered Russia in 1990, they were astonished to hear about "Mormon" settlements already existing in the Samara region. Other evidence of Mormonism appeared: for example, locals used the term "Mormon crosses" to describe a unique style of crucifixes in cemeteries. In this article, the authors delve into the questions of whether or not sects with ties to mainstream Mormonism existed in pre-perestroika Russia or if unrelated groups earned the nickname "Mormon" for living in unusual family arrangements, similar to polygamy. Using data gathered from Latter-day Saint missionaries who served in Russia in the late 1990s as a …

Young “Tony” Ivins: Dixie Frontiersman, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

My experience on the frontier... may be of some historical value, as well as romantic interest.

—Anthony W. Ivins

Printing In Deseret: Mormons, Economy, Politics, And Utah's Incunabula, 1849-1851: A History And Descriptive Bibliography Richard L. Saunders, Craig L. Foster

BYU Studies

Richard L. Saunders. Printing in Deseret: Mormons, Economy, Politics, and Utah's Incunabula, 1849-1851: A History and Descriptive Bibliography. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2000. xv; 213 pp. Illustrations. $35.00.

Edward L. Hart: A Conversation About Poetry, Casualene Meyer

BYU Studies

Poet Edward L. Hart wrote the lyrics to one of Mormonism's favorite hymns, "Our Savior's Love." As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hart gives his thoughts on the relationship between praise and poetry and how even secular poems can capture a sense of worship. He also discusses the inspiration behind subjects he's addressed in poetry, including nature and war; the background of some of his compositions; and his influences. He describes the power of poetic language this way: "The feel for human truths goes hand in hand with the language and all that the …

Voice Lessons, Melissa Helquist

BYU Studies

In this contest-winning personal essay, the author describes the challenge of undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer and coping with lasting scars, including an extra "smile" on her throat where an incision was made and a voice that functions only some of the time. She writes, "I smell the rainwater as it moves around the tires, the earthiness of smashed worms, and everything cold and soulful. The day says something to me, and I wish I could say something back." Using compelling imagery, she conveys what it's like to express herself through the calculated means of writing and playing the viola …

Our Savior's Love, Edward L. Hart

BYU Studies

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Riding Backwards, R. A. Christmas

BYU Studies

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