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Problema Ng Makata Sa Panahon Ng Terorismo/The Problem Of The Poet In A Time Of Terrorism, E. San Juan, Jr.

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Nangungulila Tila luho't karangyaan

Grace And The Abandoned, John Grey

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Grace walks to the lake
and her critters follow.

Darwinian, Jennifer Tappenden

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The first cry divides
itself from happiness

Looking Forward To The Farmer's Market, Stephen Germic

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Slender lives of orphans, sewage of a nation,
they talk in old age about childhood.

A Poet's Uncle, Matthew Dulany

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After the death of his sister-in-law, Bill Ruckelsmann began to pay more attention to his nephew.

Cutting Room Floor, Heather C. Miller

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Rewind to the time out for Italian with the girls
and my lesbian best friend wanted to go halfsies

Afterlife--The Drowning Pool, Catherine Tahmin

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when you die
they bring you warm towels

Ghost, Peter Barlow

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South of Piqua there's a rest stop.

Handkerchief, Margaret Hasse

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A constellation of small hearts
embroidered on a white linen square

Intrigue, Dennis Saleh

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In a conspiracy
of sky

Airport, Alex Russo

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a universe of utter transience connects people
moving in every direction like twelve thousand

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The Ballet Class, Kendall Klym

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I'll be the first to admit that I'm no expert.

There Is Passion, There Is Not Love, Joseph Holt

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The two of them met as co-panelists at a graduate economics forum in upstate New York.

Weathertalk, Korkut Onaran

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A darkwhite sky

with a touch of semantic confusion

and the day spreads like

a sheet between the city

New York Symphony, Ed Galing

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It was a drab brownstone

Tenement house we lived in

When I was growing up

Sanctum, Robert Mcguill

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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.

Drive-Ins, John Grey

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I should have noticed something

was up when the film stopped mid-reel.

Disconnected, Jim Hart

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I'm leaving you - she said

The words hanging in the air between us

The White Hydrangeas, Larry O'Brien

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You notice them first while getting the mail,

in the airless heat of an August noon,

Life On Mars, Eileen Russell

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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

Come To Bed, Geoffrey Jarok

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It's a sad day for woman.

She sees dreams,

Like a debtor looks at bills.

Go Gentle Into That Good Night (After Dylan Thomas), Bart Edelman

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Please, please, go gentle into that good night,

Old age should never burn at close of day;

Surabaya Animal Market, David Pinault

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In loving memory of

Paul George Pinault

1947 - 2011

The trim lancet window with the elegantly etched lettering

Mozart, B. Z. Niditch

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You came to me

early

like butterflies

in my secret universe,

The Swings On Crane Avenue, Parker Williams

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He loved them,

would sit there for hours and dream about flying,

Apple For Your Thought Processes?, Eric Cisternelli

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Like hundreds of flies to a carcass

Sacrificing money at an altar,

C. Bowen, Plumber, Paul Hostovsky

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I like this guy

before we even meet.

He's the only one

Moon Rise, John P. Kristofco

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when colors and their implications fade

into the twist of trees,

The Referee, David Alan Goldstein

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Martin Abramson believed that very small, innocuous and seemly trivial acts were the key