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Touching My Reflection, Michele Heather Pollock Jan 2004

Touching My Reflection, Michele Heather Pollock

Bryant Literary Review

I peer into a mirror
of last night's rain


In A Field Near Sardis Dam, Louis Bourgeois Jan 2004

In A Field Near Sardis Dam, Louis Bourgeois

Bryant Literary Review

Silence. A scarecrow flickers in the wind.


The corn is dead. Geese speckle the horizon,


followed by crows and herons.


Dress Rehearsal For Utopia, Karen Donovan Jan 2004

Dress Rehearsal For Utopia, Karen Donovan

Bryant Literary Review

We're glad they made Clear Falls.


The white rocks love the water,


the water loves its splash and brim.


The Wounded, Dave Cappella Jan 2004

The Wounded, Dave Cappella

Bryant Literary Review

The one-legged pigeon understands

the loneliness of the man.

Hobbling under the patio table

behind a chair, the bird waits

for a morsel from the stranger.


The Snow Moon, Rebecca Lilly Jan 2004

The Snow Moon, Rebecca Lilly

Bryant Literary Review

A full moon sheared the tip of a pine. Lying in bed, a woodsman and


his wife saw it one December night. "Something must be done," said


his wife. "I know it's a sign."


Contributors Jan 2004

Contributors

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.


In Oxford Cemetery, Louis Bourgeois Jan 2004

In Oxford Cemetery, Louis Bourgeois

Bryant Literary Review

You thought because

the trees moved

and the stones didn't


What Isn't Anchored, Mark Brazaitis May 2003

What Isn't Anchored, Mark Brazaitis

Bryant Literary Review

I confessed I was drifting from you.

Days later, your hand in mine,

you reminded me, in hopeful mockery,

of what I'd said.


When The Music Stops, Tony Leuzzi May 2003

When The Music Stops, Tony Leuzzi

Bryant Literary Review

The sequined queen of sass says not on your life


"Prefer Slick, Feverish Grooves Over Funky Backbeats", Ace Boggess May 2003

"Prefer Slick, Feverish Grooves Over Funky Backbeats", Ace Boggess

Bryant Literary Review

blessed rock'n'roll R & B funk folk acid jazz


Kindergarten, Lisa Zimmerman May 2003

Kindergarten, Lisa Zimmerman

Bryant Literary Review

It's hard to know

how much they love their children,

these mothers and fathers


Arabia, Jeffrey David Peckham May 2003

Arabia, Jeffrey David Peckham

Bryant Literary Review

Although he feels just fine, Neil still takes the morning off and keeps his appointment.


Contributors May 2003

Contributors

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Look Now, Charlotte Mandel May 2003

Look Now, Charlotte Mandel

Bryant Literary Review

Bronze oak leaves like cupped hands

offer rainwater


Explanation, Peter Johnson May 2003

Explanation, Peter Johnson

Bryant Literary Review

What should I tell you? That it rained for five straight days, that the gutters leaked in spite of the duct tape,that a rat ate through the cellar screen and killed the cat.


The Present, Fred Muratori May 2003

The Present, Fred Muratori

Bryant Literary Review

It's taken all our lives to get here,

and the consciousness of that

is like a pause. But we


The @'S Of Your %'S, Ken Fifer May 2003

The @'S Of Your %'S, Ken Fifer

Bryant Literary Review

The : )'s in my e-mail remind me how

our actual lives are also composed

of punctuation, and of punctuation's


Mother's Skeleton, Audrey Doire May 2003

Mother's Skeleton, Audrey Doire

Bryant Literary Review

I was sixteen when she

told me I wasn't her first.


Granny's Tumor, T. M. Bemis May 2003

Granny's Tumor, T. M. Bemis

Bryant Literary Review

"What?" I asked again, and the Indian doctor repeated it."


An Innocent Heart, Catherine Harris May 2003

An Innocent Heart, Catherine Harris

Bryant Literary Review

I lived in a share house then, with embossed gold paisley wallpaper in the living room and rising damp in the hall.


Another Life, Kenneth Pobo May 2003

Another Life, Kenneth Pobo

Bryant Literary Review

Shirley MacLaine claims she

made it with Charlemagne.


Still Life, Brian Arundel May 2003

Still Life, Brian Arundel

Bryant Literary Review

We live a few hundred yards from a drive-in theater at the end of a dead end street on the edge of a small Virginia town called Spotsylvania that people only pass through on their way to someplace else.


When Quoddy Head Falls Into The Sea, Karl Foss May 2003

When Quoddy Head Falls Into The Sea, Karl Foss

Bryant Literary Review

It does not mean the world is about to end.

Go inland, where the black of water and sky separate.


The Tooth Fairy, Charles Harper Webb May 2003

The Tooth Fairy, Charles Harper Webb

Bryant Literary Review

What would a fairy want with all those teeth?


Our Americano, Denise Duhamel May 2003

Our Americano, Denise Duhamel

Bryant Literary Review

An apple pie Americano -- attaboy! -- got the ax for being asleep


Verso May 2003

Verso

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents May 2003

Table Of Contents

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note May 2003

Editor's Note

Bryant Literary Review

No abstract provided.


Daylight Savings, Charles Harper Webb May 2003

Daylight Savings, Charles Harper Webb

Bryant Literary Review

The body wakes at erstwhile 7:00


Solitaire, Priscilla Atkins May 2003

Solitaire, Priscilla Atkins

Bryant Literary Review

The computer version

leaves me cold

I want the slippery