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Touching My Reflection, Michele Heather Pollock
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
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
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
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
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."
In Oxford Cemetery, Louis Bourgeois
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
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
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
"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
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
Arabia, Jeffrey David Peckham
Bryant Literary Review
Although he feels just fine, Neil still takes the morning off and keeps his appointment.
Look Now, Charlotte Mandel
Look Now, Charlotte Mandel
Bryant Literary Review
Bronze oak leaves like cupped hands
offer rainwater
Explanation, Peter Johnson
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
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
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
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
Granny's Tumor, T. M. Bemis
Bryant Literary Review
"What?" I asked again, and the Indian doctor repeated it."
An Innocent Heart, Catherine Harris
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
Another Life, Kenneth Pobo
Bryant Literary Review
Shirley MacLaine claims she
made it with Charlemagne.
Still Life, Brian Arundel
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
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
The Tooth Fairy, Charles Harper Webb
Bryant Literary Review
What would a fairy want with all those teeth?
Our Americano, Denise Duhamel
Our Americano, Denise Duhamel
Bryant Literary Review
An apple pie Americano -- attaboy! -- got the ax for being asleep
Daylight Savings, Charles Harper Webb
Daylight Savings, Charles Harper Webb
Bryant Literary Review
The body wakes at erstwhile 7:00
Solitaire, Priscilla Atkins
Solitaire, Priscilla Atkins
Bryant Literary Review
The computer version
leaves me cold
I want the slippery