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Weathertalk, Korkut Onaran

Bryant Literary Review

A darkwhite sky

with a touch of semantic confusion

and the day spreads like

a sheet between the city

Surabaya Animal Market, David Pinault

Bryant Literary Review

In loving memory of

Paul George Pinault

1947 - 2011

The trim lancet window with the elegantly etched lettering

Mozart, B. Z. Niditch

Bryant Literary Review

You came to me

early

like butterflies

in my secret universe,

New York Symphony, Ed Galing

Bryant Literary Review

It was a drab brownstone

Tenement house we lived in

When I was growing up

Going-Away Party, Elton Glaser

Bryant Literary Review

Inside the white envelope, I find

An invitation to my death.

You can steam off the stamps,

Rebel In A Plaid Skirt, Janet Proulx

Bryant Literary Review

She moved robotically through junior high

learned by rote, kept imagination in check,

The Propensity For Monologue, John Sibley Williams

Bryant Literary Review

I'd like to be a sparrow,

bring new morning

each time I speak.

Drive-Ins, John Grey

Bryant Literary Review

I should have noticed something

was up when the film stopped mid-reel.

To Ansel Adams, John Sibley Williams

Bryant Literary Review

It could have been

color

if mountains and dreams

The Cow Near Matamoros, Carol Hamilton

Bryant Literary Review

Tied to her terror,

her placid, brush-haired sides

so like a back room

Taking Liberties, Jim Hart

Bryant Literary Review

Geography

is melting

Glaciers

Disconnected, Jim Hart

Bryant Literary Review

I'm leaving you - she said

The words hanging in the air between us

Yesterday's Tongue, John Mckernan

Bryant Literary Review

Its syllables

Dripping to the brown earth

Alone, Ron Koertge

Bryant Literary Review

Maybe it's just the kind of poetry I've been reading,

but I can't help noticing how alone most poets are:

Open At 10:00 A.M., Ron Koertge

Bryant Literary Review

I burst into the Gap on the morning

after Labor Day and surprise

the pretty clerks giggling,

Ink, Kevin Chinn

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Let Reality Worry, Here You Are Free, Calliope

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Awake, Heather Rodriguez

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Prayer To Worms, William Wright

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 127

Featured Poet: David Bottoms, Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 1-2

A Man Seeking Experience Enquires The Way Of The Woman In The Pamplemousses Garden, Tim Liardet

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 83

Temporary Portables, David Rosenthal

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 120

Measuring The Moon (1956), Ron Houchin

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 72

Thirteen, Nikki Zielinski

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 132-133

Birmingham Poetry Review 39 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

No abstract provided.

Lake Alice Epithalamium, Heather Hamilton

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 69

The Wall Board Knife, Michael Casey

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 26

Ficus Carica (Fig ), Amy Glynn Greacen

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 58-59

Amygdalus Persica (Peach), Amy Glynn Greacen

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 53-55

To My Jailor, Rebecca Parson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 110