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Impending Doom, Mario Duarte

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Out of nothing, nowhere,

a boy grasping a red balloon

wavers over the circus tent.

Notes On Laureateship, Michael S. Harper

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You must act like a Morpho in the forest

Perhaps thirty feet in the air

Hands That Drew Them As They Are, Unity Durieux

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These hands have delved in ruin,

plumbed lovers' pockets, availed

themselves of coldcuts, goodbooks

The Sparrows, John Grey

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It's not their flight but how they

alight on the gutters where I might live.

Dyslexic, Will Nixon

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The year I learned the hangman's noose

I tied it everywhere: tire swings, clothes lines,

Abuelita, Camincha

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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

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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.

Itinerary, Susan Wallack

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On a freshly tarred, single-lane highway, a snaky
blue line parts here from there,,

Editors' Note

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Biographers, Greg Ames

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She was born in Pittsburgh in 1971.

A Bird's Death, Dana Lauren

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Her arms were full of overstuffed grocery bags, so Carolina did not see the tiny thing and nearly crushed it underfoot while trying to unlock the back door.

The Hillside Slasher, Rob Davidson

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Dear Mr. Davies,
I trust you remember who I am.

Librarian, Tim Myers

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They approached the Circulation Desk just before noon.

After Ellis Island, Albert Sgambati

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My daddy was a miner and his light went out. He married a blind woman so it didn't make much difference.

Contributors

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Inside Here, Diana Spechler

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This is the first summer of my life that I've gotten through without a single mosquito bite.

Handwriting, Ace Boggess

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In the Fourth Grade, my teacher--
that aptly named Mrs. Johnson,

The Word Box, Christopher Brookhouse

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We can't sleep.

Fair Trade, Cathleen Calbert

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Young women turn to older men for power,
acclaim, and money. In exchange, they offer beauty,

Fate, Albert Sgambati

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In an isolated incident people were taken from the bus.

The Flummoxed Flummoxer, Thomas Dorsett

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Speckled guppies, young and old,
almost worthless, 12 cents each,

Bread, Sean Thomas Dougherty

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I transmutate from the dead leaves
of late autumn
into a loaf of bread,