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Sandpipers, Again, Lisa Starr Jan 2005

Sandpipers, Again, Lisa Starr

Bryant Literary Review

I went back to the sandpipers today--

it's been a while.


W. W. I Veteran Dies In Hometown Paper, Robert Pringle Jan 2005

W. W. I Veteran Dies In Hometown Paper, Robert Pringle

Bryant Literary Review

Born to his people,

Tampico, south Indiana:


Squeeze The Putty, Mrs. Martin, Mike Onofrey Jan 2005

Squeeze The Putty, Mrs. Martin, Mike Onofrey

Bryant Literary Review

"Do you have a minute?" she said to Dwayne as he was coming out of his mother's hospital room at four in the afternoon.


Outside Leadville, Emily Morganti Jan 2005

Outside Leadville, Emily Morganti

Bryant Literary Review

I thought we would die on that mountain. Not in my heart but in my head.


Blr 2005 Contributors Jan 2005

Blr 2005 Contributors

Bryant Literary Review

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Alchemy, Peggy Ann Tartt Jan 2005

Alchemy, Peggy Ann Tartt

Bryant Literary Review

At some point in any conversation

a door appears.


Detroit, Michelle Brooks Jan 2005

Detroit, Michelle Brooks

Bryant Literary Review

I did not know any better except to love


For The First Time, Joanna Noble Jan 2005

For The First Time, Joanna Noble

Bryant Literary Review

Alone and snow-bound you learn

the bones of your home as they keen


Baby And House, Catherine Austin Alexander Jan 2005

Baby And House, Catherine Austin Alexander

Bryant Literary Review

Imagine a yoga studio with pale yellow walls. Corduroy pillows piled under windows


Picasso's Bowl, Natasha Marin Jan 2005

Picasso's Bowl, Natasha Marin

Bryant Literary Review

Today I am a belly full of blue water

because he had an argument with his girl


I Will Go, David Rogers Jan 2005

I Will Go, David Rogers

Bryant Literary Review

and wander like Li Po

along river banks and wine halls


Title Page Jan 2005

Title Page

Bryant Literary Review

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Verso Jan 2005

Verso

Bryant Literary Review

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Table Of Contents Jan 2005

Table Of Contents

Bryant Literary Review

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5th Anniversary Edition Jan 2004

5th Anniversary Edition

Bryant Literary Review

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Poem Written In Revlon's "Fire And Ice" Lipstick, Marie Harris Jan 2004

Poem Written In Revlon's "Fire And Ice" Lipstick, Marie Harris

Bryant Literary Review

I secretly wanted to be the girl

you dreamed about as you stood

staring at the phone number


Palden Gyatso Comes To Town, Anne Hanley Jan 2004

Palden Gyatso Comes To Town, Anne Hanley

Bryant Literary Review

I always go to hear

Tibetan monks

Even though

I cannot understand

Their words.


The First Seven Pregnant Women I Knew, Jim Daniels Jan 2004

The First Seven Pregnant Women I Knew, Jim Daniels

Bryant Literary Review

were teenagers. Some kept the baby. Entered


the desert of marriage, their childhoods


mirages wavering on whispered streets.


Verso Jan 2004

Verso

Bryant Literary Review

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Table Of Contents Jan 2004

Table Of Contents

Bryant Literary Review

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Editor's Note Jan 2004

Editor's Note

Bryant Literary Review

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It's Simple, Tim Bellows Jan 2004

It's Simple, Tim Bellows

Bryant Literary Review

Sunday after a short stack

of blueberry pancakes, half a cup

of ginger-and-cream tea,


Title Page Jan 2004

Title Page

Bryant Literary Review

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Horowitz In New York, Tim Bellows Jan 2004

Horowitz In New York, Tim Bellows

Bryant Literary Review

Precise blocks of keys.


He brushes them


and in the ear's inside chamber,


we hear. His fingers white as a baby. Seems the notes


beam across cold deserts-


and hidden sprigs of grass


think to nose their ways


upward, harboring a thin sense


of yellow warmth despite


the presence of ice.


Written On Water, David Thornbrugh Jan 2004

Written On Water, David Thornbrugh

Bryant Literary Review

The man whose smile is a whetstone

excels at kissing knives.

What does the sliced throat say

to the knife that kisses it?


Billy Moran Stands In His Back Yard, Saying His Prayers Over One Last Glass Of Bourbon, Michael Scott Cain Jan 2004

Billy Moran Stands In His Back Yard, Saying His Prayers Over One Last Glass Of Bourbon, Michael Scott Cain

Bryant Literary Review

Our Father, thank you for the bourbon,


for the ice cubes, for the way the color


of the booze lightens as they melt,


for the fragrance that prods the senses.


America's Most Wanted, Erica Olsen Jan 2004

America's Most Wanted, Erica Olsen

Bryant Literary Review

I'm coming home from City Market when I spot the other vehicle in my drive.

"Look," I say. "Visitors."


The Red Chiffon, J.T. Ledbetter Jan 2004

The Red Chiffon, J.T. Ledbetter

Bryant Literary Review

Sleep wouldn't come, and the valium did nothing,


so he looked through the window at the man next door watching television,


his wife gone to bed after changing him.


Then he closed his eyes and listened to cars racing on Market


come back slower, looking for girls.


St. Viggo, Karina Fuentes Jan 2004

St. Viggo, Karina Fuentes

Bryant Literary Review

Helen nearly suffocates me the night before the exhibit. She's walking


around on her heels, big cotton puffs between her calloused toes,


when she stumbles and falls on my head, which is stuffed beneath a


pillow. "I'll never sleep again," I groan.


The Hospital Ships, Carmine Sarracino Jan 2004

The Hospital Ships, Carmine Sarracino

Bryant Literary Review

They might have freighted dry goods--

blouses and trousers, spools of bright

gingham-- from ports to upriver towns.