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Chemo, Carolyn Adams
Chemo, Carolyn Adams
Bryant Literary Review
As you turn to the oncoming magic,
what subsumes?
Because everything can’t stay
at the surface, what is forgotten?
Gunn Hill, Pat Daneman
Gunn Hill, Pat Daneman
Bryant Literary Review
Given time, a place becomes a thing
small enough to hold in memory’s grip,
strong enough to struggle free. Frightened
Fantasy, Joseph Murphy
Fantasy, Joseph Murphy
Bryant Literary Review
When I hear the mountain’s voice, words rise from a burnt page and a door in my heart swings open.
Going For Wood, Molly Vaux
Going For Wood, Molly Vaux
Bryant Literary Review
I.
I would never have chosen a window seat, but there I was, staring at great banks of clouds while the plane, rocked by invisible currents, sailed upward.
Charcoal Nude, John Sibley Williams
Charcoal Nude, John Sibley Williams
Bryant Literary Review
Roughed-up: edges indistinct: body
softly black & blending with all this white
Let Go, Jane Flint
Let Go, Jane Flint
Bryant Literary Review
Ten minutes
to pack up all my things
like a pocket
turning inside out
Raul, Paul Lamar
Raul, Paul Lamar
Bryant Literary Review
On the twelfth day of his new job as a security guard outside of S–, one of M–’s finest men’s shops, Raul B– stumbled upon a unique answer to the question of store security, though he was never to be aware of his particular gift or its profound impact on crime in M–.
Jaffa Coffee, Tehila Wenger
Jaffa Coffee, Tehila Wenger
Bryant Literary Review
The waitress placed the cappuccino down carefully on my left, next to the open computer. I glanced into the mug and noted that there was no design in the foam. My anticipation for the caffeinating process dropped immediately by several degrees, along with my belief in the basic goodness of mankind.
Bedside Vigil, Catherine Jagoe
Bedside Vigil, Catherine Jagoe
Bryant Literary Review
Because each night when I was pregnant
my husband rubbed my aching feet
and still does, when I’m grieving or in such pain
The Music Box, Cliff Saunders
The Music Box, Cliff Saunders
Bryant Literary Review
Sing the gap between food and electricity
into a spirit unlike any other.
Red Fox On Zaleski Trail, Deborah Fleming
Red Fox On Zaleski Trail, Deborah Fleming
Bryant Literary Review
Vinton County, Ohio
On the trail through hillsides
twice shorn of woodlands
Rattlesnake Religion, Sarah Morgan
Rattlesnake Religion, Sarah Morgan
Bryant Literary Review
We tried to trap rabbits
lit ants on fire with matchsticks
After Blake’S Songs Of Innocence And Experience, William Derge
After Blake’S Songs Of Innocence And Experience, William Derge
Bryant Literary Review
(on a work of art by Lisa Sheirer entitled Water Stories – Lilypons 2)
I.
Things were pretty clear then,
the pencil thin lines of reeds, curved like the hairs on a stevedore’s arm,
the sculptured reflections of clouds,
scabbing bark of sycamores or
rust scars on seasoned machinery,
Ode To A Lobster, Joshua Gage
Ode To A Lobster, Joshua Gage
Bryant Literary Review
Here, between thick-cut filets
and a sheet of crushed ice
bearing slabs of cod and salmon,
a tank of frothing water
and a lone lobster.
Weeds In Her Curly Hair, Hareendran Kallinkeel
Weeds In Her Curly Hair, Hareendran Kallinkeel
Bryant Literary Review
“I need a dagger,” Shiva says, “double-edged…and razor-sharp.”
The blacksmith turns from his furnace and stares at him in
surprise. What the hell is a renowned writer doing here? he thinks as he
stands up and walks towards Shiva.
The Ventriloquist Toasts Her Teddies, Rikki Santer
The Ventriloquist Toasts Her Teddies, Rikki Santer
Bryant Literary Review
Here’s to my set-up like so many before me—
To the vice grip of acne maps & stammering
Dreams Of Flight, Beth Paulson
Dreams Of Flight, Beth Paulson
Bryant Literary Review
A man with wings large enough and duly attached might learn to overcome the resistance of air. Leonardo da Vinci
No Icarus, you knew pulleys and winches would keep a man tethered
to earth though he rise high above a stage for a duke’s entertainment.
In your fabrico you built mechanical birds of wood and bright-dyed
linen, then raised men up on ropes to fly and float, angels with dark
curls, gilt-edged wings.
Mud Minor Mass, Kevin Walker
Mud Minor Mass, Kevin Walker
Bryant Literary Review
Even Johann Sebastian Bach
had to fake it through the mirk
on merciless days,
Grief, Be My Coverlet, Mohja Kahf
The Clearest Night Sky, Carla Mcgill
The Clearest Night Sky, Carla Mcgill
Bryant Literary Review
The ending was glass breaking
stones falling from cliffs
The ending was a cat’s purr
the vanishing foam of waves
on all the shores he loved
If The Stars Had Voices, Buff Whitman-Bradley
If The Stars Had Voices, Buff Whitman-Bradley
Bryant Literary Review
If the stars had voices
They would surely sound
Like cricket song
Brutality, Laurie Lessen Reiche
Brutality, Laurie Lessen Reiche
Bryant Literary Review
I.
There is something I want to say about brutality.
It comes out the lips of the hateful
mother, the beautiful mother.
My Father’S Loaves And Fishes, Lennie Hay
My Father’S Loaves And Fishes, Lennie Hay
Bryant Literary Review
In his soft throaty voice he speaks of rice—
washing and rinsing hard kernels,
how hands knock them on the side of a pot
until water runs clear. How it will rise
When Death Comes, Carol Tyx
When Death Comes, Carol Tyx
Bryant Literary Review
after Mary Oliver
When death comes
like the dentist,
sticking her hand
into your mouth,
Fragments Of Mother, Sheree La Puma
Fragments Of Mother, Sheree La Puma
Bryant Literary Review
daughter, i rock your empty
cradle & ask myself,
how long will we
make war?
Could We Be Coyotes, George Longenecker
Could We Be Coyotes, George Longenecker
Bryant Literary Review
who howl all night behind the house,
whose ancestors mated with wolves?
Our Tiny Somewhere, Martina Nicholson
Our Tiny Somewhere, Martina Nicholson
Bryant Literary Review
a description of Earth from Maria Popova
The speck in the last
Voyager photograph
was Earth,
Borders, Mary Makofske
Borders, Mary Makofske
Bryant Literary Review
Drawn in ink or blood,
they unspool from history
to split mountains and valleys,
meander in rivers that twist
Silent Elegy, Anna Leigh Morrow
Silent Elegy, Anna Leigh Morrow
Bryant Literary Review
What I want to say is
there are no words.
The Missing You settles beneath my ribs like
Mud And Truth, Hannah Kass
Mud And Truth, Hannah Kass
Bryant Literary Review
Tsofi knew the story since her mother began telling it to her and her brother almost every night. Other villagers would notice how her people did not eat the same meat or observe the same day of rest. In her mind those differences were as arbitrary as preferring to eat lamb or chicken. Yet such arbitrary reasons had sparked the most violent of reactions.