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Mastery, Ken Victor
Mastery, Ken Victor
Bryant Literary Review
And the experience of the failed
work is a prod to practice: think of
Is It Alice, Amy Or Anne?, George Longenecker
Is It Alice, Amy Or Anne?, George Longenecker
Bryant Literary Review
Huddled with four other nameless people,
who sleep on cardboard and blankets,
in the entry of a garage alcove,
Saudade, Lisa Russo
Saudade, Lisa Russo
Bryant Literary Review
Now that you're gone, you've left me longing.
I smile softly because you were here
Constructing Border Quilts, Martha Brenckle
Constructing Border Quilts, Martha Brenckle
Bryant Literary Review
looking for justice with thread, pins, needle
and scissors, cutting shirts and dungarees abandoned
Fortress*, . Yvonne
Fortress*, . Yvonne
Bryant Literary Review
Not a single ceiling or window fan
In our stifling apartment on the top floor.
Object Permanence, Jacob Nelson
Object Permanence, Jacob Nelson
Bryant Literary Review
When the sheet is pulled over
your father's face is still there,
his mustache, too, for you to tug.
Living Dolls, Andrena Zawinski
Living Dolls, Andrena Zawinski
Bryant Literary Review
A living doll, everywhere you look.
It can sew, it can cook,
It can talk, talk, talk. Sylvia Plath
As a little girl, I never wanted any creepy
The Wandering Buddha, Cate Gable
The Wandering Buddha, Cate Gable
Bryant Literary Review
for chef Jimella Lucas
Entering the Bardo or another set
of bones, you cannot know
we mourn your knife skills,
The Book Of Bad Faith, Noel Sloboda
The Book Of Bad Faith, Noel Sloboda
Bryant Literary Review
Back when Mom first swore
Dad rated an entire chapter
Another Gen-X Icon Dead, Ace Boggess
Another Gen-X Icon Dead, Ace Boggess
Bryant Literary Review
Why are we the waning crowd,
grayest cloud, shattered vase
that once held crocuses & hope?
Outsider's Shovel, Mark Taksa
Outsider's Shovel, Mark Taksa
Bryant Literary Review
An insider promises smoke will never
pollute the flag.
Lachrimae, Allen Strous
Lachrimae, Allen Strous
Bryant Literary Review
The man whose tears are often,
out of nowhere
the open-up
breakdown,
Tiny Bills, Susan Johnson
Tiny Bills, Susan Johnson
Bryant Literary Review
Mist nets catch the fall migration,
catch my hands numb and slow as
Monkey Time, Eric Greinke
Monkey Time, Eric Greinke
Bryant Literary Review
Communication devices destroy communication.
Text messages erode the language,
Vaya Con Dios, Russ Allison Loar
Vaya Con Dios, Russ Allison Loar
Bryant Literary Review
I could kill you with this little finger,
He says,
Jutting the scabrous thing out into the shivering night,
Pointed menacingly toward the enemy
When Fall Arrives, David James
When Fall Arrives, David James
Bryant Literary Review
Fall in four days and another year
winds down to a grinding stop.
The apples ripen in the sun
while the serrano peppers implode.
All I Know About Pool, Charles Harper Webb
All I Know About Pool, Charles Harper Webb
Bryant Literary Review
Winning depends on the right numbers and hues.
If White rolls in a hole, like a dog, you scratch.
If This Man, Matthew Spireng
If This Man, Matthew Spireng
Bryant Literary Review
If this man with hairy ears, ears
sprouting--not like an old man,
It Wasn't In The Cards, Sarah Brown Weitzman
It Wasn't In The Cards, Sarah Brown Weitzman
Bryant Literary Review
"I'm in", I announced and sat down
to play the cards I'd be dealt.
Right Now At This Moment As We Speak, Tom Chandler
Right Now At This Moment As We Speak, Tom Chandler
Bryant Literary Review
Two humpback whales
are breaching eight miles
off the coast of Venezuela
What's Going On, Ruth Holzer
What's Going On, Ruth Holzer
Bryant Literary Review
I'm making my way through the stormy night,
a long road back, after I've left Father
Eating The Whale, Mitch Lescarbeau
Eating The Whale, Mitch Lescarbeau
Bryant Literary Review
He brings the sizzling strip
on a bone china plate.
With A Phone Call To Heaven, Bill Hoadley
With A Phone Call To Heaven, Bill Hoadley
Bryant Literary Review
I wish I had a phone
that could talk straight to heaven.
Elegy, Brendan Nixon
Elegy, Brendan Nixon
Bryant Literary Review
Death stood there in a leather jacket,
sunglasses on and his hands in his pockets.
Perseids, Deborah Fleming
Perseids, Deborah Fleming
Bryant Literary Review
Mid-August and the hemisphere
Now turns its head away from light;
My Date With The Scientist, Kristy Nielsen
My Date With The Scientist, Kristy Nielsen
Bryant Literary Review
He tells me even land has tides,
pulled like water by the moon.
What Is, Stephen Malin
What Is, Stephen Malin
Bryant Literary Review
It is what it is
unless of course
it isn't in which case
Space Storms, Sarah Thompson
Space Storms, Sarah Thompson
Bryant Literary Review
You are the star
In the blackened sky
Every Few Years, Jack Cooper
Every Few Years, Jack Cooper
Bryant Literary Review
Every few years
I look back and think
what a fool I was before
Big Red, Ryan Warneke