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Ripped From The Tree, Tom Hansen

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There is no easy way

into another world.

Dramaturgy, Philip Dacey

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It was my idea to stage

a classic romantic scene

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Mathematician's Love Poem, Matt Zambitto

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I can't subtract the angle at which your two

irides let go of no frequency but blue.

Fat Broad, Darren Defrain

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Ten minutes twice a day is barely enough time to get to the nub of a cigarette,

Focal And Idey, Ruth Abat Cooper

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Idey Ponder whistled softly to himself as he shuffled his lanky body along behind the hounds.

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Lying Awake With The Windows Open, Mairéad Byrne

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After you left I heard car doors closing

across the river in Lafayette.

The Station Nightclub, Don Kunz

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How can they not still dream of fire?

Everything has turned black:

The Doctor Arrives, John Grey

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The doctor enters the room

and the mood is no less gloomier.

Prison, Elizabeth Percer

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I wish a crime would come my way.

That I had the nervous power of disobedience.

Death Speaks Of The Beauty Of Crows, Cathleen Calbert

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God's mistake

was not loving them enough.

Sandpipers, Again, Lisa Starr

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I went back to the sandpipers today--

it's been a while.

Squeeze The Putty, Mrs. Martin, Mike Onofrey

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"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.

Blr 2005 Contributors

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Detroit, Michelle Brooks

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I did not know any better except to love

Baby And House, Catherine Austin Alexander

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

Picasso's Bowl, Natasha Marin

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Today I am a belly full of blue water

because he had an argument with his girl

I Will Go, David Rogers

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and wander like Li Po

along river banks and wine halls

Title Page

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Table Of Contents

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Verso

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A Dangerous World, Chris Henry

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I went to visit Victor Shanks' parents because nobody else would.

Newport Ferry, Nancy Sullivan

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Getting on was serpentine and narrow

Like pushing a wheelbarrow.

Long Term Touching, Martha Christina

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When I held his hand

for the first time,

it was thinner,

Cave Bull, Dan Stryk

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My wife's quick

drawing thrills the children

at our youngster's

Teacher's Names, Charles Harper Webb

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For what more-than-mortal sin is the soul squeezed

inside the body of a grub,

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

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Born to his people,

Tampico, south Indiana:

All Things Starting, One, Robert Parham

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When the radiance of the ripple

turns its back to catch the sun

Dead Professor, Dan Dabrowski

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Came knocking,

but I take it you're not around.