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December 4, 2017 / barton smock

cradle entry

and, beheld, she imprisoned the god
seen by those it changed

December 4, 2017 / barton smock

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person Agnieszka Mauch, two poems

December 4, 2017 / barton smock

vein

in the blue church of my father’s thirst

I wear it

(hunger)

like an eye-patch, and emerge

starless

from the uncooked blood
of my shadow

December 4, 2017 / barton smock

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CONTRIBUTORS:

Leanne Drapeau

the body broken,
poured out. – {from} love has all its teeth intact

person Leanne Drapeau, three poems

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Adam Hughes

Tonight the fugitive gods limp
away, – {from} Kemper Street Hymns

person Adam Hughes, four poems

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Jon Cone

and the heart-ache
that occupies the land is yours alone in hope. – {from} YOU ARE NOT LATE, IT IS ONLY THE PRELUDE THAT PLAYS

person Jon Cone, four poems

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REVIEWS:

They Were Bears – poems – Sarah Marcus

Set to Music a Wildfire – poems – Ruth Awad

Calling a Wolf a Wolf – poems – Kaveh Akbar

Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly – poems – Darren C Demaree

December 3, 2017 / barton smock

poem was not a time machine

abuse has no before,

no after.

small windows for unfeeling birds.

December 2, 2017 / barton smock

periapt

I saw nothing fantastic.

an angel
freezing to death
in a somersault. a mirror

coming out of its skin. emptiness

the size of a pea
no pea

empty

December 1, 2017 / barton smock

she wash in horse

everything but the barn is red. the barn is the shape of red. one can jump from its roof and never land. deafness, my proven ladder, puts her mouth into words.

she wash
in horse
her father’s

hands

/ of a grief misplaced by loss

December 1, 2017 / barton smock

to myself as a boy

if it’s missing
from your life

know
I’ve eaten

December 1, 2017 / barton smock

rarefactions

for Kazim Ali

pain has no spirit, I am never

so sad
that I can’t
scrape
the neighbor’s
car, probably

you won’t
survive, babies

are all
the same, I recite

what sounds
pretty, it seems

less happens
in the winter, to animals

and bread

November 30, 2017 / barton smock

untitled

‘sister played outside with a broken arm
and the wind turned her into a constellation.’ – Allie Gilles

a piece of ice
in my mouth
I’m kissing
a screen door
in Ohio

eternity
is a doll
reading
a menu, memorizing
a license plate

and doll
the first

eating disorder
in space