| Fall/Winter 2017 |
| POETRY |
| Yuan Changming |
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO BESIDES JIUJIE? |
| Simon Perchik |
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| Carol Alexander |
THE CITIZEN |
| Sheikha A. |
SURGE |
| Grace Cavalieri |
WHISKEY |
| Wendy Barker |
FREE MARKET |
| Robert Peake |
READING DOSTOEVSKY IN THE JOHN LEWIS CAFÉ |
| Ngoma Hill |
JAZZ DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE |
| Jane Rosenberg LaForge |
THE MEANING OF ECHOES |
| Michelle Bitting |
SHE LIGHTS THE SKY AT DUSK |
| John Roche |
SACRISTY |
| Meagan Brothers |
DO NOT WANT |
| Francine Witte |
LOVE IS LIKE AN OLD LAMP |
| Peter Sears |
MY FIRST KISS |
Aimee Herman |
How To Walk Outside when skin is made of nervous |
| Craig Czury |
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE ANONYMOUS
THE HUNGARIANS BELIEVE |
| Patricia Martin |
I LIE STILL |
| Cornelius Eady |
GONE |
| Alicia Ostriker |
CHAPTER SIX: GAIA POURS CHAI, WATCHING OVER THE PARAPETS |
| Susan Terris |
ABOUT THE VIDEO ON NANA’S PHONE |
| Ra Washington |
IN ABSENTIA |
| Puma Perl |
ECLIPSED
WAVES OF NEW YORK POETS |
Jolaoso Pretty Thunder |
CHAPTER VAGABOND-RITUAL CONFESSION |
| Walter Raubicheck |
IMAGISME - a jeu d'esprit |
| Anton Baev |
SLAYING THE PIG
THE COMMANDER OF THE GUARDS IN SEVASTIA BECOMES A MARTYR
THEODOSIA AND THE SOLDIER |
| Odilia Galván Rodríguez |
NINE SENRYU |
| Marta Markoska |
SPICED BUT CHILLED |
| Belfjore Qose |
BLUE |
| Ndue Ukaj |
LAURA’S SUNDAY |
| Juan Jennis, tr Jonathan Cohen |
SUICIDE IN DEEP WATERS |
| Riki Daskal, tr from Hebrew by Ed and Suzane Codish |
AND A PEACOCK WHOSE FLIGHT COVERS THE CITY |
| Tònia Passola, tr Anna Crowe |
IN ALL THE RUMBLINGS |
| SPECIAL SECTION: A SNAPSHOT OF KANSAS POETRY |
| Introduction |
A SNAPSHOT OF KANSAS POETRY |
| Brian Daldorph |
I CALL MY MOTHER
STUPID
VODKA LOVER
THE STRONG MAN
TERMINAL |
| Adam Jameson |
DISPATCHER
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
STAKING ON 680th
DOUBLE PLAY |
| J.T. Knoll |
HOD CARRIER
I SAY IT’S THE MOON
OUR TRACKS A HELIX
FRANK BOZICK
TOWN TALK BREAD |
| Denise Low |
SITTING IN A DEAD MAN’S CHAIR
WHITE DEER, AGAIN
TOO MANY GREEN LEAVES
BAILEY’S HARBOR FRIDAY NIGHT |
| Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg |
THE THREAD
IN TRANSIT
RIDING BACKWARDS THROUGH CHILDHOOD
PREVERNAL
HOW TIME MOVES
|
| Al Ortolani |
TOPEKA TORNADO 1966
PACKING UP THE CLASSROOM
SMUDGE POTS
KEEPING THE STETSON
CREEPING SOUTH |
| Jared Schmitz |
JOHN MURRAY SPEAR
THE GROVE
THE NAMING OF THE ANIMALS
WHAT WHALES DREAM
NATIVITY
|
| Joe Toth |
HELLO NEW ORLEANS
HELLO DETROIT
RURAL LIFE
|
| Wyatt Townley |
WHEN THE SKY CAME DOWN
ONE HOUSE
THE LIBRARY
THE LESSON
|
| M.R. Pelletier |
REAPER
(ON THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY)
LEGERDEMAIN
KEITH JARRETT: KOLN CONCERT |
| Kevin Rabas |
NEW TUNE, JUAN’S SONG
MIDDLE SCHOOL DRUMMER
WE READ (#2)
[HILLARY’S SUNK]
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| REVIEWS |
| Reviewed by Alec Solomita |
SINGING IN THE KEY OF L: ALPHALEXIA, by Barbra Nightingale (Finishing Line Press, 2017) |
| Reviewed by Charles Rammelkamp |
NO LESS PERSISTENT IN MEMORY THAN IN DREAM: Blood and Gypsies by Lenny DellaRocca (Anaphora Literary Press 16) |
| Reviewed by Philip Kobylarz |
COCKYMOON: Jack Micheline, edited by William Taylor, Jr. Zeitgeist Press $18 |
| COMMENTARY |
| William Heyen |
THE GREEN BOOKCASE |