Category: Poetry
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At Forked Creek
Two poems by Noah Salamon I know / the muddy water stretches on / down and down, to infinities of darkness
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how she keeps
New Limestone Review, NLR poetry, poems, Poetry by Sherrie Fernandez-Williams, Sherrie Fernandez-Williams poetryTwo poems by Sherrie Fernandez-Williams she wonders how long before her / own body knows it is the keeper / of treasures and her mortal soul has / endless chances to get things right.
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Demolition
Two poems by Dianne Silvestri One schemes up the raptor, / annoys its neck to straighten / and reach for the aging gymnasium
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Self Portrait With a Filter
Two poems by Brionne Janae you are a walking sculpture in water color / best not figure out how many salty tears / it would take for your transformation into damp earth
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The Sun Is a Jaguar
Two poems by Tiffany Higgins Omolú who wears a veil / Of husks, tied so you can’t / Peer inside. But the god / Perceives you, dusty shape, / As he moves inside his hay
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Tactility
Two poems by Janice Harrington On my middle finger, my first pencil pressed a callus, / a writer’s bump: a word and so the rub.
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Love Poem
Two poems by Tasha Cotter Lost in a giant sea / Of astonishment, I remembered my old love of fool’s / Gold. The cool touch of mineral, the slick eyes of topaz.
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The Man Who Would Have Died Had He Lived
Two poems by David Bergman For example, my mother told me in whispers / that if my grandfather (alav ha-shalom), / had known I was homosexual, / he’d have dropped dead on the spot.