Tag: New Limestone Review
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Upon Discovering a Decaying Whale Carcass on the Beach in December
After the harpoon has twisted itself into my back and has been pulled free, I begin to decay. My lungs no longer full with air, but with the remnants of saltwater and sand and chum. Poetry by Jennifer Thal
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Docking
At Sacandaga lake, the murky water a screen / that shields the town. The mucky bottom coats my toes / as I anchor the dock on the shore, pushing poles / through the film of sunscreen on the surface. Poetry by Joe Volpe
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Fault
I want to be the one you run from. / I want you fast enough that I won’t see you. / I want you slow enough that you know I’m coming. Poetry by Aaron J. Muller
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Sydney
Thirty minutes after takeoff, I realized the old man sitting next to me had died. We hit some turbulence, and his hand fell from the armrest onto my right leg. I waited, expecting the old man to pick his arm back up, but his eyes remained closed, his head stayed cocked back, and the backside…
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Lesion
The clinic made me sign a form of consent before the 3-D Ultrasound. Under her uniform, the nurse’s breast is pressed against the crook of my leg. She braces me for support as she eases the cold apparatus inside. Flash Fiction by Caitlin Andrews
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Coyote Country
Remember what you were told about the proper greeting. You must not look him directly in the eye. You must not speak unless you are asked a direct question. You must do what you are told. This is very important. Sometimes your mind wanders and you say what you are thinking. You know this is…
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Fire-dogs
First Place Winner of the 2019 Ada Limón Autumn Poetry Contest judged by Julia Johnson. Felled hickory spines the ridge. / Follow my father—ripe bar and / chain oil—drags ax. Shoulders / maul. Poetry by Adam Moore
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Eating Ortolans
Second Place Winner in the 2019 Ada Limón Autumn Poetry Contest My first love consumed me / fast, the way an oyster / which slides unbroken past the teeth / is pressed apart by the tongue. / She was the first women my mouth / knew and from the very first, / in that dirty…