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The Shock

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QUINCY R. LEHR

“Up late. The wife asleep, the laptop screen / a nightlight of sorts, I semi-surf the web— / a Twitter deep dive—another angry teen / was shocked by murder into eloquence.”

February 9, 2020 Archived Poems, Quincy R. Lehr

The Palette

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JEAN L. KREILING

“The palette loses warmth: the hair gone gray, / the teeth not quite so white”

November 24, 2019 Archived Poems, Jean L. Kreiling

Fugue in October

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MARYANN CORBETT

“Perfect: the singers, strings, and keyboards. Perfect // Bruised sky above the tents of the squatters’ district”

October 6, 2019 Archived Poems, Maryann Corbett

By Winter Light

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RICHARD WAKEFIELD

“An old man at his kitchen window sees / by winter light”

May 12, 2019 Archived Poems, Richard Wakefield

Part Fear, Part Mourning, Part Wild Melody

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STEPHEN KAMPA

“Beloved woman, beautiful and scared”

February 24, 2019 Archived Poems, Stephen Kampa

Beatus Ille

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RYAN WILSON

“He’s happiest on weekends in the fall, / Those quiet afternoons”

February 10, 2019 Archived Poems, Ryan Wilson

A Juilliard Pianist

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PHILIP DACEY

“She sits as if before the stillest lake”

January 27, 2019 Archived Poems, Philip Dacey, The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award

Night Fire

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MORI CREECH

“I struck the match. My child watched dead leaves burn”

January 13, 2019 Archived Poems, Mori Creech

Hospital Through a Teleidoscope

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CELESTE LIPKES

“In bed, I shake the world by turning glass. / I twist the plastic tube and shut one eye; / I watch the people break apart and pass”

November 25, 2018 Archived Poems, Celeste Lipkes

Galatea Alone

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GWEN HART

“I have grown accustomed to his hands”

October 7, 2018 Archived Poems, Gwen Hart

Dead Matter

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CAKI WILKINSON

“When neon ginkgoes fan the window panes / and sycamores unroll their yellow sleeves”

September 30, 2018 Archived Poems, Caki Wilkinson

Herons

SANDRA SHAFFER VANDOREN

“Motionless as herons, snipers stare, / their long, slick beaks of guns all pointing down”

September 8, 2018 Archived Poems, Sandra Shaffer VanDoren

Soundings

MATTHEW MCLAUGHLIN MALYON

“The open coffin waited in the room, / a stone in ocean tide”

September 8, 2018 Archived Poems, Matthew McLaughlin Malyon

Amor Fati

JENNIFER ANNA GOSETTI FERENCEI

“Among our trees the devilish gypsy moth / scatters still-green leaves like scraps of cloth”

September 8, 2018 Archived Poems, Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei

The Tourists

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PETER SWANSON

“They change their bills / From green to feather hues, then buy the beers, / Push back the dampened sleeves. “

September 8, 2018 Archived Poems, Peter Swanson

Swans in Winter

DANA SONNENSCHEIN

“The hillside held in shadows’ branching net / and the reservoir in wave-splashed ice resound / when swans rise, kicking, scattering light”

September 8, 2018 Archived Poems, Dana Sonnenschein

Discourse on the Crippled God

TONY BARNESTONE

“A man swings through the open doors on crutches, / his long arms thick with muscle like the Christ”

June 30, 2018 Archived Poems, Tony Barnestone

Departure

X. J. KENNEDY 

“With thoughtful steps she made sure that no friend / Would catch the drift of what she planned to do”

June 30, 2018 Archived Poems, X.J. Kennedy

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