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Pentameter

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

Moon on the Conejos River

CATHERINE SAVAGE BROSMAN

“Full moon, full river now — a mountain tide / at flood stage and still rising”

May 20, 2018 Archived Poems, Catherine Savage Brosman

Concrete Deer

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MICHAEL BATTRAM

“More heifer than a deer, a craftsman’s failure”

May 20, 2018 Archived Poems, Michael Battram

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