"in the welfare line," Love and Bullets, and Assimilation
by Pete Lee, May 2006
"in the welfare line
counting twenty torn earlobes
on eighteen women"
Progress Report, Indifferent Trains, and Sonnet: Cruel Remainders
by Halvard Johnson, May 2006
'Someone said I should ask the conductor to give
me a new one. I said, "Hell, who really cares where
we're going or when we'll get there?" The train itself
certainly didn't care who I was or where I was going.'
like mother, youandme, and foam boils
by jai truesdale, May 2006
"i'm waiting
for breaking
as my eyes
melt into your hands."
they will say if it makes you happy, they put it in the water, and they try me
by spiel, May 2006
'They will say: "Well...well now..."
Then they will say: We all wonder of you. Then suddenly.
Then they will say: "Dr. Phil was about gays yesterday."'
Counterfeit Bill Used to Buy Girl Scout Cookies and Pot Paintings on House Not Illegal
by Rochelle Ratner, May 2006
"He knew they'd eventually confiscate the plants, but he no longer needs that smoke wafting around him. On quiet days, in spring and summer, he can lie on the hill behind the house, the tall grass blowing around him, and just look. He feels his head start to lighten, his heart beat so loudly it sounds like native drums."
Seems Perfect, Doesn't It?, So Like You.Ever Predictable.Angel-Butch., and Heavy Drapes.Empty Glasses.A Camera Panning.
by Maurice Oliver, May 2006
"Is that the surprise ending? Funny, I thought even
if the story runs out of dialog the sky would eventually
darken and night become just another bedside table."
Superpower and Sycorax's Daughter
by Stephanie Sesic
"What strength I have now's my own
Its sharp wings brush my flesh
Pinned to my shoulders by their inky weight
Graceful as Ariel's dark twin unfolding"
dandelion dreams and In the Course of Human Events
by A. Michael Sears, May 2006
"hello mr. dandelion
it's mid October,
yet, you refuse to die
you cantankerous old fuck you"
America, Bystander, and Counting Song
by Zoë Gabriel, May 2006
"you take a pill or a stiff drink;
when you get your lover's answering machine,
you stick a finger inside yourself and chant,
Please, please, don't let it be me."
Cafe Americano
by Dennis Mahagin, April 2006
"Meanwhile, Miriam's husband Earl--veteran
of the Vietnamese conflict with a remote of
his own clutched in a pasty meat hook palm--"
how to behave in someone else's dream, conversations with a tea mug, and Grado, 1951
by Michaela A. Gabriel, April 2006
"do not kiss anybody. diligent lab rats
will find your lip prints, pale vermilion
as the ghost of love, puzzle endlessly
over the texture of your foreign mouth."
"The woodland remembers me...," everything would be perfect, and and no windows
by Michelle Greenblatt, April 2006
"into my frosty smile, semiluminous
and carves us out from the dead, five
years, nine years, windows lit with fire."
This Way, Bitter Wind, and Rare Birds
by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, April 2006
"Sky above is without clouds. I
know the sun is out. The dogs
are chasing their tails and I'm without
sleep..."
Colophon, Semicolon, Hyphen, What Gall or Gaul? and God's Backbone
by Tom Savage, April 2006
"Make me with care.
I've already been unmade.
I don't need to go there again."
Song for Arthur Ballard and Tuscan Sonnet Ring
by Paul Nelson, April 2006
"The blues may invoke an angel
or the general onslaught of fear
we know none such here"
We Do Not Pray for the Dead and My Take on the Sun
by Rumjhum Biswas, April 2006
'Lord you started this show
And, the priests bow low, chanting
"Lord have mercy, please Lord have mercy."'
Society, City, and Poor Henry
by Richard Wink, April 2006
"Policeman who sell CCTV
tapes of prostitutes
getting it in the back alley"
Three Poems by Simon Perchik
April 2006
"It has nothing to do with Braille
or when my fingers
strike that soft flutter
housepainters learn to grip"
I HAVE CANCER, I AM GOING TO DIE, Lisa this is so incriminating, and Completely Fits
by John Bryan, March 2006
"made you look... dirty chook.
my apology, deceitful patient, only acute
if its potential to be rebuffed
is not self righteous on reply"
'the girl I see,' scary movie, and road kill
by J. Watters, March 2006
"- dead squirrel
- dead raccoon
- dead deer"
'I keep sending you e-mail' and La Amapola Mexicana Blanca
by Linda Rosenkrans, March 2006
"I know you hear me!
in the clouds,
in the rain
in the stars,"
from Regress
by Andy Gricevich, March 2006
"even peering out the window is a risk
when it isn't winter
and puppets drag their bicycles below to appeal
whatever judgments we could hardly afford to give."
smoothie and looking at naked yesterday
by Ronan Barbour, March 2006
"in the end
there's no time
to read books
or think clearly"
December and Go On.
by Lisa Zaran, March 2006
"Above all, remember,
whenever you cry,
husbands roll their eyes,"
Memory Poem and The Story of Christ
by Mike Rivera, March 2006
"Jesus made the earth in seven heartbeats
out of science and his own pale love."
Bullet Soup and Pit Stains
by Jim Benz, March 2006
"I was dreaming of killing the president myself
but knew I'd have to do Cheney first
and he's a crafty son of a bitch to take down all by myself,
so when John Kerry invites
me to a liberal berzerker justice mob of hate-filled millions,"
Diaphanous, Formative, and Kiss
by Danielle Grilli, March 2006
"In the morning,
you pluck black hairs one by one.
They wonder at your madness."
a hero's welcome ( for B.B. & J.F. ), hyannisport, and Magoo
by Steve Dalachinsky, March 2006
"america is unkind to its heroes
few streets with plaques
few obscure country rds renamed"
Genesis ( the late paintings of Willem de Kooning ), 2 dead crows, and KONEC - for Willem de Kooning
by Steve Dalachinsky, February 2006
"her belly button's
like de kooning's
late work"
To Colonel Mustard in the Billiard Room with the Wrench, A Kind of Tomorrow, and Like Electricity
by Arlene Ang, February 2006
5. A weak affirmative is indicative of a bluff. When the opponent is female or thereabouts, yes is a strong indicator of my foot's on fire: you may not be the only one hiding under her flounced skirt.
A Poem in Five Parts
by rebekah hearn, February 2006
"i – we – expected the impossible because
we knew he'd give us nothing
less. – despite the setbacks, the outbacks, and the takebacks, "
BandAid QuEEn, -hmmmm__Lies, and A Walk in My Personal-Bathtub
by JamieLepore-AKA-brace, February 2006
"MY NEW PERTINENCE.......facing....Me.
[i had a bird once ...
I didnt love him enuff~
i kept his feather*"
a sandalwood model, WANT?, and [unlearning the codes::
by Grace Vajda, February 2006
"how do you entertain the illiterate
say heres a fuckin visual poem and hand them a coffee mug
then declare yourself a slob and a lazy artist?"
The Ovoid Window and A Tableau Vivant without Einstein
by Alex Nodopaka, February 2006
"Try to convince yourself
of what happens when
you measure traditions in a creek"
Justice and Toasting to My Last Name
by Luis Rivas, February 2006
"Putting down my empty cup
of substituted spit
and lesser amount of
cork screw particles"
Baby Dragons and Clone
by Jennifer VanBuren, February 2006
"And the children come running for home--
I remember the best tag players
knew exactly how fast to run "
Twitchy
by Nicholas Morgan, February 2006
"barnyard illusions wrapped up to fixate truck stop paranoia cameras on street poles waver through coming winter possible crashes cocaine bad to end all in nothing when arrived to not speak languages in Nebraska jihad revolutions gone backwards shift down to fifth gear slip slide they are coming to get you dude peeking in windows as night time female security jacks off foreign boss's in tool sheds made of fake wood"
Bitter Songbird, Blank Page Ballad #109, and Petrol Attendant
by Kerryn Potgieter, December 2005
"If someone never said that tasting a poem
is as close as damn-it
to orchestrating an execution, then
someone should have."
Pot, Beach Love., and There is Beauty in this world
by Tania van Schalkwyk, December 2005
"pissing fecundity
into our mouths and eyes, ears and noses
until all orifices are full."
The Commandment, The Zulu Dance, and Celebration
by John Makoni, December 2005
"When she reads it tomorrow
She will smell the scent on Moses' clothes
As he wrote down the commandments"
Collusion, Bored Poet, Secrets, and Kaffir Boetie
by Joel Assaizky, December 2005
"sure, i was a kaffir-boetie
we'd commiserate or go berserk
somedays i'd ride with
the rubbish-boys on their rounds"
The Ballad of Lewis and Els
by Allan Kolski Horwitz, December 2005
"Ups and downs
Bass and treble notes
An interrupted dream"
A season for all women, Away, and Hush
by Abigail George, December 2005
"Terrifying aphrodisiac or futile labour from physical witnesses
You are as untouchable as the death of loneliness."
'And then on the horizon,' 'Strangely,' 'You lay along the length of your body -,' and 'my god : you come up'
by Joan Metelerkamp, December 2005
"running away from my body
as if you know you have no idea
what this means
as if to say where will it end"
Yokayo
by Rodney Nelson
"I have returned to the ranch the chipped-rock yard of
no one I know and know that what we had can-
not be again just have wanted to try living"
