Trish Saunders Anything can happen A rare wild orchid will unfurl delicate pink petals in a patch of dirt below the H3 overpass. Trish Saunders divides her time between Honolulu and Seattle. She began writing poems in 2013 to answer a New Year’s Resolution.
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Trish Saunders: “The language of disappearing things”
Trish Saunders The language of disappearing things I came here to study the language of trees, an ancient tongue nearly extinct like the Hawaiian crow, or shave-ice shacks on Like-Like Highway. Trish Saunders divides her time between Honolulu and Seattle. She began writing poems in 2013 to answer a New Year’s Resolution.
Read MoreBarry Marks: “Viagra Commercial”
Barry Marks Viagra Commercial Now that I’m done chuckling about the 4-hour erection, I look at your photo and realize that my heart is no longer healthy enough for sex. As a lawyer, Barry Marks finds attempting to express himself in a single sentence to be extremely challenging. (Editors Note: He did fine.)
Read MoreBarry Marks: “At 63, I am finally old enough”
Barry Marks At 63, I am finally old enough that I no longer have to explain being bad at softball and basketball, remembering birthdays or pretending that what you’re saying really makes a difference. As a lawyer, Barry Marks finds attempting to express himself in a single sentence to be extremely challenging.
Read MoreBarry Marks: “Conjoined Truth”
Barry Marks Conjoined Truth One of us needs to be the blonde girl in the torn blue sweater saying I love you I have always loved you so the other of us can be the tall man with the cigarette saying I know I have always known I am sorry. As a lawyer, Barry Marks […]
Read MoreDale Patterson: “Three-Legged Dog”
Dale Patterson Three-Legged Dog Goofy ears slap his face silly, while the knots of his spine wag a broom tail. Dale Patterson tells his wife he is writing poetry to get out of doing household chores.
Read MoreDale Patterson: “Regression Therapy”
Dale Patterson Regression Therapy You recall a hovering light and being abducted by Jesus. Dale Patterson tells his wife he is writing poetry to get out of doing household chores.
Read MoreRodd Whelpley: “Excerpt from the Orientation Spiel”
Rodd Whelpley Excerpt from the Orientation Spiel You’ll be surprised to learn, but at the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency weeks may pass without mention of Walt Whitman, as though he never was. Rodd Whelpley is doing his best with what he has.
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