Pushcart Nominee 2019 Howie Good How to Prepare for Heartbreak Summoning up a kind of rage, stubbornly walk, or even crawl, across a frozen sea and then pass through a hole in a fence, on the other side of which it’s dusk, and maybe always is, no people anywhere, just stubble fields and a black […]
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Pushcart Nominee 2019: Todd Mercer “The Optimist”
Pushcart Nominee 2019 Todd Mercer The Optimist “Keep on believing in UFOs, you magnificent bastard,” said the Best Man at my fifth wedding when I tried to explain to him how I make my decisions. Todd Mercer, who was nominated for Best of the Net in 2018, is going to keep on believing in UFOs. […]
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John Hawkhead “In the shadow…”
John Hawkhead In the shadow behind dad’s photograph, a deeper silence. John Hawkhead is a writer and illustrator from the South West of England whose work has been published all over the world. His book of haiku, senryu and micropoetry, Small Shadows, is available from Alba Publishing and his Twitter account is @HawkheadJohn.
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J.R. Solonche “Suddenly”
J.R. Solonche Suddenly Suddenly, a hundred black birds crashed out of the trees into the open as though a long shadow long in the shadows was free to go. J.R. Solonche is the author of sixteen books of poetry and coauthor of another.
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J.R. Solonche “Home”
J.R. Solonche Home We are so adaptable, so amazingly adaptable, that no matter where we find ourselves, we manage to make ourselves at home, even at home, even there. J.R. Solonche is the author of sixteen books of poetry and coauthor of another.
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John Grey “Getting into My Car, Mid-Winter”
John Grey Getting into My Car, Mid-Winter A hand-warmed key turns in an iced-up lock, every millimeter begrudged by the chill around me John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident who’s been recently published in That, and the Dunes Review.
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John Grey “Marriage”
John Grey Marriage Marriage didn’t sneak up on me – not with the earthquake and so many of my old friends disappearing in the cracks – but I am struck by a palpable repetition to where I sleep, where I eat my meals. John Grey is an Australian poet, […]
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John Grey “Landing at Green Airport”
John Grey Landing at Green Airport I’m dashing by delirious faces, don’t want to think about them for the entire state of Rhode Island is beyond the next wall, full of information on where I live, who I love, what I like to eat or watch or listen to, the kind of stuff only Rhode […]
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