Sarena Tien Polyglot “Wǒ bù zhī dào” / « Je ne sais pas » / “I don’t know” is what I want to tell people when they ask how many languages I speak because even though I learned Chinese at home, French at school, and English in America, having grown up shy, Chinese-American, and a […]
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Mike Jones: “American Sentencing”
Mike Jones American Sentencing Common by nature, Apple, Shell, and Time shall be uncapitalized. Mike Jones has taught in Oakland (CA) public schools since 1990, and continues to learn much from his students.
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Mike Harrell The Projector Suddenly the days moved faster– light flickering through the south window of the parlor as through the lens of an antique projector, shadows leaping erratically across the ceiling, the final reel unspooling in a heap on the floor. Mike Harrell lives in Brooklyn, NY and has been published in Avatar Review, […]
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M.J.Iuppa Glancing Out the Window Again and again, now more frequently, I think about death and how it will have me un- aware of its intention to take me away from this— which is full of occupation— this lifetime, waiting M.J.Iuppa lives on a small farm near the shores of lake Ontario.
Read MoreSara Adams: “To Water”
Sara Adams To Water I can lead myself to water but I can’t make her stay. A very small bit about me in bio format: Sara Adams entertains herself mostly by writing experimental, found, and collaborative poetry, some of which is linked from her website: www.kartoshkaaaaa.com.
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Sara Adams I Spy I spy with my drunk little eye myself. A very small bit about me in bio format: Sara Adams entertains herself mostly by writing experimental, found, and collaborative poetry, some of which is linked from her website: www.kartoshkaaaaa.com.
Read MoreKen Chau: “A Rabbi’s Opinion is as Valid as Anyone’s”
Ken Chau A Rabbi’s Opinion is as Valid as Anyone’s I don’t think that I am Christ-like but the rabbi is insistent. Ken Chau is a poet living in Melbourne, Australia, whose collection Possible Lyrics for Chinese and Western Pop Songs (Bendigo Publishing, 2015) won the unaugural 2015 Vox Bendigo Fyffe Prize.
Read MoreClaire Zoghb: “Beach”
Claire Zoghb Beach To find my father now would be like finding the other half of this oyster shell. Claire Zoghb is awaiting the arrival of a new chapbook and fragrant moonflowers in her garden this summer.
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