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Dale Wisely

Josh Weston: “An Entrance”

Josh Weston An Entrance No limning of the speed with which the bat zips into the crush of boughs — I paused, knelt to shut the window — soundless fallout leaves already touching down. Josh Weston lives in Grand Rapids, MI, where etc.

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Brendan Gillett: Haiku with Subtitles, Translation, & Interpretation

Brendan Gillett Haiku (with Subtitles) あの。。。ぼくは [Ah, so…as for me] こどもに日本語 [like a child in Japanese] で話せます。 [how it is spoken.] Haiku (with Translation) あの。。。ぼくは こどもに日本語 で話せます。 Hesitant, for me childlike Japanese is the only thing spoken.  Haiku (with Interpretation) あの。。。ぼくは こどもに日本語 で話せます。 I feel small, trying a language that I learned late— clinging to […]

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Howie Good: “To a Student Who Asks…”

Howie Good To a Student Who Asks, ‘Can I Do Something for Extra Credit?’ When refugees from the fighting drown trying to reach shore, you can memorialize the spot with plastic flowers, dead flies, and drawings of frowny faces, before resolutely going back to whatever it is you ordinarily do worlds away from the dark […]

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