Jesse Butts Altruism I donated $10 to my colleague’s Kickstarter campaign in hopes that he’ll just shut the hell up. Jesse Butts, a Chicago writer with an advanced degree in writing, rarely writes.
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Dale Wisely
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Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco: “Old Photo of Ivory Cutters”
Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco Old Photo of Ivory Cutters In the picture, all the men smile with their lips over their teeth. Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco loves empty spaces.
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Steve Bogdaniec: “The Truth About Momma Jokes”
Steve Bogdaniec The Truth About Momma Jokes You know, after talking crap about your mom for so long, insulting anyone else just falls flat. Steve Bogdaniec is a Chicago-based writer and teacher who loves short poetry.
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Howie Good: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”
Howie Good On Being Asked, ‘Where Do You Get Your Ideas?’ From the bird in the title of an old Beatles song, from the man in a long, black coat standing on the threshold & pointing with a stained finger, from an illustrated catalog of Swedish porn films, from the smoke-gray coyote trotting through the […]
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Karen Greenbaum-Maya: “Pocket Park, Paris”
Karen Greenbaum-Maya Pocket Park, Paris Water blows from the carp’s mouth, crowning the fountain, spills smoothly over the flounce of stone into the painted basin. Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Pushcart nominee, occasional photographer, and former German major, would rather be in Paris. http://www.cloudslikemountains.blogspot.com/
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Wendy Taylor Carlisle: “Waste”
Wendy Taylor Carlisle Waste It was lovely here for a second, wasting time with so little left. Wendy Taylor Carlisle, author of two books and three chapbooks, lives and writes in the Arkansas, Ozarks.
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William Cullen Jr.: “Fishing on Easter”
William Cullen Jr. Fishing on Easter Leaping heavenward the trout has the grace to miss a fly well cast. William Cullen Jr., a veteran who works at a social services non-profit in Brooklyn NY, has published in Camroc Press Review, Gulf Stream, Pirene’s Fountain, Right Hand Pointing, Spillway, Wild Goose Poetry Review and Word Riot.
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Howie Good: “Another Word For It”
Howie Good Another Word For It A naked woman, pollen caught in her fuzzy triangle, stands atop a heap of broken stones in a strange pose, & it’s impossible when looking up at her not to imagine some prior tragedy in a crowded street or to speak without whispering, even if no one is there […]
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