01 Oct from “Border Crossings” by Dennis Maloney

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On dark nights when I have no words of my
own, translations calm me, let me
jump deep in letter by letter
soaking up the dampness of the words.

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24 Sep Words are Not Enough by Lori Desrosiers

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Some days I realize that all I have is words
which are not enough

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17 Sep Creeley Song by Peter Gizzi

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all that is lovely
in words, even
if gone to pieces

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10 Sep Sukun by Kazim Ali

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The world is wound
Around me wound

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03 Sep The Counselor By Judith Slater

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How fortunate to go to a room, a pleasant room
with windows opening on fir trees,

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27 Aug A Hastening Countdown from Infinity By George Grace

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Pick a point and live or die by it.
Birth death graduation
call it this moment or that

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20 Aug Children Listen

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It turns out however that I was deeply
Mistaken about the end of the world

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13 Aug ASTERISM by Ae Hee Lee

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Today too, the sky arches
in faithful trajectory and
even when there's no eye
to keep it company, it unfurls
stars for the season.

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06 Aug from THE MOAN WILDS by Caroline Rayner

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Baby, I want to say resplendent. I have no idea. I want to say exalt it. I want to say turn it. According to this part of the sky. No music,

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30 Jul Negative Money by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

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So delirious from drought
my town went singing
to seeds.

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