09 Mar Excerpts from PORCHES by Andrew Rippeon

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jelly-throated with no ship as
supports by warble-clot; those silent
birds upon lines their eyes upon
the loves of my life—at

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02 Mar TO CLOTHE WITH LOVE by Joseph Chamberlain

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How can I maintain
my Granddad’s soul
in the land he loved -

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23 Feb T.R.A.U.M.A.—The Truth We Keep Passing Down by Dallas Taylor

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You know the stereotype.
But show me one person who don’t like fried chicken,
And I’ll show you someone who just ain’t made it right.

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16 Feb Two excerpts from CONSCIOUSNESS SUITE by David Landrey

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Pain strands weaving us
tied to power
the kraft of it leaving us
stranded amid confusion:

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09 Feb River by Verneice Turner

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When the foxes mate, the cat
goes outside more often, sitting
at the edge of the woods, head
twitching, eyes resembling two

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02 Feb Disappointment Apples by Geoffrey Gatza

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There is a breezy kind of beauty in discovery,
Like a blood-orange sun setting on a cold day.

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26 Jan i was told that every poem was about the MOON (Three excerpts) by Ann Pedone

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There is a language no one ever spoke. It has been recorded that
its words tasted of myrrh-bud and yellow
pear.

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19 Jan Found Poem by Ed Taylor

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the language of seeds is a letter
to everyone

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12 Jan Over the Skyway by Theresa Wyatt

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I sing you, Great Lake, carved out of glacier ice
with your fantastical moods of storm seiche
and lightning flashes.

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05 Jan My Heart is a Lakeside City in January by Rachel Valente

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My heart is the big fish, the silver hook, and the
hands that fight to reel it in, all at once.

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