07 Jun Two poems by Joshua Thermidor

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it was strong while you slept
thunder shook the river into shine

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31 May Three-Quarters of the Way to Nowhere by Geoffrey Gatza

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The thought arrived Thursday last.
A bright idea to stall
The onset of winter.

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24 May Canticle by Zi Daniel

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can't the world go without us, just for a second?
just for the rest of time?

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17 May When I Think by Robert Creeley

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When I think of where I've come from
or even try to measure as any kind of
distance these places, all the various

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10 May Clouds After Rain by Charles Bernstein

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exhaustion follows hard labor
also profligacy

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03 May FUTURE IMPERFECT by Elizabeth Willis

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I had to stop writing in order to clean my desk.
I had to stop writing to speak with the angel of dust.

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26 Apr The Buffalo You Left by Joe Hall

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Or the city and so many cities in this city falling away
from steps, you hurried down into the
churning stream of sidewalks, of course

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19 Apr PARDON MY HEART by Marcus Jackson

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Pardon my heart if it ruins your party.
It’s a large, American heart and has had
a good deal to drink.

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12 Apr Excerpt from “…Again” by Mark Nowak

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Owls out in the woods behind Office Depot. The odds have
been against us from the onset. Obedience, obesity, alcohol, opi-
oids. Owls out behind Ollie's Bargain Outlet, too. Owls in the old

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05 Apr Everyday We Get More Illegal by Juan Felipe Herrera

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Yet the peach tree
still rises
& falls with fruit & without

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