04 Jun “The End of Exile” by Solmaz Sharif

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As the dead, so I come
to the city I am of.
Am without.

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28 May “stilettos in a rifle range” by Tyrone Williams

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She and she
said switch
so swish

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21 May “Wings of Desire” by Jeannine Marie Pitas

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An angel whispers to readers in the library.
He's tired of everyone wanting something different.
A trapeze artist dressed as an angel
doesn't know that real angels are wingless.

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14 May Four Short Poems by Lucille Clifton

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each of these weeds is a day
i climbed the stair
at 254 purdy street
and looked into a mirror
to see if i was really there.
i was there. i am there
in the thousand days.
the weeds. and these weeds

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07 May Excerpt from “Prerecorded Weather” by Noah Falck & Matt McBride

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we are looking for a language
that does not remember
how to compare the song
to the heart sewn closed
with want

Read excerpts from "Prerecorded Weather" (SurVision Press, 2022) by Noah Falck and Matt McBride.

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30 Apr “Hoyt Lake” by Joe Todaro

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We dream each other into being:
a universe as master for the mindless
and solace for the present,
and a self of contradictions
on a respite afternoon.

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23 Apr “What We Have” by Angelica Whitehorne

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We have a dog in that fight
We have a cock in that ring
We have a cop in those streets

Read the full poem by Angelica Whitehorne, first published in Whitehorne's chapbook collection "The World Is Ending, Say Something That Will Last" (Bottle Cap Press, 2022).

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16 Apr “Remember” by Joy Harjo

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Remember the sky that you were born under,
know each of the star’s stories.
Remember the moon, know who she is.

Read the full poem by Joy Harjo, first published in Harjo's 1983 collection "She Had Some Horses" (Thunder's Mouth Press), which was republished by W.W. Norton in 2008.

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09 Apr “First Show Hotline” by Bernadette Mayer

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Out the somber window that shows
Hibernation trees, the water pump, the road
Nothing falling from the gray sky yet

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