Check out our new winter 2012 issue featuring poetry by David Antin, Maxine Chernoff, Clark Coolidge, George Economou, Clayton Eshelman, Larry Fagin, Gerrit Lansing, Steve Luttrell, Daphne Marlatt, Thomas Meyer, Barbara Moraff, Rochelle Owens, Ron Padgett, Kenneth Rosen, Jerome Rothenberg, Hugh Seidman, Nathaniel Tarn and Diane Wakoski with artwork by Andrew Abbott and Eero Ruuttila.
In Memoriam
Theodore “ Ted ” Enslin
1925 – 2011
Poems
Nothing Left for Ted Enslin
by Steve Luttrell Beginning with it all laid out against im – probable conclusions, one gets “caught up” in it moved along and suddenly
Ash Blonde Janet’s Planet
by Kenneth Rosen 1. A phantom of green – eyed, ash blonde, pre – Adolescent delight, with suggestively mousey,
Three Cigarettes for Bruce and Carola
by Kenneth Rosen 1. Somewhere there’s a little Italy, where sunrise precedes its ruby, Clouds pink as flamingos, soon white as paper, a fool’s
Whitening
by Kenneth Rosen Two silver dandelions gone white, Late autumn, one swatted half – bald By a paw of the dog, the other A beautiful, silver
November 2011
by Barbara Moraff revol ving bird feeder’s Squirrel losing in – visibility chatters back at his reflection : Seedspray
from the Machig Labdrön
by Barbara Moraff Sitting in a chair writing on my knees broken ankle pinned w/steel sunrise in my skull from the Machig Labdrön
Veiled Absentee
by Nathaniel Tarn Is he from Babylon, or perhaps Sumer, or from far beyond that, the Paleolithic ? Who will ever guarantee provenance ? He walks
Tennyson Speaks and All
by Clark Coolidge Is that . . . ? yes it’s him now every bicycle is in danger but that metal chap he remains a waffle copy of Frank
Another ’Nother
by Clark Coolidge My name is Sydney Wallet what time are you dead ? were you taken from life ? I have to go my own way a waffle iron
Save the Barnes Collection
by Clark Coolidge Wow (wow) wait till those moon, bells run down this church is called EI Primo it even admits blackhats stirred up
lacustrine, the air . . . .
by Gerrit Lansing Edgy words, a discipline. The poor, with us always. Us ? We sought the pale intensities. Sunny the
Rain Goddess: What I Learned As A Tourist in the Yucatan
by Diane Wakoski The stones, not Olmec. Break your ankle against saw palmetto a slash of brawling foliage, unregulated And
Grey Goddess
by Diane Wakoski thinking of Patricia Waters in St. Augustine With Minerva’s eyes of corrugated knowing she wraps us in hand –
For The Aztec Goddess
by Diane Wakoski “Take one,” she said, opening her closet of frankincense & myrrh. In it hung anoraks, parkas, wool jackets, raincoats, even
The World Revealed
by Thomas Meyer And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last
Unfinished Poem for Fran Antman
by Hugh Seidman The Andeans sledge for Morococha copper. They hoped quick years: to buy land — or a son from the pit. In the Cemetery of Heaven,
Crossing Bryant Park Susan Robertson (1943 –1997)
by Hugh Seidman Rink down — up last fall mirroring summer. 1200 steps to work — Seventh to Madison. First, past 50 — your bridal two step. New,
Variation One The Pirate
Jerome Rothenberg from The Gorky Variations draws blood from stone or brilliance that a paper bag conceals men on a journey who can spy
Woman of Jesus
by Rochelle Owens It is about skin and hair of the yoga mistress from Rosario Portugal remember how I said her hair was a long hanging rope
Aztec Lullaby
by Ron Padgett Humming in the dark from a throat that has just swallowed a hummingbird
Angel
by Ron Padgett Pretty little angel eyes on a dark background follow you into the foreground and then close the moment you feel they are about to
A Small Glass of Orange Juice
by Ron Padgett on a white tablecloth with light blue legs below in a hotel restaurant in a small town in Poland in 1936 is being contemplated by
Elegiac
by George Economou In memoriam — Paul Blackburn (1926 –1971), poet and translator of the troubadours; Federico Garcia Lorca (1898 –1936), and
Poem
by Larry Fagin Sleep faster, we need the pillows. Yiddish proverb I went for a shvitz but it didn’t solve my problems (old age, sickness,
Monkey’s Recovery
by Larry Fagin You haven’t lost the desire to reason effectively. You still care about what’s published under your name, you. And you’re
Devoid of Exclusions
by Larry Fagin “Nothing whatever, it arises as everything.” Lemon zest. I can’t seem to keep quiet which is a pity because you really need to
Russian Proverbs
by David Antin the wave betrays the wind thirst teaches you the value of water if you have nothing you’ve got nothing to lose the squash calls
Chinese Proverbs
by David Antin if the ground under your feet is wet, the sky is to blame before you buy shoes, make sure you measure your feet if you doubt what
the news from Fukushima
by Daphne Marlatt wha – ? black wall of waters rolling in – ter urban seawet wreckage after missing, dead 27,000 up to 28 —
still plenty stills the rivers
by Daphne Marlatt thunder rain for hours while standing hills drink in and under evanescent sprinkler jets on the already soused lawn in the
Diana gone for Diana Kemble
by Daphne Marlatt moon on wave on moons wavering water moan a move on mooning the singular
catch as catch for bp Nichol
by Daphne Marlatt can you ham it, a serve a slice of, wry it gives your ears a breath, er worrier space it oh hear it however it beep’s mind’s
A Moment Writhing with Revelations
by Clayton Eshleman Being here as an enraptured trap, an entrapture. Nothingness pregnant with the isolational reality of one’s being. In Francis
The rite at the hunting site
by Clayton Eshleman “The rite at the hunting site, given to the souls of the animal killed, was thus basic, in the sense that it
Under the Music
by Maxine Chernoff Under the music, a baby cries in the audience. A police siren meets a thunderclap meets quantum theory. Under the music you
Evidence
by Maxine Chernoff “To philosophize is to learn how to die.” Montaigne Of houses, empty or noticed, to rooms whose lamps have left their light
Drones
by Maxine Chernoff “Operators fly the planes from air – conditioned trailers thousands of miles from the war zone.” Porch lights appear —
Reviews
Poet Biographies
Nathaniel Tarn
was born in 1928 in Paris and educated in France, Belgium, and England, obtaining degrees from Cambridge, the Sorbonne, and Chicago. He
Hugh Seidman
was born in Brooklyn, New York. His poetry has won several awards including the 2004 Green Rose Prize from New Issues Press for his sixth poetry
Jerome Rothenberg
began his literary career in the late 1950s working primarily as a translator. He is responsible for the first English appearances of Paul Celan
Kenneth Rosen
has been a Professor of English at the University of Southern Maine since 1981. He spent a sabbatical semester as Balkan Scholar at the American
Ron Padgett
was born in 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father was a bootlegger who also traded cars, his mother a housewife who also helped with the
Rochelle Owens
is the author of twenty books of poetry, plays, and fiction, the most recent of which are Solitary Workwoman, (Junction Press, 2011), Journey to
Barbara Moraff
known as “the baby of the Beat generation” because she was just 18 and had already being published by Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) in Evergreen
Thomas Meyer
began writing as a teenager in Seattle, Washington. At that age, he was already a veteran of the arts, having been a child actor, beginning at
Daphne Marlatt
lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was born in 1942 in Melbourne, Australia, and immigrated to Canada in 1951 from Malaysia. She studied
Steve Luttrell
was born and continues to live in Portland, Maine. He is a graduate of Franklin Pierce College and is the author of ten books of poetry; the
Gerrit Lansing
was born in Albany, New York and grew up in Northern Ohio. A friend of poet Charles Olson, he edited SET in the 1960s, a literary journal that
Larry Fagin
born in Far Rockaway, New York City, he grew up in New York, Hollywood, and Europe. He received a B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1960
Clayton Eshleman
over the past decade, five collections of his translations, five collections of his poetry, and two collections of essays have been published.
George Economou
was born on September 24, 1934, in Great Falls, Montana. He attended Colgate University, where he majored in English, graduated cum laude, and
Clark Coolidge
is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was, perhaps more than any other person, responsible for inspiring the entire
Maxine Chernoff
born in 1952, she is an American novelist, writer, poet, academic, and literary magazine editor. She is a Professor and Chair of the Creative
David Antin
is a poet, critic, and performance artist, whose books include Definitions (1967), Autobiography (1967), Code of Flag Behavior (1968),
Artist Biographies
Reviewer Biographies
Jefferson Navicky
work has recently appeared in Horse Less Review, The New Guard, and Livestock. He teaches English at Southern Maine Community College, and lives
Michael Macklin
is a carpenter and poet living and working in Portland, Maine. He owns a Stihl chainsaw and is owned by a yellow dog named Murphy.