Category: Published Issues
from Stress
by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge I fear one stray word is more powerful than my child’s vitality. But not speaking can send out huge, mutated thought
By Robert Branaman
I painted over one hundred thousand paintings I painted over one hundred thousand paintings Just this morning When I ate breakfast at two PM They
Woodshedding
by Hettie Jones . . . my wolf . . . at the foot of the bed / in the dark all night
Fingers Pull Triggers
by Hettie Jones Think about it: someone shoots your buddy dead — so you grab your gun and the blast you send strikes the heart of the matter —
Wearing the Sweater for Marilyn Colvin
by Hettie Jones As you advised, I am wearing the sweater I won’t be wearing after I’m dead I’m wearing it while I still have choices to leave
May the Force Be with You: A Poem about Meditation
by Diane di Prima Maybe they are never done with us the speechless full Moon or the Force, and how many other hearts ? Be like a mirror of
The Nature of Inspiration for Philip Whalen
Diane di Prima Read It said. I read. Then Write It said. I found the back of an envelope & wrote It down now Type It told me Fuck off I
Before Solstice
by Diane di Prima the mystery in the Brocade the jewels upon the Tree wild snatches of Song on the wind from a mouth Inhuman how could I turn
Dreams of Wartimes
by Anne Waldman There was a time when we were a flat earth why not consider our one dimension as total, then no one believed. Not to see
End of Track
by Gerard Malanga You’ll not find me in historic Hudson among the periwinkles and clematis. You’ll not find the footstep traces soon followed by