“Bozo the Clown and Alfred E. Newman, / a preening buffoon, he hides in his hairdo.”
Category: Poetry
Introductions by Jessica Mongold
“Telling people what I do for a living / Is volunteering to feel a lump in my throat.”
Honeysuckle Days by Caitlin Ware
“Pick them before they’re gone,” she says / “They’ll only last a few days.”
Three Poems by Taylor Risinger
“A Walk in the City,” “as clean as possible,” “Spare Change”
Limits by Jessica Parker
“The human body has quantitative limits—
Lack of oxygen: 11 minutes
Dehydration: 7 days
Starvation: 30 days
What were my limits with you?”
Hymn for the EA by Savannah Payne
“Four flights up to the thick third-floor heat, hazy / images, and the thought-coating, strange- / sweet smell of Old. It is a place for me / to lay down my burden and worship.”
Two Poems by Kellie Kovar
“Quickening” and “Spring Chicken”
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