Justin Hamm: Bird on a Wire, 1989

National Poetry Month, or #NaPoWriMo if you are into that, is drawing to a close. Also, baseball season’s in full swing. We’re types who have a weird affection for the Twins, even though they have no pitching, or the Cubs, even though they are the Cubs. Cubbies? Cubs. Also other teams, maybe, if they can even be said to exist (the “Cardinals”???).

Here’s an apropos poem by Justin Hamm [>>] from SC 3.2, “Bird on a Wire, 1989Justin Hamm - Bird on a Wire, 1989 [sample]

 

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Allison Grayhurst: Serpent in My Shoe

We’re so pleased to present this stand against. Against what, you ask? Read Allison Grayhurst’s “Serpent in My Shoe“:Allison Grayhurst - Serpent in My Shoe [sample]

 

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Skaidrite Stelzer: Snow White

Today’s lesson is How to Be a Queen. We do not know how to communicate this to you. We have a little violence inside. We’ve got brambles growing out our collarbones. But for insight see inside this familiar derangement of myth, the inimitable Skaidrite Stelzer’s “Snow White”:Skaidrite Stelzer - Snow White [sample][continue reading…]

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Don Russ: Camera Obscura

A glimpse of moving colors, warm & way, way out: Don Russ’ “Camera Obscura.”

Don Russ - Camera Obscura [sample]

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Amanda Watters: Carnival

A fair comes to town. The simple setup for ten thousand summer adventures. Do we believe any of these stories? And what happens after? Let’s listen in. Amanda Watters’ “Carnival” appears in Storm Cellar 3.2 (print / pdf):Amanda Watters - Carnival [sample]

 

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