Archive for July, 2010
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
“The Romance of Middle Age” by Mary Meriam
Mary Meriam THE ROMANCE OF MIDDLE AGE Now that I’m fifty, let me take my showers at night, no light, eyes closed. And let me swim in cover-ups. My skin’s tattooed with hours and days and decades, head to foot, and slim is just a faded photograph. It’s strange how people look away who once [...]
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE WEASEL by Jinny Webber
Review by Jinny Webber A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE WEASEL by David Starkey Biblioasis PO Box 92 Emeryville, Ontario Canada NOR 1C ISBN 978-1-897231-89-0 2010, 67 pp., $14.95 www.biblioasis.com This latest collection from David Starkey, currently the Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, California, offers a wide-ranging and often darkly humorous perspective. Each [...]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
“Catch Me, Alfred, I’m Falling” by Rachel Inez Lane
Rachel Inez Lane CATCH ME, ALFRED, I’M FALLING Man, I could be a Hitchcock blonde. I’ll have shades of white gloves lined up like criminals on my dresser, wear them when I cup a man’s face in my hands and hiss, Believe me. Hitchcock blondes survive in the wild due to mirrors, and lips so [...]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
“Make Mine Darjeeling” by Patti McCarty
–from Rattle #32, Winter 2009 Tribute to the Sonnet Read by Tim
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
“This is the Part of the Story I’d Rather Not Tell” by Emily Kagan Trenchard
Emily Kagan Trenchard THIS IS THE PART OF THE STORY I’D RATHER NOT TELL how at 13 I would lay awake at night deciding which friend or family member would have to die so that I might be aggrieved enough to be interesting, so that I would have the permission to become more withdrawn and [...]
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
“Threesome” by Michael Kriesel
Michael Kriesel THREESOME Paul does whatever Cat wants whatever Paul wants Patti gets Cat wants Patti gets Paul loves –from Rattle #32, Winter 2009 Read by Tim
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
WATER THE MOON by Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Review by Kristina Marie Darling WATER THE MOON by Fiona Sze-Lorrain Marick Press P.O. Box 36253 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 2010, 78 pp., $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-934851-12-8 www.marickpress.com Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s stunning debut collection of verse, Water the Moon, explores the intersection of personal experience and artistic tradition. By presenting snapshots of contemporary life alongside the [...]
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Saturday, July 24th, 2010
“Library Lovers” by Austin MacRae
Austin MacRae LIBRARY LOVERS She devours Steel, and he L’Amour. She leads him to the fiction, where they part for different shelves. He’s eager to explore the tough ol’ west, and she the tough ol’ heart. They meet me at the desk with separate piles. Unthinkingly, I mix the books together. I sense his wave [...]
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
“Birthday” by Patricia Smith
Patricia Smith BIRTHDAY On this bed of chilled steel, I am the morning’s work, your project after coffee and, oh yes, some woman’s son. Whistling to break the ice in the room, you hold most of my head in your hands. Your shaping fingers gently adjust an ear, probe a hollow eye socket, flick chips [...]
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
“Midas on the Beach” by John Philip Johnson
John Philip Johnson MIDAS ON THE BEACH When Midas went to the beach everyone in his kingdom was nervous. They liked the foot-shaped patches of golden sand, scooped up like cattle patties, and they were used to the nimble ruckus of the entourage, staying somewhat close but avoiding the bump. Their fear was for the [...]
