Archive for February, 2011
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
“Bell Bottom Trousers” by Diane Wakoski
Diane Wakoski BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS bell bottom trousers, coat of navy blue, she loves a sailor and he loves her too. —Guy Lombardo WWII song lyric Mine were brown velvet, lush as sable. ’70s wide and swinging, swirling outward from my calves, vaquero rhythmed, and very expensive, the cost of a ’40s war savings-bond. Driving [...]
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
“American Election” by David Romtvedt
David Romtvedt AMERICAN ELECTION: 2004 What would be best then, to go or stay, to cross the border or once again to dawdle and delay? It’s true there’s a fence, and men with helmets and guns have little patience with an uncertain stance or scornful glance. Ah, and yet, and yet, every four years at [...]
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Sunday, February 6th, 2011
“The Flies” by James Valvis
James Valvis THE FLIES That summer day it all went bad a swarm of flies infested the house, entered through holes in the screens and settled upstairs in the room I was using to type my novel. They buzzed boldly, each big as a bee, black marbles shot from a god’s thumb, grown fat on [...]
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Saturday, February 5th, 2011
LIGHT AND AFTER by Kobus Moolman
Review by Moira Richards LIGHT AND AFTER by Kobus Moolman Deep South Publishing South Africa ISBN 978-0-9584915-7-0 2010, 64 pp. www.ukznpress.co.za The phrase “light and after” suggests some sort of journey or exploration and that is how this collection reads to me. The index shows a listing of three dozen or so poem titles and [...]
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
“Batteries” by Lee A. Tonouchi
Lee A. Tonouchi BATTERIES I used to nag my Grandma buy me toys, buy me toys. And wenevah she bought me one, Grandpa would go “Too much omocha.” So raddah than get da scoldings I used to colleck stuff I found around da house, like matchbook covers, bottlecaps, used stamps. I even tried collecking rocks [...]
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
“Dip My Pacifier in Whiskey” by Mathias Nelson
Mathias Nelson DIP MY PACIFIER IN WHISKEY I’m sober as the day I was born, and as terrified too. Sometimes I think maybe I just need a spank to let it all out. Preferably from a beautiful nurse who doesn’t care if I’m a young man with bald spots. Even my dog looks at me [...]
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
“I Wuz Dea” by Lee A. Tonouchi
Lee A. Tonouchi I WUZ DEA Nobody really eva toll me how it all went down. Wuz kinda like you wuz dea you should know but I wuz too young for remembah anyting hardly. I check out da state library for old newspapah articles so I can read for find out exackly wot wen happen. [...]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
“Jack Logan, Fighting Airman: The Case of the Red Bordello” by Tony Barnstone
Tony Barnstone JACK LOGAN, FIGHTING AIRMAN: THE CASE OF THE RED BORDELLO It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. —Raymond Chandler ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT The streets are dark with something more than night. I walk out in the rain—and back in rain. Though [...]
