Sunday, February 21st, 2010
“52″ by Patricia Smith
Patricia Smith 52 Baffled by stark ache and symptom, I get in my bed beside the bearded charmer who is yet in my bed. As graying denies and dims me, I vaguely recall the line of whimpering whiners I’ve let in my bed— every one of them goofy with love, dazzled by curve and color, [...]
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
“Dreamboys” by L. Lamar Wilson
L. Lamar Wilson DREAMBOYS My nephew waltzes beside his father, The man who was the boy who made Faggot! A reason not to flinch. His neck a merry- Go-round, our boy rears back, waves His pointer in my face, jabs his other fist Into his hip & wails: Watch yo’ mouth! Watch yo’ mouth, Miss [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
“Self Dialogue Reading Etheridge Knight” by Marcus Wicker
Marcus Wicker SELF DIALOGUE READING ETHERIDGE KNIGHT Where’s your voice at, Marcus? Really. When you die, will they find a notebook filled with one long poem Tucked beneath a fluffy little pillow? Will it start: Eh yo, fuck the sonnet. Fuck everything you’ve ever written that don’t sound like a chain gang Clanking shackles against [...]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
“Hero” by Ian Williams
Ian Williams HERO The hero wins because that’s what heroes do when you spend the money to buy the DVD of a movie you already know the [...]
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
“Driving Under the Full Wolf Moon” by Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody
Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody DRIVING UNDER THE FULL WOLF MOON The car grows colder with each no-turn-over the engine gives to your key— this—and snow scatters like rags across the parking lot kept bright all [...]
