Admonished
“Those who wait for the messiah, or write/ about God as though he exists are cooked.” Weekend poem, by Thomas Piekarski.
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Height
“Bulgaria, Bulgaria….How did I end up with you. This was the biggest mistake of my life.” Story of the Week (November 15), by Milen Ruskov. Translated from Bulgarian by Christopher Buxton.
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After Gary Butte
“…souls many, so many, Ramona/ lovers scarved with rainbows/ scattering galaxies out of sad earth.” Poem of the Week (November 12), by John Robert Lee.
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“No longer noon but a cramp/ for which there is no potion/ only her lips falling from the sky…” Weekend Poem, by Simon Perchik.
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Looking for Willie George
“Of African descent and a native of British Guyana, Willie was a talented if self-taught writer who wanted to be nothing less than the ‘Black Conrad.’” Story of the Week (November 8), by Jeffrey D. Boldt.
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The ventriloquist at a birthday party
“…no trace of anxiety on her face, though she/ must know the odds against him, the small chance/ of acceptance, the endless cost of otherness…” Poem of the Week (November 5), by Aseem Kaul.
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Snake Wine
“I know it’s a dream because the cobra is banded like/ a sea snake and the sea snake/ is preparing to spit.” Weekend poem, by Arjun Rajendran.
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Cerebral Play
“Paralyzed with fear, I shut my eyes tight while my heart pounded and the darkness seemed to quiver around me.” Story of the Week (November 1), by Dan Stankivitz
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Homecoming
“She hears the crowing of birds outside,/ her neighbour cussing at the colony chowkidar,/ the petroleum cough of the retired colonel’s jeep…” Poem of the Week (October 29), by Rakhshan Rizwan.
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Badlands
“The sun dips into an unknowable// tomorrow just beneath my fingertips.” Weekend Poem, by Taylor Supplee.
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