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Martin Stannard’s August 1, 2013 Now Available
On July 1, Martin Stannard, who lives in China and who posted here some time ago, put out a call for contributions to what would be a one-time only on-line journal. Here's how Martin…
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LIMERICKS [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
11.There was a young man from the Bronx,Loved drawing and redrawing ankhs.When they asked for specifics, he spoke hieroglyphics,That vexing young man from the Bronx.12.There was a young girl from Virginia—I hesitate now to…
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The Best American Poetry: 25 Years of Cover Art
As series editor of The Best American Poetry, I get to have a say, sometimes a large say, in the cover art we use each year. As I love looking at pictures, the need…
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“Not with a Bang but a Tweet” [by Robert Schultz]
Fourteen, one-forty—what’s the difference Besides concision? Lines, characters, syllables, It’s all just counting (0101). Sense Spills through little tubes its billion baubles. Until it doesn’t. We, the fat, fail. The grid Fails, satellites fall.…
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“Far North Farm” [by John Tranter]
A, silver, E, snow, U, dead-leaf green:Spoons with sugar and dripping water, hillocks of snowTraversed by hopeful young men with a moneyed glowAnd sleds and perspiration, silver-blue clouds againChilling the horizon, a thousand miles…
