Our Winter 2013 Issue is available now featuring poetry by Ron Winkler, Daniel Lusk, Angela Patten, Sarah Wetzel, Richard Spilman, Tom Daley, Ulrike Almut Sandig, Nancy Allison, Judith Zander, Kevin Sweeney, Polly Giantonio, Maria DiLorenzo, David Filer, Nina Bennett, Mariela Griffor, Bill Edmondson, Bill Brown, Philip Arnold, and Ulrike Draesner. It also features artwork from Beatrice Abbott, Adeline Goldminc -Tronzo and Michael Tronzo, interview of Ron Winkler by Nancy Allison and reviews by Annie Seikonia, Bruce Spang and Christopher Hoffmann.
Poems
“what is poetry?”
by Ulrike Draesner translated from German by Iain Galbraith cleaning vacuuming wiping runny noses a scraped knee stroking tummy to put
through the woods, the nested stalks
by Ulrike Draesner translated from German by Iain Galbraith the trunks, chopped, logged (brandenburg wood) the soft firs laid on long
ball-lightning, hammond organ
by Ulrike Draesner translated from German by Iain Galbraith but didn’t she but didn’t she die but didn’t she revive and was therefore
Sweeney’s Nest
by Philip Arnold An Irish King of Connaught, Sweeney was cursed and made to think he was a bird. How I skimmed the battered
At the End of the Day
by Bill Brown God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. — Paul Valery My neighbor stirs around
Family Cemetery
by Bill Edmondson A clash of whirling galaxies Utter their light through the black of the brain Of a man standing among bones and dust In a weedy
The Friends I Loved and Left Behind after Elizabeth Bishop
by Mariela Griffor A farewell to a dear friend is never enough. We must bring him flowers, songs with spinning words and good wishes. We must
Explaining Efflorescence
by Nina Bennett The chemist: Water seeps through the brick, dissolves salts, evaporates, leaves a white crystalline deposit on the surface. The
Glimpse to Marlene, September 2011
by David Filer The slough is finally calm, and in the last light, the palisades are doubled, white mist dissipating twice. I was afraid for us
There Used To Be Gentlemen
by Maria DiLorenzo who handled their women like art in a museum, forbidden to touch, yet sometimes slyly touched, my grandfather in 1945 kissing
The Secret, Painting by William Bouguereau
by Polly Giantonio Her shoulder, soft and full as a swan’s breast, illumines homely features in graceful symmetry — ivory beauty with reticent
Imminent Tribulations
by Kevin Sweeney My pal David had the shits last night and doesn’t drive so I took him to the dentist, past the Congregational church on Woodford
My Fiancé
by Kevin Sweeney She sat on the right, was willing to answer questions which, nights in July, met silence from others, gave me an enthusiastic Hi
Knockout
by Kevin Sweeney I felt she was cheating on me that afternoon in front of Melman’s Market. I was a limp 14. The boy holding her hand looked 17.
naked apes
by Judith Zander translated from German by Bradley Schmidt at least the animals loved our hedging talk grated geckoes good for coughs
whatever happens
by Judith Zander translated from German by Bradley Schmidt february at the latest daily leafing through the orchid calender in the
from the plane you see
by Ulrike Almut Sandig translated from German by Bradley Schmidt by day the smart bluescreen of pools in one thousand and one gardens
COLOR
by Ulrike Almut Sandig translated from German by Bradley Schmidt * shoot a PICTURE: my clothes are blue. forget me not. this flower is
brandenburg
by Ulrike Almut Sandig translated from German by Bradley Schmidt all routes leading here were quick and blue. on signs were warnings of
After a Stroke, My Mother Speaks to a Stuffed Pheasant in Her Son-in-Law’s Living Room
by Tom Daley Pheasant, I promised my sons I will only leave them to climb the hill to the long sleep if you dare to fan your wings in this room.
Normal, Illinois
by Richard Spilman Because home is the one place you cannot escape; because it sat in the middle of the county, in the middle of the
The Sadness of Hats
by Richard Spilman He had been taught like many men his age not to look at himself, even in mirrors. Shaving saw only what he had to. So it was
All the Miracles
by Sarah Wetzel Please St. Anthony, whether he’s dead or alive, whatever the outcome, please, let them find him by nightfall, said a weeping
Third Version
by Sarah Wetzel The rain leaves fingerprints in last summer’s dust of the window, while just off shore, anchored and waiting, the barge that will
Wildfire Season for Jane
by Angela Patten I see you on the concrete streets of East Liverpool, Ohio that industrial Crockery City where you were born. Your red hair like
Poem in Late April
by Angela Patten Just before The Great Disappointment when the Elect could still believe they had been singled out for salvation Just before the
Prodigal Moon
by Daniel Lusk More April cruelty: a friend denied tenure, aunt learns of bone cancer, brother suddenly gone. Budding spirea shattered, peonies
Meditation: March 7
by Daniel Lusk Where the pond will rise as deep snow ebbs slow–wise, brilliant light on oak and hemlock shadows fading paw prints. I could
Grief
by Daniel Lusk Now it is happening in the past: my brother is gone and I did nothing to stop him. Rain and snowmelt washed out the lane and I did
Some Winter Poems
by Daniel Lusk 1 Little blue finch has died. I should have known she’d not withstand cold in her cage alone. I buried her under the apple tree by
altar inclinations
by Ron Winkler translated from German by Jake Schneider the way I knew you, as a chant from naked fragrant June and the way you could
at island 35 for A. P.
by Ron Winkler translated from German by Jake Schneider the sea is flawlessly whipped up. it earned a more unsettling designation.
at a water neither river nor pond
by Ron Winkler translated from German by Jake Schneider wind forces flagellations on the trees — a suffering grasped out of thin air.
x-referential field portrait
by Ron Winkler translated from German by Jake Schneider so these cows, right, were parading around like absurd typewriters. for that
Reviews
Lake Studies: Meditations on Lake Champlain
by Daniel Lusk. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 2011, 96 pages, softcover, $14.95, ISBN: 978-0-9641856-8-5. Buy the Book From the preface of
Marengo Street: Selected Poems
by Anna Bat-Chai Wrobel. Moon Pie Press, 2012, paper, 89 pages, $12, ISBN: 978-1-4507-8777-2. Buy the Book History slips by us like exits on an
Aftermath
by Sandra M. Gilbert. W.W. Norton & Company, 2011, 160 pages, hardcover, $24.95, ISBN: 978-0-393-08112-1. Buy the Book I have to admit, when
Poet Biographies
Judith Zander
was born in Anklam, Germany, in 1980 and now lives in Berlin. In addition to writing poetry and prose, she translates English literature and is
Sarah Wetzel
poet and engineer, is the author of Bathsheba Transatlantic, which won the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry and was published in 2010 by Anhinga
Kevin Sweeney
has published two books of poems, Rags of Prayer and Ordinary Time, both from Moon Pie Press, with a third collection due out this year. He
Richard Spilman
is the author of two books of poetry: In the Night Speaking (Winner of the Sacramento Poetry Center Prize) and Suspension (New American Press
Jake Schneider
holds a degree in writing and languages from Sarah Lawrence College. His translations of Ron Winkler’s work have appeared in numerous literary
Bradley Schmidt
grew up in rural Kansas, completed a bachelor’s in German studies at a small liberal arts college there, studied German literature and theology
Ulrike Almut Sandig
was born in Großenhain (GDR) in 1979 and now lives in Leipzig and Berlin. She started publishing her poetry by pasting poems onto construction
Angela Patten
is the author of two poetry collections, Reliquaries and Still Listening, both published by Salmon Poetry, Ireland. Her poems have appeared in
Daniel Lusk
is author of Lake Studies: Meditations on Lake Champlain (LCMM, 2011), Kissing the Ground: New & Selected Poems (Onion River, 1999), and
Mariela Griffor
was born in the city of Concepcion in southern Chile. She is the author of Exiliana (2007) and House (2007) and founder of Marick Press. Her work
Polly Giantonio
lives in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania. Her poems are forthcoming in The Wisconsin Review and have appeared several times in the Aurorean and in
Iain Galbraith
has published poems in Poetry Review, The Times Literary Supplement, PN Review, New Writing, and elsewhere. His recent publications include
David Filer
has published Housekeeping, a chapbook of sonnets (Finishing Line Press, 2012) and The Fear of Love, a full–length collection (Plain View
Bill Edmondson
has had work in The Hollins Critic, Confrontation, Redactions, and Canary. He has only recently found time for a pursuit parallel to writing
Ulrike Draesner
has published five books of poetry, four novels, and two volumes of short stories. She is also the author of two collections of essays and has
Maria DiLorenzo
received her bachelor’s in English from the College of Staten Island and holds a master’s of fine arts in poetry from Hunter College. She
Tom Daley
has poems forthcoming in — or has work previously published in — a number of journals, including, Massachusetts Review, Harvard Review, Prairie
Bill Brown
recently retired as a part–time lecturer at Vanderbilt University. He has authored five poetry collections, three chapbooks, and a
Philip Arnold
now calls Ohio home after spending most of his life in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Several of his poems have appeared in The Iowa
Nancy Allison
had as poetry teachers Michael Waters and Amy Clampitt and, before them, the woods and waters of the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1990s, she moved to
Ron Winkler
is a German poet, writer, editor, critic, and translator living in Berlin. Born in 1973, he studied German literature and language and history at
Artist Biographies
Reviewers Biographies
Annie Seikonia
Bruce Spang
is the Poet Laureate of Portland, Maine, and recently retired from teaching English at nearby Scarborough High School. He is the editor of the
Christopher Hoffmann
teaches the interdisciplinary courses Nature and Culture and The Natural History of the Casco Bay Bioregion — as well as biology and