Category: Fall 2009 Poems
Panic Grass and Feverfew
by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc After a quiet flash: a second sun rose and fell and flattened four square miles — half–grown potatoes cooked in the
Guide
by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc She led me in among the voiceless things. A long hallway, of course, and locked doors. She asked me to describe their pins
from “The Bare Necessities”
by Simon Pettet Two oranges, incense, a little fire water Some tastefully–wilted flowers, A perpetually shining bowl Two cups
A Vow
by Simon Pettet Each portion of perfect beauty is acutely noted, deftly remarked upon and not at all dismissed Clap hands mouth clichés. When did
Some Musings in the Solarium
by Simon Pettet lizard sits on a rock lizard sits sun’s hot sun refracted to lizard through the spotlessly–clean high–rise
Ode to the Romance of the Thief
by Paula Cisewski But if he was hungry the thief or his children were hungry who said he has children better if he has the thief stealing the
Melusina
by J. B. Sisson “You’ve got the breasts of a mermaid,” he said and added, “She just called. She wants them back.” A fantasy implodes with one
Tulip
by J.B. Sisson In 1666 there lived a duke whose angels told him, “All the world is crude. Ignore the fools who call you Monsieur Prude. Proud
Baby the Crime
by Janice Miller Potter of a century happened just like that at your dad’s estate sale a snapshot of you at six months fell from a box that
Plenitud (Plenitude)
by Laura Delia Quintero Garcia Crisantemo de vértigo espino de placer galanadura deja que ahuyente tus inercias