Category: Fall 2010 Issue
What You See Is What You Get
by David Budbill Thoughts never twisty. Confucius, The Analects Grace Paley said once, in a hand written note to me, We write big,
Contradictions
by David Budbill Zen monks like it quiet. Kuang-shan Lao Tzu said, Beautiful words are not true. True words are not beautiful. I think
Po Chü-i and His Poetry Karma
by David Budbill Poor Po Chü-i cursing his poetry karma while he brushes out another poem. He, the Taoist devotee, disciple of silence, seeking
Po Chü-i Believed in Idleness
by David Budbill Po Chü-i believed in idleness — we might call it “staring at the wall” — that waiting, listening for the words of the poem to
Motel Noir
by Zara Raab In one corner, a chair; near the door, another, cover in mottled blue, twin beds like box cars jutting into the room, beds crisply
Seedlip and Sweet Apple
by Arra Lynn Ross, Milkweed Editions, 2010, 95 pages, paper, $16, ISBN: 978-1-57131-434-5 Buy the Book About a decade ago, as part of a college
Spirits in Bondage, A Cycle in Lyrics and Phantom Noise
by C.S. Lewis (as Clive Hamilton), released online by Project Gutenberg in 1999, Ebook No. 2003, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2003. Reissued
Parable of Hide and Seek
by Chad Sweeney, Alice James Books, 2010, 88 pages, paper, $15.95, ISBN: 978-1-882295-82-1 Buy the Book If you’ve ever had the good fortune to
The Giving of Pears
by Abayomi Animashaun, Black Lawrence Press, 2010, 82 pages, paper, $14.00, ISBN: 978-0-9826364-3-5 Buy the Book The Giving of Pears is an
