Category: Fall 2015 Issue – Sumac Tribute Issue

George Balanchine, 1904–1983.
by Gerard Malanga Elephants are the greatest dancers. George Balanchine knew this. They make no claim to beauty but overwhelm with nimble

Galway Kinnell
by Gerard Malanga Goodbye Galway as my sciatica is acting up, and you turn to laugh. Constant reminders, headaches of so much left

NORTH TOWER Exploding
by Clayton Eshleman 10:28 AM: top of the Tower: the antenna spire begins to descend

A MORNING WRITHING WITH Revelation
by Clayton Eshleman A MORNING WRITHING WITH Revelation [Bacon & Giacometti at Gagosian]

A PERFECT CIRCLE
by Jerome Rothenberg THREE POEMS FROM “A FURTHER WITNESS” for Anselm Hollo in memoriam A PERFECT CIRCLE the protocol of light runs

THE FLOW OF TIME
by Jerome Rothenberg THREE POEMS FROM “A FURTHER WITNESS” for Anselm Hollo in memoriam THE FLOW OF TIME to pose a question & to

AS THE SKY GOES BLACK
by Jerome Rothenberg THREE POEMS FROM “A FURTHER WITNESS” for Anselm Hollo in memoriam AS THE SKY GOES BLACK fixed in place or running

The Maltese M
by George Bowering Surely it tells us something that more people read Paradise Lost than even begin reading Paradise Regained. Things used to

Myth is History
by George Bowering The toilet paper I’ve used during my life — do I owe the earth a tree? Two trees? But wait, haven’t my turds fed the earth, or

Curiosity
by George Bowering The neonate looked up at me with eyes I have known forever. Then clouds, white on top, grey underneath, slid behind those