MIA KANG
Paranoia (Pas de Deux)
I had a feeling for the music
but not for myself
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MIA KANG
MARK LEIDNER
Spoonerisms
love of treasure
trove of leisure
NATHAN MCCLAIN
Multiple Choice
every battle
is lost by someone
HEID E. ERDRICH
Three Poems
In this desert we women take care
of what water may be
ALICIA MOUNTAIN
Ultragreen
There was a lot about plants
breathing, a lot about tending, dirt on skin
ERIN MARIE LYNCH
The Real Thing
trying to find language
behind my facade
of language
ALBERT ABONADO
Mano
forgive me for what my hands forgot
BRITTANY CAVALLARO
Midas’s Hairdresser
When forced to make
small talk, I drew on what I knew.
T. DALLAS SAYLOR
On the Plain of Dura in the Province of Delaware
that’s the kind of angel I’d be
a ballplayer, like everyone else in heaven
L. A. JOHNSON
Hidden Meadow
the meadow submits
to cold hands