“Hack” by Chad Parenteau

Hack

Live in your purse
given
with
thirty
silver
given
to
hang
unfor-
given
your live-in purse

Chad Parenteau
10/30/15

“Fall” by Shloka Shankar

Fall

Inside autumn’s womb,
a
maple
leaf
stirs,
a
lonesome
cricket
chirps;
a
womb inside autumn.

Shloka Shankar
10/25/15

“Doubt” by Kelly Nelson

Doubt

Now that I know
God
she
nightly
confides,
God!
Am
I
really
God?
I know that now.

Kelly Nelson
10/21/15

“For Billie Holiday” and “Snapshot: Pre-Breakup” by Vicki Poulos

For Billie Holiday

Lyric rent from fettered fruit.
Trades
silk
for
kerosene.
Trades
elegy
for
dirge.
Trades
unfettered lyric from rent fruit.

Snapshot: Pre-Breakup

Aside the now idle steps held hands
sustain
an
instant’s
shutter-hold
sustain
guttered
smiles,
cannot
sustain
held hands idling now, aside the steps.

Vicki Poulos
10/17/15

“Recipe for a Baltimore Uprising” by Truth Thomas

Recipe for a Baltimore Uprising

Place 12 police knees in 1 black back, hate on HIGH
preparing
spine
snapped
fresh,
preparing
screams
handcuff
seasoned.
Preparing
HATE on high, place 12 police knees in 1 black back.

Truth Thomas
10/11/15

“A Skinny by Jodi Andrews”

In early October,
sunset
orange
leaves
leak
sunset
beyond,
mark
summer’s
sunset
in early October.

Jodi Andrews
10/11/15

“Three Skinnys Between Kinderhook and Albany” by David P. Miller

Three Skinnys Between Kinderhook and Albany

January. From early dark
dusk
reflects
snow
against
dusk 
train
windows.
          White
          dusk
          from early dark, January.

Three deer hidden from the highway
watching
          sleeping
          car
          drowser
watching
          winter
          window
          reflection
watching
three deer hidden from the highway.

Snow-overcoated rock pile
          slides
          railbed
          side.
          Train
          slides
          toward
          Chicago.
          Sunset
          slides
over snow-coated rock pile.

David P. Miller
10/8/15

“Reflections in a Mirror” by Michael Coolen

Reflections in a Mirror

My body revolting and soft and fat and I
hate
my
big
breasts
hate
the
priest
fondling
hate
my fat and soft and revolting body and I

Michael Coolen
10/1/15