4 pomes || Billy Bob Beamer

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few nervous laughs. - this

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deep spa

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hit ithopo ard up caught

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poem || Jeff Harrison

Mules

they must glissade,
coding over, hers had
been sable aliasing, sez
Leona Africa, O, the
quarantine I can auger

I finalize muzzles,
Helsinki Hayden, O,

I finalize muzzles,
Helsinki Hayden,
are you coping
with O's psalms?

empathy geyser,
shrewdness!!!,
enemy geyser-
critiques did
diametrically
down its co-
alesced dro-
medary she
be dreamlike
to hers she
be dreamlife
for hers, "O,
the govern-
ment's bash -
how it does
so dangle me!"

dangling would howl,
he has been mules, w/
Shakespearian excluding,
goaded into calmness

mules, mules, would he
hound maneuver he may
be a libertine to her or
scalded ineligible - banishes
have bells on this event

hydro-
phobia
outfits
your ambles,
Prussian Doris, for
motionless disrupts

poem || John Crouse

SONNET

Alleluia, Crackhead Werewolf Fracking Petco Woebegone

Poughkeepsie, Foxhole Sagittarius, Corndogs Dunderhead

Doughboy Mongoloid Centigrade, Hoodoo Asphalt Botox

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Waterborne Detox Spareribs Crucifix. Hooters Bullseyes

Interludes Manholes Jelly Stovepipe Hippie Embalm

Swastika Juice, Freebase, Nebraska.

4 poems || John C. Goodman

the road

 

night naked

 

words curl

listen to the evoke

 

liar several mistake

ensnare aural unsatisfied

 

re-given fastidious undulate

enough argument tired

 

limbs of cool wind

limbs of dusk

 

too little too much

the rivers asleep

the road

insomnia

scattered          is

                the light

shredded in fragrant sorrow

confettied memories

spilling at the lip of remembrance

                water over an eyelash

“incarcerate,” the watchdog said, salivating

embroidered enigmas in the night

there must be an exit

                a way to spring the trap

“it was always that way,

the traffic, the exhaust,

it was never a release.”

                the life we forge in chains

freedom falling

                silent pieces

 

Borderline

                curved swallow wing

lineated space

abrupt discontinuance

unfinished crossing

                We are not done

                We are not done

lines of vague beauty

the woman in the sundress and war bonnet

                takes aim

writing lines of vague beauty

                on the backs of envelopes

 

sea urchins cry in the night

                for their homes in the deep

what grave panoply is this

                when what was forgiven is taken away

poem || Lawrence Upton

Homage to Birdyak

out not tooth door so whets the pointy

nod so

yon Stirrups Palmas these moiré strata nod philosophy thane sour to whither thetas the detrain has gooney

from ran dwarfs on the suet so Septets sty shed thanks to run soar Hz work

ether respond whom

the gong up she yet set sloppiness sourly the unsays thetas nod requires Somme

his undraped quit dirtily to Nauru pop to suss Soundly my so the ova nod the sprat unsay wry not whilst up nod not slur the postings thirdly sots rang post only sot the sot so phone rang from work the sots smut so Wye so king them down out throe trot so thumb nod they tot to surd to my soul sudsy smuch the sots quit lousily not ors the gnu until nary ode to thence theta whit you worth the money sty why to kph down to Len up nod not tour the outgo thirdly Ont. rang the pony Epping only on the on Otto Phnom rang trauma work the or near offer tat opt Wight king theme down there rot oat tam Ned thigh tot to Turk to my tool tutee mud aunt quota lowly Nod not Nat the gun until nary

odd to tank tat white you worth the monk then why to kilometres per hour down to nor pope to tutor the Moore tutor Laura the untie on Oct‘n’you

th’old Utah neon who old tore the docent oat them out there

nut tromp the you opt the font month or the next month

hut ply to Tutu

[Birdyak was Bob Cobbing and Hugh Metcalfe + various others for the nonce.

This poem was written 1996 or 1997 with the intention of taking it to the Writers Forum Workshop

to see if we could actually perform it; but it was never tried, perhaps because there were other things to do...]

4 poems || Volodymyr Bilyk

1.

Wind

That

Blows

In c

Versus

Wind

That

Blows

In D

Who’s gonna finish who?

Wind

That

Blows

In c

Had beaten

Wind

That

Blows

In d –

Because of heritage behind his tone.

…

But wait a moment

What’s goin’ on?

Diffusion! –

CD DC - DC CD

CD DC - DC CD

CD DC - DC CD

2.

It was the greatest dance

Of throws and rushes

The greatest tumble

Down the stairs

Into the bed

Into the arms

Around the neck

Then plunging into water

Within an ace

Away from nipple

A drop of glue had fallen

Because of tremor of the ankle

The picture spoiled. What a waste.

3.

Hiss and whiz

And fetid smell

Pin and finger -

Going to the point

Rocking

4.

У УО ОА

И І А

ИАИ УИ

У АИ

А ИУ ААИ

УА ІЯИ

ЯИ УУ

И ОЕИ І

ИІ

ІА Е ІИ

ІІАИ

ІИА ЯЕ ІІ

ІАИ ЕЯ

А ОЕ И

УАЄ ОЕИ ОАИ

ЯІ І

ЯУ ИИ ИОА

УА АУЄИО

ЕЕУ І ЕО ОУ

ИААЄ ЯУ УУ

ОИ УУ

И І И

УИ І ИІ

АЮЄ АЕ ОАЕ

УО АИОІІИ

І ООО ОО

УЕ АЕО

ІОИ АО

О І И

УУ І ИО

УЯ ОУОЯ УА

УІ УІ И ОУ

У ААИ

У А ОУ

О ИІ А

А ОУ

О УУ

ІАИ

И ОЕІ

ИУЄ

О ЕЕ

ИОИ ІЕ

АЕУИО

ІИАИ

ЯО О АЮ

ОО ЕА АІУ

О ІОО ЕИО

ИИАЮИЕО

АІИ

ОІ УЯИ АОИО

АО І ЕЕ Е А ІИ ЕЕ

ИИ ИИ АОАО

ОО ИИ

ЯА І ОИ ОИ

І ЕЕ АІ

ІО УЕ ЯОЮІ

У У

ОИ ОО

У - И

ООИ ОИОО

Е УИ ІЕ Е УА

ІЕ АІ ОО

ОИ УИИ ЕЕ

АО АИ АУИ

ИЮ ОИ ИІЕ

У ЕАЄ

Е ОИ А ЕОЯО

ОИО ОЕ

І ОИО ІЯ

АО ОУОО АЕ ОУ

АОУ ИО ОУ

poems || Felino A. Soriano

from Of these spiraled identities

XIX

my interaction with angles

is an attempted reconfiguration of paralleling

alteration, this

removal of accented connectivity connotes

gem with the fingering flame of

interacted characteristics and

the feeling (in the hoping of unfleeing)

appreciated by an object’s objective

notion of realizing position as physiological

infatuation

XXVII

these turns are accolades

                                                                        away

                        from the jejune

unjumping

            stagnant

                                                miracles of an hour’s isolated silence                                      the

rhythm of a typist’s

tools

                                    captures quite

in the dwelling of correctness

the

necessary ultimatum

self of the varied autonomy

provides among provisional

sections of needing resuscitation, altered

XXVIII

promise of the becoming aspectual

darkness

            following                     fingering                      fathoming

                                    celebratory                  syncopated                  serenades

these auspicious

gems or flame of the touchable

italics

needing the celebratory touch/torch

momentum to

                                                                        involve dissolution

engage with the etching of sound as memory’s

mimesis operation

when

elongated serials

sympathize                              as does the leaning inhalation             used

to develop a morning-energy exactness this

volume of diligent pressing of sound into misshapen inventions

XXIX

                        —for Mia

to my daughter I

hand a palm-etched rhythm

                (each lined phrase focused, not yet final)

radial in the facet of continuous

canvass

an asking

to

                                    —envelop in the blurred function a wing

            spans spectral meaning an

aerial designation:

                                                                        listen upon learning

an alphabetic reaction a

worded braided weight

lunges into revelatory logic

leaving

                        in the hope residue will fan the vision of neoteric explanation

                        painting upon extracted verbs

singing into the your-tunnel rendition of physical becoming a

newness in sound within the voice of your growing volume

XXX

of happiness

yet

                        not yet that happiness, as my morning’s laughter is resting into her sleeping

            lean

—in the whole of this moment a

piano expresses

functional creativity the

                                    oval sound and encapsulating mirrors watch

while my dancing

echoes the function of

div

id

ed

                                                            memories |prior/now| and the insinuation of

crisscrossing angles and

their freed extension of this jazz

into noon’s erratic disposition

XXXI

as when evenfall                                 expands the languages of hoar

(need               age                   affirmation                  annual)

                                                                        a serenaded silhouette

                                    soft

in the silver gift of anniversary assumption

            lets

through loosened meanders

                                                                                    realized span of song

and the interrogating eyes of neoteric thinking

reacts

redistributes

recommends

interrelated meanings to

dissolve prior

endeavors to impersonate

language

2 texts || David James Owens

04

psychokinetic chemical chain chemical reaction anomaly peace officer extragalactic one thousand thousand questioning yellowish bush biology solvent watch over enactment heavenly body collective farm tautological overall free weight epitaxial calculus backgammon cedarwood halcyon hymnals milestone whole number vitae colorful percentile junkyard social status anticyclonic enchained

05

unidentified golly lavalier health professional periwig hurry gustatory long enclosure dragonflies tamping bar ribbon fish rebellious transmission foodstuff brainchild receptor upshot coiled figure of speech solid food slothful installation book of facts bunko game minor discourse market keeper laurel wreath searchlight metric being renovator pregnancy epiphany tableware prayerbook foundation thwarting flaming united jackhammer evil opinion deviant government building no fixing

 

poem || Jeff Harrison

Five To Five


shellac calls to shellac, lemon to lemon,
canvas to canvas, cherub to cherub,
high horse to high horse, blog to blog,
nimblelessness to nimblelessness, eye to eye,
gunslinger to gunslinger, rabbit to rabbit,


lizard to lizard, barnacle to barnacle,
silver dollar to silver dollar, bill to bill
Caliph to Caliph, dust to dust,
cheek to cheek, ocean to ocean,
toe to toe, star to star,


card to card, nose to nose,
coast to coast, side to side,
hand to hand, end to end,
state to state, day to day,
ear to ear, saucepan to saucepan


wall to wall, sea to sea,
door to door, motorcade to motorcade,
heart to heart, hat to hat,
ashes to ashes, villian to villian,
point to point, wave to wave,


love to love, head to head,
prose to prose, soup to soup,
nuts to nuts, main to main,
ode to ode, apostrophe to apostrophe,
parasite to parasite, face to face

poem || John Crouse

SONNET

Tarantula Hangovers Confidentiality, Trollope

Helianthus Mekong Clambake, Rizzoli Astaire  

Myrrh. Typo Bronchus, Chex Nimbostratus Alzheimers  

Clitoris, Cadaver Toiletries, Wingspan Opine. Corso Ladle

Skunk Opie Kerning, Skank Frigging Spindrift Fondue. Microfiber

Hanukkah Speedboat Pinches Dickens, Doolittle

Camphor, Popovich Heliotrope. Porkpie Cumin Freckles

Nuremberg Toggery Feckless. Cronkite Molehills

Frankincense, Zit Vodka Dogen Sparknotes Tachometer

Patchen Munsters. Supine Boilerplate Palmistry Follicles

Tarawa Ocular Pickwick Namecheck Ono Soundcheck  

Hyundai Cendrars, Valium Letterpress. Hacksaw Grenier

Windfall, Cellulite Scrimshaw, Ravioli Kokopelli Dubstep

Handmaiden Battlestar Tarantino Overhangs.

poem || John Crouse

SONNET

Socrates Cornrow, Detonation Outro, Shaman Julep

Rastafarian Barcode Ouroboros, Cinquefoil Astrolabe

Shingles. Scandinavian Poncho Japes Rigor Brownstone

Pringles, Tuesdays Nabokov Desktop Ovulates. Tortoiseshell

Timebomb, Pubic Rugby Subaru, Ecclesiastes Pinball

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poems || John Pursch

Zepriondies

Stemz adjest biethraken estrouple phelters, 

gimlin wod nouheiver smerdged thimium whoggle, 

cleapie ardle propplediesquartch tefrainian scuph 

hober scautanolium hoptiot bendiercron gleaker, 

prottid uvalveam hortleumph brouzers. 

Neguon eftiat horcked effuelet chagotchet bloudle, 

cragemite proupiary misaldou neirdoture 

enscougiant blier melacenole prougam, 

creften andoujian scelfard quopher. 

Sopueackle bumplephrei whoopian nogt, 

espardgious whourbriest propium neirph, 

zattiul egreium thalliculot scentubian elmoph, 

puerostine dilpherod herms escranget tarcep noints, 

hespersional mouflocht dawhiet. 

Nebrekon spougle, ven simulactium heldge terelphiot phliet, 

halumenly scentium crangumod zepriondies cren barief, 

ghourarliocht amalitop len jugian vareloaf prodgies, 

phlinchen trouph egstraluracumen trastium puey.

Nocturnal Ahoys

Redacted eidetic effluvia perpetrate emetic frost, spacious and deplorably runny, scooped by ulterior boneyard sheiks in tolerance sundae pools. Frenzied giraffes imbibe umbilical tastebuds, quenching drafty hedges, foundering on openly shorn editions of cleverly pining weasels. Asking prisms gel to loosely crumpled tenpins, dappled by linear propagators in swarms of pendular thrall, glazed to nodular monism for flatland wheezers. Necklines glom onward, pester horizontal pallor’s hillside dentures, and hear staid purgation’s whimsy; irrigated underpinnings trebled into ham-fisted tomfoolery. Thronging revelers evaluate ptomaine erudition, hiring charismatic pseudopods to sparkle anonymous burglars with blooper mosaic tolls, waddling in muscatel. Hammers bellow fastener stems, piping ceramic animal blurts to deckhand floozies, toppling wallabies deranged by dour insistent milking flutes. Streams sway derisive parricidal loaves, hemming hebephrenic hitching spouts, craggy and superannuated. Relative crash paddocks implode, snaking perennial gunboat gravel through grated pleasure motes, seeping nocturnal ahoys. Choo-choo granaries casually sack implausible medical chives, shaking melodic salad age, palming often-lived averages on prosthetic eastern menu fixers. Horrible voters ideate in licensed steam bath prawns, grafted with wife lines, smugly jeopardizing bailed hoopla elves. Snot withstands inklings of grisly petard crust, mouthing opinion broth, flushing blocked howls to marbled ateliers. Lasting referents sentence hunched kneepads to schlock fistulae, sizzle in coal hardeners, and dramatize extolled brevet minority kelp, masking local eyesores in loopy hieratic stout. Harrowing alloys insult impolitic urea dribblers, limpid beyond basal iliac sunshine’s frugal hyacinth, probably psyched for pageantry. Parapets dwindle between gunnery marrow’s avuncular arrests, reconnoitered in souffle hovels, briskly mottled in dithyrambic stains of grassland chaw. Avian antics leer at wingtips, floor shamanic signatories, and lead symbolic Cypriots to dearth’s official gaze, defying buxom endives of elderberry spawn. Protest crests in land shark moment squash, popped by slovenly thieves, whisking haddock past arugula rears. Teabags flex bisexual crawlspace mutes, singing birth lag runes. Abdominal birds obey ancillary anvil touts, meshed with mighty hindsight news, coughing down lipids. Mackerel fulminate at recitation clues, torqued to burly blank blonde parole, handling spatial lode emery bloat with superficial wrenches.

poem || John Crouse

SONNET

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Waterfall Fuddruckers Salo. Pizza Obituaries. Dashcam

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Mythology Fulcrum Supergiant Pussy Floss.