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From the magazine:Dynamic Disks, 1933

By Raymond Antrobus
My phone memory is full
of canvases I have cried in front of—
circles, holes—
Shadows on water.

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From the magazine:Chipping Sparrow

By Susan Howe
Left the body

Drowsd a little
Done with soul


What to think
Dusting up crown

Garment mirror…

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From the magazine:There Is a Force Stronger Than the Sea

By Nick Makoha

True artistic freedom needs both: the removal of barriers and the creation of pathways.

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From the magazine:The Poem with No End

By Linda Hogan
For those who don’t come to the end of this poem,
some harsh and endless wave of ocean
will bring to…

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From the magazine:The Poem with No End

By Linda Hogan
For those who don’t come to the end of this poem,
some harsh and endless wave of ocean
will bring to you the forever vision, the way a mother weeps...
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