March 2008

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Poem

From the magazine:
Containment

By A.E. Stallings

So long I have been carrying myself
Carefully, carefully, like a small child
With too much water in a real glass
Clasped in two hands, across a space as vast
As living rooms, while gazes watch the waves
That start...

Poem

From the magazine:
The Violinist at the Window, 1918

By Jorie Graham

Poem

From the magazine:
Ode to Big Trend

By Terrance Hayes

Pretty soon the Negroes were looking to get paid.
My partner, Big Trend, wiped his ox neck and said

He wasn't going to wait too much longer. You
Know that look your daddy gets before he whups you?
...

March 2008

From this Issue

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Containment

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:The Violinist at the Window, 1918

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Ode to Big Trend

Table of Contents

From the magazine:
Containment

From the magazine:
The Violinist at the Window, 1918

From the magazine:
Ode to Big Trend