Poetry Only
Spring 2011. Vol. 33 No.4
Poetry by George Elliott Clarke, Tanis MacDonald, Evelyn Lau, and others in our annual issue of nothing but poetry. Also in this issue are the winners of the 2010 2-Day Poem Contest.
Online content from this issue
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Malcolm X: The Last Interview (February 21, 1965), with Vogue (via James Baldwin)
by George Elliott ClarkeI Race is a masque— brown, in my case; and it’s a mosque— blue, in our black case.... -
Tornado Chaser
by Roxanna BennettMy son scans the sky for supercell storms the way I once watched ladders of light for signs of the... -
Greg: Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan
by Keith InmanIt was a mean while, and fuckin’ warm, as we swarmed a pact-racket of battle-hungry rag-tag, mis-fits when... -
Jazz
by Peter Taylorwhen is it day when is it day when is it day when is it day ADAMS, Richard, 57,... -
Your Parka Trimmed in Fur
by Julie Cameron GrayWe are surrounded by milky coffee steaming out of cups on white saucers. A bit of bread, blackberry jam. Gloves... -
Crossing the High Level Bridge
by Suzannah ShowlerA seagull jumps off into a wind that cracks it open over the nestled knot of some inner-bird hinge that... -
Reply to a Footnote
by Robin Durnford__ 1 Obfuscating , you say, to devils like me who reads you? His accent unholy as vampires... -
Fall Guys
by Gabe ForemanDespite their common name, scapegoats are seen in the spring and summer. Take note: the fact that you got... -
Early morning, PMO
by Paris SeaHansard, bound in the dead of night, arrives. Lay the debate open on the table. Leaf through, take in... -
Cornetto
by Karen P. OuelletteIn the monthly magazine, you are bound for glory, standing tall, antiquated, your lean body legendary, -a solemn note of... -
In April
by Jaun HarrowThis season, this month you worry about papers, exams. You analyze Wordsworth and Byron and tell me this morning with... -
Market
by Jim NasonAir redolent with herb. Marrow bone, leg of lamb, tenderloin bound with red string. Travel makes you wise— tomorrow I...