Poetry

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If we stand together beside the lake…

By Melanie Cameron
If we stand together beside the lake / on a spring afternoon, the breeze / will hold out its many cool hands / to greet us. And if we lie / down,...
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Dog-star on the brain

By Sylvia Legris
Barometric saraband: triple-time dance of the thermometer, heat / palpitations. / You fumble for meaning in sweat & inevitability; damp sheets, / inexhaustible sheep & sleep / is a backwards counting of...
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Scenes from a Spiteful Business

By Todd Besant
I. Pressure /   / start in midair, say, on a plane / the change in your ears as you descend–the pressure–is the / weight of the air      it is laid out...

under the sun

By Karen Solie
Rain is the merging of cool air with warm / under general conditions of humidity. Try to remember / it has nothing to do with love / or grief. This is the...