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December 2008

Stuart White, "Untitled," 2008.

The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.

  • Roddy Lumsden
  • Todd Boss
  • Joan Houlihan
  • Ange Mlinko
  • Fred D'Aguiar
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From this Issue
    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine The Young

      By Roddy Lumsden
      You bastards! Itā€™s all sherbet, and follyĀ Ā Ā 
      makes you laugh like mules. ChancesĀ Ā Ā 
      dance off your wrists, each day ready,Ā Ā Ā 

      sprites in your bones and spite not yetĀ Ā Ā 
      swollen, not yet set. You gather handfulĀ Ā Ā 
      after miracle handful, seeing straight,Ā Ā Ā 

      reaching the lighthouse in...

    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine This Morning in a Morning Voice

      By Todd Boss
      to beat the froggiestĀ Ā Ā 
      of morning voices,Ā Ā Ā 
      Ā Ā Ā my son gets out of bedĀ Ā Ā 
      and takes a lumpish songĀ Ā Ā 
      Ā Ā Ā alongā€”a little lyricĀ Ā Ā 
      learned in kindergarten,Ā Ā Ā 
      Ā Ā Ā something about aĀ Ā Ā 
      boat. Heā€™s found it inĀ Ā Ā 
      Ā Ā Ā the bog of his throatĀ Ā Ā 
      before his feet have hitĀ Ā Ā 
      Ā Ā Ā the ground, followsĀ Ā Ā 
      its wonky melody downĀ Ā Ā 
      Ā Ā Ā the hall and...

    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine She had a death in me

      By Joan Houlihan
      She had a death in me, knees drawn upĀ Ā Ā 
      and my bowl and cloth rinsed through with her.Ā Ā Ā 
      As morning takes night, field closes the hare,Ā Ā Ā 
      and ay would burrow into her.Ā Ā Ā 

      Over the altar, catalpas rattle,Ā Ā Ā 
      shadow and bother the branch.Ā Ā Ā 
      Is this her...

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