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.
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- Malcolm X: The Last Interview (February 21, 1965), with Vogue (via James Baldwin) I / / Race is a masque— / brown, in my case; / / and it’s a mosque— / blue, in our black ...
- Tornado Chaser My son scans the sky for supercell storms / the way I once watched ladders of light for signs / of the ...
- Greg: Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan It was a mean / while, and fuckin’ warm, / / as we swarmed / a pact-racket of battle-hungry / ...
- Jazz when is it day when / is it day when / is it day / when / is it / day / / ADAMS, ...
- Your Parka Trimmed in Fur We are surrounded by milky coffee / steaming out of cups on white saucers. / A bit of bread, blackberry jam. ...
- Crossing the High Level Bridge A seagull jumps off into a wind that cracks it open over the nestled knot / of some inner-bird hinge that moves ...
- Reply to a Footnote __ / 1 Obfuscating , you say, to devils like me / who reads you? / / His accent ...
- Contest winner Fall Guys Despite their common name, scapegoats / are seen in the spring and summer. / / Take note: the fact ...
- Contest winner Early morning, PMO Hansard, bound in the dead of night, arrives. / / Lay the debate open on the table. / Leaf through, ...
- Contest winner Cornetto In the monthly magazine, / you are bound for glory, / standing tall, antiquated, / your lean body / ...
- Contest winner In April This season, this month / you worry about papers, exams. / You analyze Wordsworth and Byron / and tell me ...
- Contest winner Market Air redolent with herb. / Marrow bone, leg of lamb, tenderloin / bound with red string. Travel makes you ...