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• Malcolm X: The Last Interview (February 21, 1965), with Vogue (via James Baldwin) by George Elliott Clarke I /   / Race is a masque— / brown, in my case; /   / and it’s a mosque— / blue, in our black ...
• Tornado Chaser by Roxanna Bennett 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 by Keith Inman It was a mean / while, and fuckin’ warm, /   / as we swarmed / a pact-racket of battle-hungry / ...
• Jazz by Peter Taylor when is it day when / is it day when / is it day / when / is it / day /   / ADAMS, ...
• Your Parka Trimmed in Fur by Julie Cameron Gray We are surrounded by milky coffee / steaming out of cups on white saucers. / A bit of bread, blackberry jam. ...
• Crossing the High Level Bridge by Suzannah Showler 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 by Robin Durnford  __ / ¹ Obfuscating , you say, to devils like me /                 who reads you? /   / His accent ...
• Contest winner Fall Guys by Gabe Foreman Despite their common name, scapegoats / are seen in the spring and summer. /   / Take note: the fact ...
• Contest winner Early morning, PMO by Paris Sea Hansard, bound in the dead of night, arrives. /   / Lay the debate open on the table. / Leaf through, ...
• Contest winner Cornetto by Karen P. Ouellette In the monthly magazine, / you are bound for glory, / standing tall, antiquated, / your lean body / ...
• Contest winner In April by Jaun Harrow This season, this month / you worry about papers, exams. / You analyze Wordsworth and Byron / and tell me ...
• Contest winner Market by Jim Nason Air redolent with herb. / Marrow bone, leg of lamb, tenderloin / bound with red string. Travel makes you ...