The Open Issue
Winter 2016 · Vol. 38 No. 3
Contemporary Verse 2 volume 38.3 “The Open Issue” marks the beginning of CV2‘s fifth decade and features the winners of the Young Buck Poetry Prize and 2-Day Poem Contest. The issue includes new poetry from Sarah Klassen, John Wall Barger, Linda Frank, and Ted Landrum as well as several book reviews.
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- sleeping you know they love you if they take your picture while you’re sleeping. / i take pictures because i feel like i ...
- mandolin ) and gifted unlearnings < 2 waltzes as two guns loaded out truck, out dyad doors, out every single possibilitie(s) ...
- Old Man Winter 1 Old man winter’s got a gap-toothed scowl on his stubbled / crag. He spits blizzards like Copenhagen chew, ...
- Fulfillment These geese have accomplished what they were born for: / tedious flight north, nest building on a river bank, / ...
- Goose The goose was in love with three ganders and they loved her in return — / unheard of in the annals of barnyard ...
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