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Special Feature — Word Poems
Poems containing the words ribbon, illuminate, visitor, and question.

 

Four Poems
 
A moonflower seeded by wind
opens its petals, scents the evening.
Next season no trace.
 
Ruth D. Handel

 

Two Poems
 
Crabbed poisonous berries appeared on the ground.
My father walked the land like a sheriff.
 
Jamie Bruno

 

Milos
 
he reaches in the uterine
darkness of the niche,
expecting to find only
rubble
 
Scott Urban

 

Detour
 
the far hills come to me as if summoned by a time machine from the speed-unlimited future
 
E. M. Schorb

 

The Elevated Train
 
It stops at the platform,
still wrapped in the threads
of the city's dreams
 
Hugo J. Quizhpi

 

Cranes Fly In
 
Awkwardly they land in the rustle
of wetland grass and immediately engage in conversation
with anyone who will listen.
 
Bob Bradshaw

 

Elegy for Keith
 
It is the day after Christmas
and we have not really been friends since high school and not a single
one of us has our shit together.
 
Elizabeth Kerper

 

En Route
 
at the corner teenagers with the smell of pot
in the air gather in a group to criticize passersby
 
Gabriella Belfiglio

 

Time Out of Mind
 
Are you warm enough? Sure?
I just put the kettle on.
Look! It's starting to snow.
Another war.
 
Marjorie Mir