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Special Feature — Word Poems
Poems containing the words yarn (or yam), cushion, attic, and cocoon.

 

Her Boy
 
He was twelve and cheerful, especially
On his way back from school in the monsoon
 
Sriya Narayanan

 

The Great Mother Has No Face
 
river gently flowing past
future meeting in the middle of yesterday
 
Erika Lutzner

 

Two Poems
 
I think the palms that made those prints
reached out to claim a debt.
 
Kristin Roedell

 

Mallory's Element
 
With or without me the
glacier carves broken ribs.
 
Lucy Jilka

 

Numerology
 
You arrived in a hearse
because Chilton was too small
for an ambulance.
 
Drew Dillhunt

 

Two Poems
 
Let them hear the thrum
throb strum string of your blood.
 
Nitoo Das

 

Some Men Dig Tunnels
 
Some men dig tunnels
to freedom
using only a toothbrush
 
Adam Chambers