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Special Feature — Word Poems
Poems containing the words silent, puzzle, envelop, and hypnotize.

 

Three Poems
 
The landlords told us that this used
to be paradise while I watched
a neighbor choke his daughter.
 
Michelle Brooks

 

Adityaha
 
The woken leaves sigh.
Another day lost
in thoughts of a once-lover.
 
Lakshmi Arya Thathachar

 

Herding Sheep with Bill
 
A step ahead of most of us, he shamed us all with his uncanny vigor,
Pushing himself up the slope with a blackthorn cane
 
James Mele

 

Fog Along the Shore
 
I see my mother stroll with bare-armed, young
women who gossip as their toddlers race
 
Chuck Kramer

 

Flotsam and Jetsam
 
dry-retching stings my throat—
I can't sing your hook
 
Lee Nash

 

blue and blue and blue #35
 
i was wrong
to think the weed
of any moment
was worthless
 
Darren C. Demaree

 

The Suspension
 
I'm not very bright,
but I make up for it by growing old in the moments
 
Joel Fry

 

In Bed on 63rd Street
 
It's the usual scene
of someone drowning while perfectly still
 
Candace Rex

 

The Ache of Lack: A Play in Words
 
who does not yearn for justice—a lattice
or perhaps merely a serviceable poultice?
 
Annie Stenzel