Apr/May 2002 |
e c l e c t i c a p o e t r y
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Special Feature — Word Poems
Poems containing the words wax, deadly, click, and parachute.
Includes a special invitation for the next issue.
Three Poems
the weight of the sky
is brutal
but necessary
john sweet
Match
Your face bloomed,
orange and guileless
in the match-light
Michael Gates
Horizon
Little boats appearing
and disappearing
on a curved horizon.
Glenn W. Cooper
I Hold Your Body Up
I hold your body up to the sun,
an alluring white slide for the
microscope of the universe
Ward Kelley
Getting Over
A toast to his teeth gentle on my ribs,
to his thumb beckoning inside me
Christine Hamm
Desire
she waits, eyes stained
like plums, like a child
with a knife
Kristy Bowen
Song of Water
The song of water
is not a constant song
Vincent Canizaro, Jr.
Two Poems
The big tent breathes
a heavy, vacant sigh,
and moonlight spills
Joe Hackworth