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Jeffrey Schultz – XI. No Regrets

Jeffrey Schultz XI. No Regrets Bare of birds This morning The freeway trees Cease to sway The gentle sway Of freeway trees Above idle traffic’s Low rumble and chug. Bare of birds, The freeway trees’ Stock collapses; They lose political power. And their browns then Grow browner, Their greenish-browns Browner too Until they giveContinue reading “Jeffrey Schultz – XI. No Regrets”

Marisol Baca – Remedios Sketch 4

Marisol Baca Remedios Sketch 4 She is in motion her neck is as long as a swan’s there are fleur des lis traveling away from her she rides on a machine of wheels and on the engines of flight She comes with a raiment of clouds and interstellar dust there are webs fluttering betweenContinue reading “Marisol Baca – Remedios Sketch 4”

Jeffrey Schultz – X. Poem of Fruits to Come

Jeffrey Schultz X. Poem of Fruits to Come Liberation is not at hand. In my parents’ yard, A modest three-quarters of an acre, Stands a single late Elberta peach tree. In my childhood and youth, Before all the remaining Valley acreage was torn out, The fruit could be found at roadside stands. I rememberContinue reading “Jeffrey Schultz – X. Poem of Fruits to Come”

Marisol Baca – Remedios Sketch 3

Marisol Baca Remedios Sketch 3 There is an owl face looking out at me and a ghost ship of a mouth Somewhere between her last home and her future self, the sun is at her back she is on a country road Marisol Baca’s artist statement: Over the past 15 days, I haveContinue reading “Marisol Baca – Remedios Sketch 3”

Jeffrey Schultz – IX. Poem Written Eighteen Years after Having First Met the Poet Joshua Robbins on September 11, 2001

Jeffrey Schultz IX. Poem Written Eighteen Years after Having First Met the Poet Joshua Robbins on September 11, 2001 Faith is mute with a muteness All faith’s own. It is nothing so resounding As the muteness of god, Structured though it is By this same. We had supposed Poetry might be made still toContinue reading “Jeffrey Schultz – IX. Poem Written Eighteen Years after Having First Met the Poet Joshua Robbins on September 11, 2001”