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Brian Turner – The Yellow Jackets on Our Tongues

Brian Turner “The moment always comes when, having collected one’s ideas, certain images, an intuition of a certain kind of development… one must pass on to the actual realization. This is the most delicate moment…the moment when the poet or writer makes his first mark on the page, the painter on his canvas, when theContinue reading “Brian Turner – The Yellow Jackets on Our Tongues”

Monique Quintana – Nesting (an installation)

Monique Quintana Nesting (an installation) For Aideed Medina The girl found a scroll rolling at her feet, and she read it, and it said that a crown made of wood is not a crown of flowers. A cradle made of wood is not a crown of flowers. There are rules against talking about a crownContinue reading “Monique Quintana – Nesting (an installation)”

Joseph Rios – Death of Josefo (Part 2)

Joseph Rios Death of Josefo (Part 2) Josefo is writing a poem sitting on his dad’s lawnmowerdrawing diagonal lines over a client’s backyard.The Fresno heat comes up from the groundand into your nostrils like a worm reaching out of from the soilfor the claws of a sparrow. And maybe Josefo is the sparrowand never beenContinue reading “Joseph Rios – Death of Josefo (Part 2)”

Brian Turner – Touch-and-Go Landings: An Elegy for Thurman Munson

Brian Turner Dear Friends, Writers, Readers, Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing a first full draft of a poem with you each day. You’ll quickly notice that they are all baseball poems. For those of you with no interest in sports or a full-blown dislike of baseball—please don’t turn away, as you’llContinue reading “Brian Turner – Touch-and-Go Landings: An Elegy for Thurman Munson”

Monique Quintana – 2 Alebrijes (A True Story)

Monique Quintana 2 Alebrijes (A True Story) For Steven Sanchez Before the time of plague and death, the girl bought two boys winged toy animals in a store on Olive Avenue. She meant them to be gifts. Instead, she packed the two animals away and forgot about them for years. The animals had conversations, andContinue reading “Monique Quintana – 2 Alebrijes (A True Story)”