Vol 1 No 1 2007

Meena Alexander Judith ArcanaJason Guriel
Steven HeightonRay HsuTanis MacDonald
Yvonne MurphyAlicia OstrikerRussell Thornton
Priscila Uppal Mark Yakich

Accidental Poetry Written by My Father

As She Lay in Her Bathtub, Holding a Flute of Wine

Autumn at the End of The Third Man

Cleaning Kill in the Kitchen at Midnight, Father Made a Good Point

Elegy for Josef Hassid (1923-1950)

Rosebud

Cleaning Kill in the Kitchen at Midnight,
Father Made a Good Point

He noticed me on my way to bed,
holding his violin by the neck
as if it was fresh game, and said,

“She always leaves you in autumn,”

while outside, through the window
through which Bach (cooked by bow)
would later waft, night seasoned its sky
with eighth notes in negative.

Jason Guriel