The Flames by Carl Salonen The roar was deafening, and threatened to drown out his memories. He could feel the marrow in his bones begin to bubble and boil, magma in a lava tube, flushing this way and then back again, leaving him at once dizzy and exhilarated. All at Sea with T.S.E. by Robert Sward "The 'T.S.' stands for 'tough shit.' You read Eliot's Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, what one English Prof. called 'the first poem of the modern movement,' and if you don't understand it, 'tough shit.' All I can say is that's some love song."

I Believe by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez A Poem for..... by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Knowing What to Fear by Barbara Oswald A Cool Day in June by Seth Fleton Large Tigar in a 7 X 16 Cage by Seth Fleton Tall Spruce by Doug Tanoury Under An Ash by Doug Tanoury

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