Pocket Poems
Contents
Introduction from Alisa Golden, Editor100 Poems & 25 Visuals in Black and White
Titles of Poems I Wanted to Draft for National Poetry Month, But Didn’tJosette Torres.
Potato
Phoebe Thomson.
Morning News
Alastair Johnston.
Old Reporter
Nick D'Annunzio Jones.
Cleaning out the bedside drawer
Casey FitzSimons
Dating Divorced Men
Xan L. Roberti.
Lost Archive
Fabio Sassi.
Disfluency
Sherry Rind.
portrait of "i don't know"
Tanya Singh.
Missent Mails
Liang Yujing.
Taking Tickets
Olivia Olson.
Peanut Butter Stew
Mukethe Kawinzi.
Polish Girl: She Says She's German at First
Masashi Musha.
Signs
Ana Jovanovska.
Misdirection
Kali Lightfoot.
The Trouble with Traveling Backwards
Sarah Kobrinsky.
I blew you a kiss
Bekah Steimel.
Expectation
Doug Van Hooser.
Circularman
Thomas Gillaspy.
Smile
Claire S. Lee.
La Comadreja
Sarah Frances Moran.
Smiling Faces Tell No Lies
Tim Sharman.
Day of Atonement
Jennifer Martelli.
Autumnal Augur
Emily Light.
The Woods
Sarah Dravec.
All Brains and Thumbs
Nancy Jentsch.
God Marks His Agendas "Draft"
Amy Strauss Friedman.
Wooded House
William D. Hicks.
Mockingbird
Bradley Samore.
The Last Laugh
Brad Rose.
In Pyramid Country
Jia Oak Baker.
Earthquakes Defined
Luke Warm Water.
Thinning Beets
Martha Christina.
An Eternal Washing
Peter Cherches.
The Quickness of Miracles Unbelieved
Charles Rafferty.
Models
Lynne Viti.
The Scenic Route
Dawn Corrigan.
Jworth Wallride
William Mark Sommer.
Art Guard #2
Merridawn Duckler.
This Time I Know It's For Real
Mica Evans.
After Setbacks, We Go Sideways
Tracy Mishkin.
Hostel
Tony Leuzzi.
Courage
Colette Love Hilliard.
Overlooked
Joseph Burrows.
Public Trust
Diana Vazquez.
Weather Premiums
Miles Stearns.
Back Sight
Rosemary Royston.
At the Oakland Library
Robin Michel.
Gentleness
Hugh Behm-Steinberg.
Saved by the Queen
Linda Laino.
Celebration
Ronna Schary.
The Importance of Feeling Special
Maryanne Hannan.
Vow of Silence
Alex Sarrigeorgiou.
Pennants
Roger Gilroy.
"and understanding" From Oceanography Log
Nance O'Banion.
Killing Time
Devon Balwit.
Specialized
Luke Warm Water.
The Known Universe
Wendy Taylor Carlisle.
Once, Forevers
Arturo Magaña.
Airplane
Jasper Wirtshafter.
"essential human connection" From Oceanography Log
Nance O'Banion.
I Read Somewhere This Is True
Rebecca Macijeski.
Brackish-water Crab
Nancy Jo Cegla.
Beach Stones on a Window Ledge
Virginia Boudreau.
California Poppy
Sarah Kobrinsky.
Boat
Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco.
Before Gravity
Merna Dyer Skinner.
Artist
Alejandro Pérez.
Orrery
Charles O'Hay.
The Echo
Nate Maxson.
Expecting Rain with Apologies to Bob Dylan
William C. Crawford.
Spoken from the Heart
Herbert Woodward Martin.
Handling the Fragile
Deonte Osayande.
Spirits Followed Him
Edgar Purviance.
Mist
Yuxing Xia.
Vapor
Daniel Romo.
"dive deep together" From Oceanography Log
Nance O'Banion.
Storm
Shareen Knight.
Edge
Maxine Chernoff.
Get Down Off There
Cathryn Shea.
Ecologists Report Less Birds on Phone Lines
William Cullen, Jr.
Hangman Ode
José Angel Araguz.
Fishing
Vern Fein.
Averted Truth
Alan D. Harris.
Union Hills
Jia Oak Baker.
The Whole Goddamn Thing
Howie Good.
At the Table
José Angel Araguz.
Mary
Nicola Lane.
Even these laces
Simon Perchik.
The Significance of Our Fabric
Anna Bagshaw.
Cuna
Matthew Antonio.
As a Crate of, Like So Much
Merry Speece.
The Door Down the Alley
Jonathan Beight.
We Will All, Each of Us, Live Foreverr
Dylan Macdonald.
Clams
José Angel Araguz.
Topography of Fruit
Valorie K. Ruiz.
Poison Lines
Valorie K. Ruiz.
Youth with Theremin
Joe Hess.
2000//Ras Tanura
Natasha Burge.
Navy Graduation
Kathleen Johnson.
I Ask the Class Who Else Has Been in the Military and the Class Is Silent
Ron Riekki.
Philosophers Have a Word for It
Howie Good.
Ouroborostory
Richard Kostelanetz.
New Christian School
M.V. Montgomery.
White Skin
Alex Ewing.
Southern Dining Room
Sharon Scholl.
Argument
Francine Conley.
The Perforator
Sarah J. Sloat.
Going Solo
Grace Curtis.
Untitled
Yee Jan Bao.
Rain
Abra Deering Norton.
Car Wash
David Shaddock.
India
Darin Wahl.
In this City I Have No Name or Things for Which I Must Repent
darlene anita scott.
Wai'alee Boys Tunes
William Mark Sommer.
Memory
Landa wo.
Landing
Alex MacConochie.
The Future
Chris Bullard.
Only Light
Heikki Huotari.
Up in Lights (Neon)
Terry Lucas.
Carnal Knowledge
Floyd Cheung.
Fish Ladder
Elaine Mintzer.
Dancing
Sanchita Chatterjee.
February Thaw
Susan Gundlach.
(Good)bye
Melissa Fitzgerald.
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