Posts Tagged ‘ featured poet ’

The Everyday by Austin James

April 20, 2010
The Everyday by Austin James

Headlights bleed through
the night, black as
mechanic-shop coffee.

Headed south on Highway 93
towards the Nevada boarder.
Cigarette butt out the window

explodes like a firecracker
fizzling on the asphalt.

With the corporate
entourage and their
prostituted morals.

The “ifuckedsomeoneelse”s

and whiskey dick whiplash.
63 miles an hour behind,
dying the rearview mirror.

Austin has been a part of multiple workshops and writing classes; most notably Chuck Palahniuk’s workshop, the Cult. Teachers and mentors include Dan Moreau, a Pushcart nominee; and Brandon Tietz, author of “Out of Touch” and workshop moderator at the Cult. Austin studied poetry and creative fiction at the College of Southern Idaho, where he graduated in 2009.…

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Featured Poet: DC Porder

June 25, 2009

On a Rock in Central Park at Dawn

You stuffed a pipe with salvia
and I smoked and you
multiplied into a galaxy
of twinkling frowns.
We floated through the trees.

Now Shave

Now she wants me smooth for her
luminous lips. Now I slice my face
alone. Now she holds me tight
in her eyes. Now she wants
my heart to grow back.…

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Featured Poet: Allen Masterson

June 18, 2009
Featured Poet: Allen Masterson

Long Dead You

I’ve experienced your swelled vein grip
On my heart

Loss of breath as I catch a ride on the train
Please remain

Smooth sticky honey for my Queen Bee
Bitter pills melt
And mingle with a memory

Never met you,
But I know your taste…

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Featured Poet: Tony Brewer

April 9, 2009
Featured Poet: Tony Brewer

Chase Her

The storm came
last night like
old pain. I cannot
remember the last
time it rained
and I stood out
in an open field
and waited for it.
The quiet fans
spun empty
in the wind and I
could smell the dead
fire black in
its pit. I waited
while the sky
turned gray.…

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