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Jim Peterson’s “Second Sight” receives Special Mention for Poetry in 2017 Pushcart Prize anthology

January 27, 2017

Original Face: Poems by Jim Peterson

Congratulations to Jim Peterson! His poem “Second Sight” (below) was selected for Special Mention in Poetry in the 2016 Pushcart Prize anthology. “Second Sight” is included in Original Face (Gunpowder Press, 2015) and originally appeared in The Greensboro Review. Second Sight Into this walking I retired a year ago. A fist of cumulus gathers up […]

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Solving the Problem

February 19, 2016

Blossoms do their pretty thing: stones stone, bugs bug, trees testify.  But somehow we tend to serve two masters.  So which wears the mask that hides the other? * To teach “Already it is Perfect” the Master simply moves his teacup.  His students understand: breath out,  breath in. * Many, in plenty, die of hunger; […]

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Featured Poem: “Riddle” by Glenna Luschei

September 30, 2015

Riddle What is the purpose of a fence?

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