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Common Line "One Upmanship in Suburbia" - a poem by Rob Plath
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One Upmanship in SuburbiaI hear teenagersin the schoolyardnext to my apartmenttheir stolen beer bottlesclinking, the boys cursing, punchingone another, trying to impressgiggling razor-thin girls,who are ...
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"Race Relations-a Portrait in Motion" & "Seven Years Bad Luck"
2 Poems by Dennis Paul Wilken
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Race Relations–a Portrait in MotionMy street is two-tonedBut the white is starting to run.Primer-painted Volkswagen busesLoading upAnd leaving their parking spotsto lime-green Cadillacs.--
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"Man Tits" & "A Libertine in Albany"
2 poems by FENCE editor Rebecca Wolff
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Man TitsLook at that pair,on the one over there.He's young, skinny, lowmuscle tone, poor, white, under-educated . . . not lookingat apathon the little patchof yard in front of hisunfavorably locatedrental ...
Common Line 5 Poems by Suzanne Buffam, from "Little Commentaries"
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ON LA GIOCONDACrowds press in to glimpse her terrible smile.What diet of secrets sustains it?The crowds soon tireAnd retreat to the buzzing café.Aloof behind her varnish and her bulletproof veilShe casts ...
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"The Sky is a Beautiful Wound"
Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman reviews Liz Waldner's poetry collection, Trust.
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by Liz WaldnerCleveland State University Poetry Center, 69 pages, 2009ISBN-13: 978-1880834848-Review by Lisbeth Cheever-GessamanA metaphysical journey is never complete without it's quest for beauty and truth and the relationship of the individual in pursuit of those ideals. ...
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"...letting your imagination run with what could be and what is."
Juile M. Tate reviews Quick Fiction (www.quickfiction.org).
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-- Review by Julie M. TateThe Vestal Review, one of the few journals dedicated to flash fiction (or mico-fiction/short-short fiction), considers its genre "an underrepresented type of fiction." It isn't ...
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Pulitzer Prize winning poet Stephen Dunn leaves it for "others to determine."
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-- Interview by Ananda Osel-- Photo by Matt ValentineA few years ago a friend of mine introduced me to the work of New Jersey based poet Stephen Dunn, handing me a book, telling me “…this is ...
Common Line Winter 2009 Releases!
Common Line Five new poems at Alternative Reel by CommonLine Editor Ananda Osel.
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The poetry of Ananda Osel presented by Alternative Reel
Common Line "Stopping by Red Lobster on a Snowy Evening (Literally inspired by Leviticus 11:9-12)" - a strange poem by Mike Tauser
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It was quiet at Red LobsterWhen I walked in the doorI was simply there to speak the truth, nothing less and nothing moreI held my nose as I looked at the tables, quite certain what I’d find thereWith ...
Common Line "I Have No Use for Corkscrews and Sommeliers" - from Farmhouse Magazine Editor, Mike Dell’Aquila
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Remember when we opened wine bottleswith our dull pocket knives, pushing the corkdown into the cheap swill and bits floatedaround in white plastic cups we stole from work?Back then, we had no concept of ...
Common Line "New Weather" - A great poem by Christopher Locke
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There is no more horse,smack, h, tar, heroin,china. No more oxy, percs,Percocet, Vicodin, Vikings,V for Victory. There isno more coke, blow,white, cane. There areno more raves, parties,throw-downs, shindigs,soirres, ...
Common Line "Reading a Swedish Poet" - A great poem by Lou Lipsitz
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Reading a Swedish PoetThis man, Werner Aspenstrom, was bornin the country but lived in the big city for yearsand was never entirely comfortable anywhere.That’s good. I like that. He went outinto ...
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