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Spring 2008

Poetry

VanBuren's picks:

Antonia Clark
Brad Johnson
Dale McLain
Roger Pfingston
Richard Rippon

John Anderson
Cristina Baptista
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent
Michael Brownstein
Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Alison Eastley
Brent Fisk
David Fraser
Krikor der Hohannesian
Amy MacLennan
Lisa Markowitz
Damon McLaughlin
Micki Myers
Roger Pfingston
Heather Schimel
Rachel Stewart
Lafayette Wattles

Flash Fiction

On Debunking Modern Art

Alex Nodopaka

Pushcart Nominees

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Jai Britton
Patrick Carrington

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Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

spring 2006

DEATH'S VOICE

If death had a voice,
that is how you would sound.

Watching your mouth and teeth,
I imagine myself there.

Only I would be a red grape,
and when you bit down, the juice

would be my blood. It would
dry on your lips and side of your

mouth. You wouldn't even
have the decency to wipe it clean.

winter 2006

NIGHTMARE

You taste of dry leaves.
You taste like a garden
cemetery with the dead
out of their graves
sunbathing on the lawn.

In mute sadness your
emerald eyes weep black
tears the scent of mud and dung.
Mourning butterflies
make a feast of your tears.

2005 Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Bio: Luis works in the mental health field. He was born
in Mexico and has lived in California for the last 31 years. More of his work can be found in The Blue Collar Review. Cuatemochi@aol.com