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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

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Patrick Carrington

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Donna Dixon

Machiavellian

I'm not a poet.
I just drink too much coffee
and have a thesaurus.

PBS is a great place to hear big words.
Machiavellian, you will be mine!
Your deceitful, six syllable ass
is slated for stanza three.

I took a brisk one-miler
this morning.
A poem was born of adrenalin.
It swelled in my head
as I labored homeward
to squat before my keyboard
and expel it naturally.

I named it Machiavellian,
praying it wouldn't be teased in school.

Time for another kahlua vanilla creme.
I'm feeling philosophical
and in the mood for couplets.
What rhymes with neoplatonic?

Donna Dixon 2005