Fall 2012: Poetry
Personal Interview
by Penelope Scambly Schott
Tell me about your family. We all have impeccable grammar. Where did you grow up? Under the dining room table with a white bed sheet for walls. Do you have any siblings? I dressed my sister in doll clothes. What is your first memory? Being scolded. What are you most afraid of? Being scolded. How many children do you have? A son. A daughter. Dozens of kids on the edge of the playground waiting for recess to end. Do you have any pets? The last dwarf elephant to survive on the island of Crete. Do you believe in God? Which god? I need a god who believes in me. Which is your favorite sin? Pride. I always aim high. Have you ever been arrested? To my shame, I have not. Tell me about your mother. She attended the school of discontent. And what about your dad? My father invented language. What languages do you speak? French, Spanish, Dog. What about English? I inhale and exhale it. How do you like your breakfast egg? In a Limoges china eggcup with a miniature silver spoon. Do you have a favorite color? Yes, but I can’t tell you which for fear of offending the others. What is the best thing that ever happened to you? That you care enough to ask me these questions. Are you telling the truth? No. Maybe.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
POETRY To the Friend Who Talked Me Down by Amy Schutzer Memorial Day on South Greeley Avenue by Penelope Scambly Schott Lost Rubies by Deborah Brink Wöhrmann Everything between your palms by Jaime R. Wood 315C by Kristen Roedell In 4th Grade, Sally Teaches Me the Bases by Betsy Fogelman Tighe Swan Song by Jaime R. Wood We by Carrie Padian The Supplicant by Emily Pittman Newberry Jailhouse Call by Kelly Running spoon by Brandi Katherine Herrera my in mind ungrammared kiss by Melanie Green Beyond Reach by Leah Stensen You must give up your dead by Kristin Roedell Tree Ghosts by Tricia Knoll Personal Interview by Penelope Scambly Schott Fairy Tale I Haven't Read Yet by Donna Prinzmetal PROSE One Small Thing Right by Nicole Rosevear How Mom Played Sad by Sally K. Lehman Running with Dragons by Trista Cornelius High Priest by Robin Schauffler On Voice by S.H. Aeschliman ART Lush iii by Tina Tran The Commuter by Denise Hrouda Which Witch by Denise Hrouda The Center of Two by Jolyn Fry A Knot Unties by Jolyn Fry YOUNG VOICES weight bags by Calli Storrs No Parking by Frances Bringloe Falling in Love by Chaquita McClendon Go On Then, Gunslinger by Allison Stein Fishing Float by Sage Freeburg CONTRIBUTORS |