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Summer 2004

From the Editor
Thom Didato

E.L. Doctorow
Jonathan Ames
interviews

"Like Love"
fiction by
Karen Shepard

"Jnun in the Age of Metal"
fiction by
Susan Daitch

"Valet Parking"
fiction by
Geoffrey Becker

"Fox Hunting"
fiction by
Frances Sherwood

"Deneb"
"Praesepe"
"White Hole"
poetry by
Mark Cunningham

"frequently asked questions"
"oh juliet"
poetry by
Daphne Gottlieb

"North of Big Sur"
"Cypress Tree"
"Island or House"
poetry by
Michelle Valladares

"The Poet"
"Under"
"Birthing"
poetry by
Katey Nicosia

"Skater Cats"
"The Blue Boa"
"The Muse"
paintings by
Jeremiah Stansbury

"Studio Sink"
"Johnson Laundromat"
paintings by
Catharine Balco

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North of Big Sur

for Harry Goelet

The back porch overlooks the garden,
roses, lilies, an oak.
Next door, the Pacific.

There is not much to do,
crack a book on the porch,
picnic lunch. Hike to
a waterfall and back.

Gulls fill the air, wind
curls through cypress trees.
Parrots eat clay from cliffs
coating purple tongues

The children run like horses.
Scatter like lupine.
Wild California poppies.

Michelle Yasmine Valladares's poems have been published by The Women’s Review of Books, Global City Review, and 7 Carmine. She has others forthcoming in The North American Review and Risen From the East: An Anthology. She is currently seeking a publisher for her recently completed work Nortada, The North Wind.

Valladares holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. She teaches at the City College of New York and the School of Visual Arts. She lives in Brooklyn, close to the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From our
poetry archive

“Days”
Jon LaPree
Issue 5 - Winter 2002

"Dear Daughter"
Thaddeus Rutkowski
Issue 15 - Fall 2004

"Let Her Go"
Amy Holman
Issue 17 - Summer 2005