vol. 62

The Saints of Death Valley (part one)

Laura Newman

There was a little-noticed annex of the Carmelite Chapel and Monastery of St. Giles of San Francisco located on Russian Hill

Passing Through

John Isles

If a question rustles in the grasses. / If a hunger hankers after, if a rasping / intonation of a something curling there.

Mud Time

John Isles

The poem begins at the end of the road, / in mud. It wallows in a time before buds

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As always, failbetter is proud to submit our nominations for the annual Pushcart collection

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