Poem by Alan Gann
On Becoming the Best Poet in the Room
After shooting Billy Collins
I took his last cannoli
out of the oven
and left it to cool
by an open window
then wondered
what to do about Mary Oliver?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Alan Gann teaches creative writing workshops in at-risk schools,
and sex ed at a Unitarian Universalist church. He is on the
board of the Dallas Poets Community, and is a poetry editor
for their literary journal, Illya’s Honey. Gann's poems most
recently appeared in Main Street Rag, Sojourn and elsewhere.
Poem by John Lambremont, Sr.
Pastime Lounger
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
anachronism,
like a late date
in a stained-glass prison.
------------------------------------------------------------
John Lambremont, Sr. lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lambremont earned his B.A. in creative writing from LSU and his poems most recently appeared in Boston Literary Magazine and A Hudson View (2010 Pushcart nomination).
His poetry book, Whiskey, Whimsy and Rhymes is available through both Google Books and Amazon.
Poems by Mather Schneider
ELECTRICITY MAN
We all know
death will come one day
like the electricity man
sneaking around
behind the house,
after so many warnings.
A CALL FOR HELP ON A WINDY DAY
Shutters flap
like hooked
birds.
Fingerprints
in the windowsill dust
look like tiny
dance steps.
The world
has a center
of glass.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mather Schneider is a cab driver by trade and lives in Tucson, Arizona. Schneider's poems most recently appeared in RATTLE, New York Quarterly and elsewhere. His new poetry book, Drought Resistant Strain, is available through Interior Noise Press out of Austin, Texas.
Poems by J. Scott Brownlee
Three
is a crowd
is a crowd
is a crowd
and whatever
you want, you
get. Get what-
ever you want.
Want whatever
you get. Want
whatever you
get to want
to get. Three
is always
a crowd
you want
to get,
but you
never
quite
get
it.
-------------------------------------------------------
J. Scott Brownlee is from Llano, Texas. He earned his B.A. in English from U of Texas and is currently a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill. His work is forthcoming in RATTLE, Windhover and elsewhere.
Lazarus
This is your once
and only life.
There is
no other.
Believe me.
I would know.
I am
already dead.
This is your once
and only life.
There is
no other.
Believe me.
I would know.
I am
already dead.
Three
is a crowd
is a crowd
is a crowd
and whatever
you want, you
get. Get what-
ever you want.
Want whatever
you get. Want
whatever you
get to want
to get. Three
is always
a crowd
you want
to get,
but you
never
quite
get
it.
-------------------------------------------------------
J. Scott Brownlee is from Llano, Texas. He earned his B.A. in English from U of Texas and is currently a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill. His work is forthcoming in RATTLE, Windhover and elsewhere.
