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Circle and Rectangle - by Maya Sarishvili

{ Poem }

As a child I existed in just these two shapes:
/ Outside – the round yard of the children’s playground,
/ Inside – the…

The Curator - by Norman Kreitman

{ Poem }

Step this way, sir. Just here you may see
/ a child’s head so full of water
/ that the world’s alarms were quite…

Corpus Vile - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

Some museums of antiquities store row on row of
/ unnamed skulls. There is a day of reckoning now
/ a plea to…

From the Hinterland - by Anna Crowe

{ Poem }

After a visit to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and especially for Kazimierz Kuczynski,
/ F.R.C.S. Edinburgh, and his…

Second Tooth - by Elizabeth Burns

{ Poem }

The first one came out the week of her birthday.
/ This second tooth’s harder: she pushes
/ and pushes at it with her…

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