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eatures
Letters from Readers 4
VOICE OVER by Rod Clark 5
ROSEBUZZZ 10
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 128
GO FIGURE by P. S. Mueller 127
wrapped in satin cloth
ALL THE BLUE MOONS AT THE WALLACE HOTEL By Phoebe Stone 15
PACKING UP THE LUTE By W. D. Snodgrass 22
SOUP SPOON By Prartho M. Sereno 23
CHRISTINE WAVING FROM THE TRAIN By Georgi Gospodinov (trans. Levy-Levitin) 24
CAREGIVER’S MANIFESTO By Jean Tupper 27
EMINENT DOMAIN By Mary Skol 28
IN MEMORY OF EMILY By Diana M. Raab 37
SNOW TOES By Kathy Kennedy Tapp 38
great and silvery
THE BEAST BELOW By Rod Clark 40
ON CLARK’S ISLAND By R. Virgil Ellis 43
SALT MARSHES By Colin Cheney 47
ELIZA’S STORY By Kay Calkins 48
MOONSTONES By Janis Hogan 52
AT OONJOO TEMPLE By Ian Haight 56
RIVERS OF TIME AND SNOW By Glen Mazis 62
THE INEPT By Leif Peterson 63
RATIONALE FOR WRITING ON ASPEN BARK By William Rudolph 65
how do you know what I need?
THE BASEBALL PLAYER AND THE UNICORN By Patty Mamula 67
FOR JO HOPPER By Raina Merrithew 73
WHAT AUNT MARTA DID By Andrea Sáenz 74
MEDITATION ON ROTHKO’S UNTITLED, 1970 By Charles Cantrell 77
NICKNAMER By Jon Methven 79
ST. LUKE DRAWING A PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN By Marilyn Annucci 87
IN THE HALF-LIGHT By Jennifer L. Percy 89
ALL THAT REMAINS By Ron Hayes 96
THE STORY OF PATENT LEATHER SHOES By Robert Cormack 97
FOR JUDY, WHOSE HUSBAND IS UNDERGOING SURGERY By Barbara
Crooker 102
GOOD TO GO By Steve Cushman 103
THE PRICE By Frances J. Monk 106
dying to drink
GAS By Barbara Crooker 108
JOE AND SUE GET IN THE CAR By Francine Witte 109
ROADSIDE HARUSPEX BY M.L. Hartman 110
NIGHT OWLS By Jeanne-Marie Morrissey 111
THE FRONT AT HOME By Harry Newman 112
AFRICAN LAUGHTER By Don Meredith 113
FEAR IN ADVERTISING By Lisa Albers 118
DINNER WITH A MATADOR By Charles H. Antin 119
THE DEAD WALLET By Cory Brown 123
EPHEMERA By Christopher Guerin 124
GODDESS By Ulla Pironi 125