In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editors’ Page

p. 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2009.0020
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The Purity Ball

Nick Voges
pp. 3-29
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Redemption

James Alan Gill
pp. 30-45
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No Questions Asked

Laura Winther
pp. 46-64
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from “Desert Revised”

Christopher Arigo
p. 66
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Midwest Lyre, and: Song

David Baker
pp. 67-68
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Flowers of Glass

Jose Perez Beduya
p. 69
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The Last Picture Show

Martine Bellen
pp. 70-72
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Circus

Janet Bowdan
p. 73
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The People on the Bus

Stephen Burt
p. 74
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Hare

Joseph Campana
p. 75
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The Long Self

Jennifer Chapis
pp. 76-77
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The Windowpane

René Char, Nancy Naomi Carlson
p. 78
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Birches Blues

Ewa Chrusciel
p. 79
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Poem

Martin Corless-Smith
p. 80
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What They All Say

Donna De La Perrière
pp. 81-82
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Asyndeton for Lincoln

Barbara Claire Freeman
p. 83
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The Window Shakes like Water, and: Goodbye to All the Bees, and: Who Puts His Words in You?, and: Thoughts Acquire Time, and: Its Shadow Also Rare

Paul Hoover
pp. 84-88
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A

Alice Jones
pp. 89-90
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Night

Joseph Lease
pp. 91-92
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Travelogue

Gregory Mahrer
p. 93
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Small

Joy Manesiotis
pp. 94-95
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An Intersection of Leaves Not Likeness, and: An Intersection of Leaves Not Likeness, and: An Intersection of Leaves Not Loss, and: An Intersection of Leaves Not Loss

Rusty Morrison
pp. 96-99
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Forecast: Uncertainty, and: Blue Fire

Edward Nobles
pp. 100-101
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Nurse Song for Astyanax

Julie Sophia Paegle
p. 102
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Secret Sea

Nathan Parker
p. 103
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One Through Sixteen

Lance Phillips
pp. 104-107
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Cloud and Blenny Alike

Derek Pollard
pp. 108-109
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My World—At 76

John Clark Pratt
p. 110
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Anatomy Lesson, and: It Exists

Tomaž Šalamun, Michael Thomas Taren
pp. 113-114
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Iridescent, One Might Say

Mary Ann Samyn
p. 115
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[A Brain is an Agent]

Taryn Schwilling
p. 116
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Abrupt or Not Sonnet

William Stobb
p. 117
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How to Search for God in Oman:

Phil Tabakow
p. 118
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Pterodactyl

Michael Thomas Taren
p. 119
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from “The Dandelion Clock”, and: from “The Dandelion Clock”

Daniel Tiffany
pp. 120-121
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Ambrosia

Peter Waldor
pp. 122-123
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Like a Fire from Which Sparks Emitted Do Fly Upwards

G. C. Waldrep
pp. 124-126
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Bonnard’s The Bowl of Milk

Ronnie Linson Yates
p. 127
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Of Whatsoever Quality

Brian Young
p. 128
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Black Holes

Bill Capossere
pp. 129-143
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from The Adventures of Cancer Bitch

S. L. Wisenberg
pp. 144-154
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The Wisdom of Sons

Thomas White
pp. 155-169
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In No One’s Land by Paige Ackerson-Kiely (review)

Christina Mengert
pp. 170-172
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Rimertown / an atlas by Laura Walker (review)

Sharon Lynn Osmond
pp. 173-176
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The Fat Sheep Everybody Wants by Bern Mulvey (review)

Virginia Konchan
pp. 176-179
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Duende by Tracy K. Smith (review)

Craig Santos Perez
pp. 179-182
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Revolver by Robyn Schiff (review)

Dave Snyder
pp. 182-184
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King of Shadows by Aaron Shurin (review)

Elizabeth Robinson
pp. 184-186
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Sleep’s Powers by Jacqueline Risset (review)

Dan Beachy-Quick
pp. 187-190
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Postscript

Andrew Allport
p. 65
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Drinking Black Tea Early in the Morning, and: A List of Possibilities in an Uncertain Order

Jack Ridl
pp. 111-112
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Contributor Notes

pp. 191-197
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