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Belief by Carol V. Davis

aulapress — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:00:37 +0000

They were arguing when the pear and lemon rolled off the porcelain plate with the windmill and stone bridge bumped on a planter then slid to the floor. If he had not seen it, he would have accused her of making it up. Carol V. Davis is the author of Between Storms (Truman State University ... Read more

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Swamp Maples by Carol V. Davis

aulapress — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:59:04 +0000

Predictions have been honed to a science: not just the date, but the hour and minute color will explode on the swamp maples of New England. Do results match anticipation? The way a man rotates a peach and between one bite and the next the nectar turns sickly sweet, small bursts of ethylene gas ... Read more

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Let Us Find by Carol V. Davis

aulapress — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:58:22 +0000

Let there be a shelter for letters from lovers jilted or left to float in uncertainty. A mutual severing does not need sanctity or a trail of correspondence, but for those reluctant to let go let there be a place of refuge. Memories of hair brushed gently from the eyes, an elbow gently cupped ... Read more

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Reading Denise Levertov to Know You by Carol V. Davis

aulapress — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:57:55 +0000

Under autumn clouds, under white wideness of winter skies you went walking– Denise Levertov for Efim Levertov Tell me what gets inherited? Is it more than a gene for curly hair or the height of a man? You – compact, hands not many generations from the plow, fingers strong to snap the stalk, rub the ... Read more

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Touch by Michelle Askin

aulapress — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:56:53 +0000

9 Miles South of DC, what Best Places Reports “Modern Suburbs” left out: compound public houses lining Bailys Crossroads. The El Salvadorian teenagers put on their fast food aprons and mutter rosaries for their deported cousins and pregnant disabled sister. And a bald man walks in, his pink head to match the oversized Koosh ball ... Read more

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