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Summer Slow - John Grey
Jared Povanda 6/13/25 Jared Povanda 6/13/25

Summer Slow - John Grey

There's enough Summer here
for a boy to play until
he can no longer see his hands.

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Replacement Theory - Michael Mulvey
Jared Povanda 6/10/25 Jared Povanda 6/10/25

Replacement Theory - Michael Mulvey

“She will play. She needs to play.”

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Upstairs - R. A. Allen
Jared Povanda 6/6/25 Jared Povanda 6/6/25

Upstairs - R. A. Allen

What was that noise down in the kitchen?

The visitation of a memory?

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Farty Arty and the Visitor - Theo Fenraven
Jared Povanda 6/3/25 Jared Povanda 6/3/25

Farty Arty and the Visitor - Theo Fenraven

Sometimes I thought I was rotting from the inside out.

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A Triangular-Shaped Laser-Hole Leg Injury: Jesse Long - Clay Thistleton
Bulb Culture Collective 5/30/25 Bulb Culture Collective 5/30/25

A Triangular-Shaped Laser-Hole Leg Injury: Jesse Long - Clay Thistleton

little silhouettes
in Jesse’s ___________
small beings that are not
there 

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Pilgrims - Len Slatest
Jared Povanda 5/27/25 Jared Povanda 5/27/25

Pilgrims - Len Slatest

Terrible things happen to good people

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A Thousand Light Years Away - Ann Christine Tabaka
Bulb Culture Collective 5/23/25 Bulb Culture Collective 5/23/25

A Thousand Light Years Away - Ann Christine Tabaka

There are no answers beyond
what or why, nothing to ascertain.

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When I Ran From Nothing - Cheryl Skory Suma
Bulb Culture Collective 5/20/25 Bulb Culture Collective 5/20/25

When I Ran From Nothing - Cheryl Skory Suma

We are familiar, these shadows of the past and I.

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Sh’iva - Louis Faber
Bulb Culture Collective 5/16/25 Bulb Culture Collective 5/16/25

Sh’iva - Louis Faber

God rested on the seventh day,
yet I dread to rest

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Little Brother - Matthew Jakubowski
Bulb Culture Collective 5/13/25 Bulb Culture Collective 5/13/25

Little Brother - Matthew Jakubowski

“Stay with us and bleed and live,” they tell me.

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Cloche Portrait - Grace Black
Bulb Culture Collective 5/9/25 Bulb Culture Collective 5/9/25

Cloche Portrait - Grace Black

“Touch your hand. Describe how it feels.”

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Father and Son - Tim Payne
Jared Povanda 5/6/25 Jared Povanda 5/6/25

Father and Son - Tim Payne

Out past the castaway skeletons

of train tracks and chicken farms,

my father and I cut through the drifts,

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No Respecter of Lines - Laura Maffei
Jared Povanda 5/2/25 Jared Povanda 5/2/25

No Respecter of Lines - Laura Maffei

Dr. Giannini never says no to anyone, which is why his waiting room is always packed and noisy.

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EMPTY HOUSES - Caridad Cole
Jared Povanda 4/29/25 Jared Povanda 4/29/25

EMPTY HOUSES - Caridad Cole

I stayed still in the bed and moved my eyes around the room.

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Daughter: Hearld of the Earth - A.J.M. Aldrian
Jared Povanda 4/25/25 Jared Povanda 4/25/25

Daughter: Hearld of the Earth - A.J.M. Aldrian

My ligaments of rot rose forth from the muck

eager and hungry, sticking 

to the oozing Earth.

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Please Add Comisery - Craig M. Foster
Jared Povanda 4/22/25 Jared Povanda 4/22/25

Please Add Comisery - Craig M. Foster

I committed perjury when I was 14 years old.

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The paths of the great lovers cross at Victoria station - Dan Brotzel
Jared Povanda 4/18/25 Jared Povanda 4/18/25

The paths of the great lovers cross at Victoria station - Dan Brotzel

Really, what were the chances?

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First Frost - Chris Dungey
Jared Povanda 4/15/25 Jared Povanda 4/15/25

First Frost - Chris Dungey

A plain stick match

scratches its sulfur contrail

across the iron griddle

of an enameled wood-stove.

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Write the Way You Talk - Leah Mueller
Jared Povanda 4/11/25 Jared Povanda 4/11/25

Write the Way You Talk - Leah Mueller

It's pride to say that you

don’t regret anything,

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Inventory of Daily Phenomena - Leanne Waverly Sy
Jared Povanda 4/8/25 Jared Povanda 4/8/25

Inventory of Daily Phenomena - Leanne Waverly Sy

Mayas chirping early in the morning.

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