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Category: Poetry

Slam at the Benton: “Splinter People”

by Kelly Stoldt (2017)

LRR, April 6, 2017June 16, 2017

Splinter People by Kelly Stoldt My mother has announced her worry That living in a single dorm room is bad for me. She asks if I’ve been socializing If I’ve made friends Leaves out “since the last time.” I tell her I’ve gotten really close with my mattress (It goes…

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Slam at the Benton: “The Anthem”

by Mary Kozan (2017)

LRR, April 1, 2017June 16, 2017

The Anthem by Mary Kozan i. The bungalow colony was in its heydey. Blondes unfurled Their legs on plastic deck chairs, laughing like advertisements Over bottles of Coca-Cola. Their children pissed in the pool and shrieked With joy. Tits sagged in one-piece floral bathing suits. My grandmother (then, in the…

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C. Buddingh’ – “The Hyena” – Translated from the Dutch By Matthew Ryan Shelton (2016)

LRR, June 17, 2016June 17, 2017

Empirical Science has often shown a reputation up: the old Egyptians held him in high esteem, and Pliny held that the stone he carried in his eye, the hyena, laid under the tongue, would grant him sight, into the future. Alas, all he carries in his eye is a cockeyed…

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“The Blood Shed”

translation by Ana Arriaga (2015)

LRR, February 7, 2016March 16, 2016

Spanish LA SANGRE DERRAMADA ¡Que no quiero verla! Dile a la luna que venga, que no quiero ver la sangre de Ignacio sobre la arena. ¡Que no quiero verla! La luna de par en par. Caballo de nubes quietas, y la plaza gris del sueño con sauces en las barreras….

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“Missing”

by Colby McAdams (2015)

LRR, February 7, 2016June 16, 2017
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“Godson”

by Devin Samuels (2015)

LRR, February 7, 2016June 16, 2017
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“Calm the Storm”

by Shantel Honeyghan (2015)

LRR, February 7, 2016June 16, 2017
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“Wild Eyes”

by Bryan Schreber (2009)

LRR, February 7, 2016March 16, 2016

Gold shines; illuminated under the setting sun. Artificial lights flicker, giving birth to the night. Terrifying smiles giving life to inanimate faces. Wide, wild eyes staring. Creatures dancing; spiraling towards infinity. Children ensnared by dream fulfillment. Petite fingers clutching the faces of tiny monsters.

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“Too Old”

by Patricia Haggard (2009)

LRR, February 7, 2016June 16, 2017

Fifteen is too old to ride a merry-go-round, too old for this twirling coffee-painted pony to take me back to last June, to the machine that spins dizzying circles, as I stand at the head of my friend’s hospital bed, holding her swollen, peeling hand. The whoosh of the machine…

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“Summer Long Gone” by Linda Drake (2009)

LRR, February 7, 2016

We were sun-baked and freckled in our halter tops and shorts. Salty from swimming the day away. Full of energy after corn-on-the cob and BLT’s. Eager to ride the merry-go-round at Sound View. Joking about who would catch the unreachable golden ring. Giddy as Grandpa bought us glazed doughnuts for…

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