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“beliefs.” by Candice Iloh

This week, a poem by Candice Iloh.

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“A Self” by Joy Ladin

This week, a poem by Joy Ladin.

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A Poem by Ed Madden

This week, a poem by Ed Madden.

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Two Poems by Ilinca Popescu

This week, two poems by Ilinca Popescu.

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Robin Coste Lewis, “The Mothers”

This week, two poems by Robin Coste Lewis.

Lewis is a Provost’s Fellow in the Creative Writing & Literature PhD Program at USC. A Cave Canem Fellow, she received her MFA from New York University’s Creative Writing Program where she was a Goldwater Fellow in poetry. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including The Massachusetts Review, Calalloo, and VIDA.

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David Eye, “Dance Bar”

This week, two poems by David Eye.

Eye earned a midlife MFA at Syracuse University in 2008, and teaches creative writing and composition at Manhattan College in the Bronx. His poems have appeared in Bloom, The Louisville Review, Stone Canoe, and others. His chapbook, Rain Leaping Up When a Cab Goes Past, has been selected for the Editor’s Series at Seven Kitchens Press.

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Doug Paul Case, “Ode”

Today, a new poem by Doug Paul Case.

Case lives in Bloomington, where he’s an MFA candidate at Indiana University and web editor of Indiana Review. His poems have appeared in Sou’wester, Harpur Palate, Juked, and Ilk.

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R. Zamora Linmark, “5/31/2012”

A new poem by R. Zamora Linmark treats us to a rainy day at the movies.

R. Zamora Linmark is the author of Rolling The R’s and Leche and three collections of poetry published by Hanging Loose Press. He divides his time between Honolulu and Manila, where he is currently working on a novel, revising a play, and completing his fourth poetry collection.

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Erin M. Bertram, “Shun Not My Arrows, & Behold My Breast”

This week, a new poem

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Tory Adkisson, “First Harvest”

This week, a poem by Tory Adkisson.

Adkisson recently earned his MFA from The Ohio State University and recently has had work featured in Cave Wall, Linebreak, and 32 Poems. A Southern California native, he currently lives in Athens, where he attends the PhD program in literature and creative writing at the University of Georgia.

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