16 posts from July 2007

Bella'sCover

Dear Friends,

Arabella Proffer and I are starting an experimental magazine this summer called
The Pulchritudinous Review and we would love it if you would submit 1-2 pages of prose, poetry, prosody, or art.  Whatever you fancy.  Since the magazine is experimental we are open to whatever work you might send.  Pulchritudinous means beautiful, but it could mean political, activist, environmental.... The deadline is August 15 because we're hoping for a summer issue that might be done around September (wishful thinking?).  Please send your artwork to bellaproffer@gmail.com and your written work to ReneeZepeda@gmail.com .  Any suggestions or questions you might have are welcome.  And please spread the word, the more submissions, the better!

Best Wishes,

Renee Zepeda and Arabella Proffer
Editors

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XXVI.  SOLO

Drinking the last of the best party wine

The noise of the city is the hum of our time

Which is not definitive by any stretch

I must be painting a still life:  grapefruit, coffee

While people are killing for money

I find when the snow is thick

A version of a Spanish mosaic

Even white trains whistle through my sleep

And you’re slowly switching habits to fit in

You borrowed friends’ bodies

To see how they fit

And I see you turning to borrow one more

Shake the snow-globe upside-down

I'm not here now, and it's good