Other Poets/Other Poems

Anonymous, Issue 17

Antler, Issue 36

Amy Beeder, Issue 16

Boyd W. Bensen, Issue 31

Donna Biffar, Issue 15

Kimberly Blaeser, Issue 27

P. W. Boisvert, Issue 39

Rick Cannon, Issue 28

Jared Carter, Issue 24

David Chorlton, Issue 40

Billy Collins, Issue 1, Issue 18

Steven Coughlin, Issue 39

Philip Dacey, Issue 6

Denise Duhamel, Issue 13

Stephen Dunn, Issue 34

Stuart Dybek, Issue 41

Dave Etter, Issue 14

Norma Hammond, Issue 22

David Hernandez, Issue 23

Susan Holahan, Issue 12

Angela Just, Issue 32

Lisa Kadous, Issue 20

Julie King, Issue 30

Lyn Lifshin, Issue 19

Mary Lucina, Issue 26

Louis McKee, Issue 5

Pamela Miller, Issue 8

Lisel Mueller, Issue 29

Alexis Orgera, Issue 35

James Reiss, Issue 26

Len Roberts, Issue 2

Kristopher Saknussemm, Issue 10

R. T. Smith, Issue 38

Cathy Song, Issue 21

Judith Valente, Issue 37

Charles Harper Webb, Issue 25

Mary Ann Waters, Issue 11

J. D. Whitney, Issue 33

Bayla Winters, Issue 3

Lila Zeiger, Issue 4

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At the Little Girls' Pageant

Miss Brittany Noble is favored to win
on the merit of dimples, though she's nervous,
for another tiny doll has put quite the spin
on a speech about community service.

The angel in the corner is Amber West,
ethereal in a cloud of face powder.
Though many thought her tap-dance was best,
there were those who tapped their toes louder.

Some little ladies are bumping around
vision obscured by clumps of mascara.
Still others look for Mom, their tights falling down,
their minds filed with dreams of tiaras.

Twenty-five little girls, sashes draping their chests,
Ribbons and curls in their well-sprayed hair.
Twenty-five little girls, each knowing she's best,
and the stench of pink is everywhere.

--Lisa Kadous
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