Fox in a Tree StumpJudith BeveridgeI gripped the branchand waited in a paddock that ran onover harder and harder earth.Leaving me with smoke and the s...
MidiLes MurrayMuscles and torsoes of cloudascended over the mountains.The fields looked like high speedso new-mown was the hay,then the dark blue Ital...
Lateral DimensionsLes MurrayCloudy night --not enough starsto make frosthaunted house --one room the cattlenever would go inmowing done --each thing&#...
CosmologyChristopher BuckleyMost days I find myselfconsidering the encryptedclouds, though, while everythingis blue through the boughsof heaven, I kno...
From a Weekend FirstPaul FarleyOne for the money. Arrangements in green and greyfrom the window of an empty dining-car.No takers for this Burgundy tod...
OrnithologyCarol FrostWho else has seen the moment parleying（谈判） snipe on disappearing shoals（浅谈）,wind frothing at their feet, lift in one loud whirri...
Fantasy/Sci-FiLaura KasischkeThe broom closet to another planet.The impending（即将发生的） planetary disaster.The children in their maniac（发狂的）trances（恍惚，出神...
The Book of LifeLaura KasischkePale and naked without their bodies, the soulsexamine the bookin which they hope to findtheir names inscribed（题写，雕刻）.Ma...
Shark's ToothJoshua MehiganAt twilight on the beach I found a shark's tooth.After three days of looking, and then not,I stepped onto the sand,...
Sex PerhapsKathryn StarbuckA half century ago I was a welcoming port of call in a buoyant（轻快的） place, a person to drop in on ordrop out of, adrif...