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Jayson Iwen: 1.4.3

December 21, 2016 by PBQ

You might dream of a poolside party Where you bump into an old classmate You thought had died years before    With whom you’d never spoken Our military was so strong   It would break its own neck She said                        I’ll be in the last room on the left   And left                                You might wake to find […]

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Jayson Iwen: .1.4.2

December 21, 2016 by PBQ

In the night you lean                                                    Over the baby, to make sure it’s okay The baby wakes terrified                                             A dark animal shape looms From the fear within you                                              Modeling itself in […]

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Jayson Iwen: .1.4.1

December 21, 2016 by PBQ

You have descended from animals                                      Who descended from angels Who alone have descended                                                 From the darkness of their own choice Where nothing holds its shape for long                                Hold out your hand And feel for rain                                                                    The pain of sex My great grandmother taught my grand                               With […]

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Jayson Iwen

December 19, 2016 by PBQ

Jayson Iwen is a poet, novelist, editor, translator, and recipient of numerous literary honors, including an Academy of American Poets Award, the Emergency Press International Book Award, the Cleveland State University Poetry Center’s Novella Award, and a Hewlett Foundation grant. His writing has appeared in over thirty different journals, with recent poems reprinted in The […]

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