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Issue 86

Morgan Parker: Epistolary Poem for Reader, Brother,    Grandmother, Men (Or, When I Say I Want To Spit You Up)

October 16, 2012 by PBQ

I’m thinking, what would happen if I started masturbating on this subway car? It’s late. An African man next to me is reading the president’s book. Drinks tonight with an older poet who told me that Winnie the Pooh is the same as Homer Simpson and he is correct. I have been leaving space on […]

Filed Under: Contributors 86, Issue 86, Poetry, Poetry 86 Tagged With: Contributors 86, Morgan Parker, Poetry, Poetry 86

Steven Schutzman: Pablo and the Frogs

May 12, 2011 by PBQ

Pablo is dreaming about frogs the color of dirty motor oil. They are small with wrap-around grins and bulging eyes and there are thousands of them in the ditches flanking the road he is walking on. The frogs are jumping on each other either to get out of the ditch or because jump is what […]

Filed Under: Contributors 76, Fiction, Fiction 76, Issue 86 Tagged With: Contributors 76, Fiction, Fiction 76, Steven Schutzman

Mary Di Lucia: The Pleasure of It

May 12, 2011 by PBQ

We left no footprints because we cleared them off after us, with mighty brooms. For the entire second half of the expedition, we walked backwards sweeping, facing what we were leaving reeling and unreeling. The meteors also moved left to right, a tribute. It was as if we were not there, that is how there […]

Filed Under: Contributors 84, Issue 86, Poetry, Poetry 84 Tagged With: Contributors 84, Mary Di Lucia, Poetry, Poetry 84

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