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"The Mirror Poem" by R. Carpease

Intro: Super X Drugstore, Nashville, Tennessee, sometime in 1985. I’m there looking for a six-pack of beer. Passing the magazine aisle I ...

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Tim Pfau: Fragments

There is a long and pleasant corridor, in the finest Nursing Home I have seen, protected by a coded locking door. On either side, life’s ...

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"The boy who would die," a poem by Rethabile Masilo

"The boy who would die," a poem written and read by Rethabile Masilo, is from the book Waslap (The Onslaught Press, 2015). This reading w...

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Gleah Powers: "Mommy, Mommy"

The moment she dies, you’re in stirrups having a pap smear. How symbolic is that? You made the appointment months ago. You were exhausted...

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Steve Parham: "Laid-Back Lenny"

Steve Parham met Canopic's Phil Rice in 1976. For the next two years, Steve's relatively practical approach to being in high school provi...

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"Morning song," a poem by Rethabile Masilo

Morning song Suddenly I felt awkward, and walked off, left heaven and its Messiah lectures and that flock of sheep, went down along old r...

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Gleah Powers: Poolside Graffiti

Gleah Powers is the author of the award winning novella Edna and Luna, which was named a Finalist in the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book ...

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Early Canopic Jar: Hal's Drawings

The first two issues of Canopic Jar were printed and distributed (marginally) in 1986. The highlights included poetry by P.A. Merrill (wh...

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Gleah Powers: Pirouettes

She perked me up when she did her perfect pirouettes to the Blue Danube waltz. She wore a sky blue tutu made from stiff nylon netting and...

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"The waslap of my father," a poem by Rethabile Masilo

"The waslap of my father," a poem written and read by Rethabile Masilo, is from the book Waslap (The Onslaught Press, 2015). This reading...

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"Hoodlums on the Lawn" by Carver Adams

In a hulking, black-clad mass, nearly twenty turkey vultures congregated in Maude’s yard. The 12-gauge shotgun blasts she fired over thei...

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"After Lunch on Sundays," a poem by Rethabile Masilo

"After Lunch on Sundays," a poem written and read by Rethabile Masilo, is from the book Waslap (The Onslaught Press, 2015). This reading w...

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"The Horses," a reading by Rethabile Masilo

"The Horses," a poem written and read by Rethabile Masilo, is from the book Waslap (The Onslaught Press, 2015). This reading was streamed...

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"Cover the Ground" by Charles E. Rice

A selection from The View from My Ridge by Charles E. Rice Growing up in a mill town teaches one violence—and survival tactics. Pietistic...

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