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Silvia Scheibli
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Lyn Lifshin
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Shutta Crum
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Fahredin Shehu
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Elisavietta Ritchie
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Keith Moul
Aneek Chatterjee
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Running Cub
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Jennifer Burd
Fred Wolven
Helen Gyigya
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THE LAST I SAW OF HIM
(for
Roger, 1938-2018)
.
. . he was latching the gate.
raised a hand, acknowledging
an ordinary day,
him,
a life,
his faith in the steadfastness of the bolt.
He on one side—me on the other.
Now, I find myself rising
from dreams in which my faith is tested.
I hug nightclothes close
and go barefoot,
moving through damp and dark.
I raise a hand—I test the latch.
FEARLESS
Thirteen’s my lucky number.
My friend prefers nineteen.
I always step on cracks,
while she jumps in between.
I don’t believe there is bad luck.
I simply have no fear.
Like when a horde of coal-black cats
pass by at night, I cheer!
But strange as this may sound--
I do believe in ghosts. It’s true!
For I’ve been dead a hundred years,
my friend’s been dead just twenty-two.
ME AND MY GHOST
They say I have a wandering spirit. If only it were so!
The little ghost won’t hear it when I tell him he must go.
Each night I cringe, as he gets started. He howls! Stomps! Slams my doors!
I’ve told him that the dead departed love to haunt the heathered moors.
But no! He will not go.
He says he likes my atmosphere; my dust, my chill, my vaulted halls.
He says he’s not a pioneer. He’s cozy here within my walls.
In truth, as lonely daylight looms, I’m glad he’ll not be pioneering.
When ghostly giggles fill my rooms—you know—that scamp can be endearing.
Shutta Crum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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