GUEST EDITOR GABRIEL GUDDING ~THE STRANGE CALL
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 3 ISSN 1543-6063


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An X that equals—
As if orchids—
A row of dark—
Impulse &
its spit—

A certain romance
reserved— The past
is always—

 

Both 1          

Wives in
a horseshoe— His body
a stitch— The “bed” has been
such an anxiety— A monument
and more—

Swallow at all
talking— He gagged
on his first—

 

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A split of silk
reseamed from spit
and a hug— Knowledge

desired, denied— Side
churches painted-in
behind Moses— Arrange

events into patterns:
charity plots right
outside, a lethal green—

A rake scrapes right
before morning— Japanese tour
groups just love—



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Detergent in his irises— Man
assumes a Manson family— Fist
standing for human—

The trees filtering— The world
hangs in a cave— Back to
a dripping— Love

as if in—


Verse 19, 3 / 20, 1        

One moved to Boston
and married— The sun
bends to her in a pleated
wedding—

Rustle the cellophane
Think of him lying
The glazing slips
Keep a diary
A chorus of tiny

Great strides in
plastic— Open
the luxury— Opening
suggests a little— Swallow
a thing—

The guards have grown
He broke
down in the glowing

 

Jenna
Cardinale

Poems from Jenna Cardinale's Journals series appear in recent or forthcoming issues of Octopus Magazine, 6x6, Word For/Word, PomPom and Milk Magazine.  She received an MFA from The New School in 2003.  In the same year she won the National Arts Club Award for Poetry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poems on this page © Jenna Cardinale 2005.
 

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