Issue 66, Summer 2010
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The Present State of American Poetry: "Hip-Hop" by Michael Cirelli

POET TITLE
Bruce Weigl   THE HOURS BEFORE
  IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE WORRY IS VERY BIG
  SELF-PORTRAIT IN THE THIRD PERSON AT FIFTY-EIGHT
Timothy Liu   LOVESONG
Christian Barter   THREE POEMS
Shya Scanlon   SIX MILES SOUTH
Hosho McCreesh   VAN GOGH'S OTHER DEATH
Stephen Stepanchev   THE WHINE OF A SAW
Dorianne Laux   WHAT LOVE DEPENDS ON
Andrew Kaufman   ALL THE UNTUNED CHORDS
Douglas Treem   BABE RUTH
Scott Bailey   DOWN EXIT RAMP 69
Donald Lev   BREAKFAST WITH PRUFROCK
Larry Rogers   THE BODY THAT IS NEVER THERE
Matthew Zapruder   AS I CROSS THE HELIOPAUSE AT MIDNIGHT, I THINK OF MY MISSION
Michael Lee Phillips   MILKING MAID
Mara Robbins   A YEAR AND A HALF
Marge Piercy   I SHOULD HAVE BURNED THEM
Justin Hyde   BINARY-CODE FOR THE CHICKENSHIT SOUL
Luke Johnson   HIGHWAY DOGS
Stephen Herz   IN THIS WAR DREAM
Lyn Lifshin   COMING HOME, THE SURPRISES
Sheila Raeschild   WE TRADED NIGHT AWAY
Elizabeth Swados   IN THE AIRPORT
John Kay   TOO LATE
Jenna Le   A CORRESPONDENCE
Corrine De Winter   LAST NIGHT
John Hodgen   KILLING MICE, DECEMBER
Amanda J. Bradley   REVISITING EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
Norman Stock   TIME MARCHES ON
Tim Suermondt   THE BEST MOVIE ON THE BASE
Kris Bigalk   EMILY SAID
Sanford Fraser   PASSERSBY
Llyn Clague   NEW YORK GIRL IN SUMMER
George Held   WALT
Michael Estabrook   MEMORIES HAVE MINDS OF THEIR OWN
Clint Margrave   THE MATH MORTICIAN
Ulf Kirchdorfer   ON NO LONGER PLAYING TENNIS WITH BILLY COLLINS
Andrés Rodríguez   THE VOICE
Yoon Sik Kim   SUNDAY MORNING
Doug Lane   AN ARMISTICE OF WOOD
Gordon Massman   1411
Tom Chandler   OYSTER ENVY
Ray Stiefvater   HOW THE WORLD WORKS
Greg Kosmicki   FLOOD
Jennifer Sullivan   VALENTINE
William Taylor, Jr.   SONGS FOR THE LOST
Richard Schiffman   MAYDAY, MAYDAY
Nicole Callihan   THE TREES
Mather Schneider   THE FIFTH QUARTER
Jim Daniels   FAME
Liz Kicak   WE LOVE ANATOMY
John Allman   OLDER THAN OUR FATHERS
Bruce Lader   OUR OWN BLOOD
Mark Wisniewski   SEEN
Jared Smith   SOCIETAL PSYCHOSIS
William Meyer, Jr.   RICH RIPE ROSES, I
Chris Middleman   AS LONG AS THE BILLS ARE PAID
Leslie Sysko   BURN
Elisavietta Ritchie   FINALE: A MANIFESTO
Connor James Lewis   SHATABDI
Marc Tretin   SLAY SUIT
Susan Scutti   DEATH IS THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY
James Murphy   CELTIC CAVES
Hilary Melton   I GO BECAUSE ALICE WALKER
Iris Lee   BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
Jackie Sheeler   DAD'S LAST WIFE
John Teehan   COME EAT SOME BUGS!
Savonna Smith   HOLDING IT IN
Noah Falck   COMMUTE
Jayne Lyn Stahl   RUMORS
Barbara Q. Faust   THE TEA PARTY
Michael Spence   HUNTING GAME
Tony Gloeggler   NOT ME
Tasia Marie Hane Devore   A LACK OF ATTENTION'S THE REMEDY
Mark Begley   BIKE
Marcia Buffington   FALLING NIGHT
Terence Winch   Q & A
Seth Cosimini   THE NAMING OF COLORS
P M F Johnson   DAWN
Todd Kalinski   NOW THAT THE BASEBALL STRIKE
Thomas Patrick Levy   THE POEM AS A GINGERBREAD HOUSE
Matthew Pennock   COLORWHEEL
Thad DeVassie   HOMESICK
Shannon Hamann   THE CARPENTER AND THE MOON
BC Harms   THE TRAGEDY OF COURTNEY LOVE
Michael T. Corrigan   WILD
Amaranth Pavis   AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON II
Judith Harris   GROUP, TUESDAY, FIVE P. M.
Robert K. Omura   MATA HARI AND THE MINOTAURS
Jeffrey Mumie   COMPUTER VIRUS
Joan Jobe Smith   BEERCAN IN THE GARDEN
Kate Murphy   BIDDING A BREAST
John Rosenmiller   CAL 'N ME
Bridget Gage-Dixon   BIRTH
Philip Sparacino   INCARNATE
Anne Piper   THE DOCTOR
Loren Goodman   AUTO BIOGRAPHY
Jay Baron Nicorvo   FOUR DEVOTIONS
Sean Patrick Hill   THE GENIUS OF BIRDS
Michael Salcman   AT GREEN RIVER CEMETARY
Taylor Graham   ORPHEUS AT BEDSIDE
Mohammed Saad Ali   GHAZAL (DREAM(S))
Gary Dop   THE LONG MADNESS
Carol Levin   EVERYONE KNOWS HOW SPRING IS
Mathias Nelson   MY OLD MAN
Laura A. Ciraolo   STRANGE MATTER
Thom Satterlee   BECAUSE
Tiffany Etter   HONEY
John Smith   PICTURES OF A FIREMAN
Esta Fischer   INTERCHANGE
Michael Schmeltzer   METAMORPHOSIS
Bill Howell   FATHER-IN-WAITING
Josh Olsen   KT AND I
Michael Montlack   LILITH: PRE PRE-NUPS
Joseph Radke   KID ELEKTRA
R. A. Allen   REGRETS
Mary Reilly   THE SONG OF THE THRUSH
Kelley Vande Plasse   MY NEIGHBOR WALTZING AT MIDNIGHT
Alison Stone   DIRT
Vanessa M. Blakeslee   THE KILLDEER
Karina Borowicz   NEW BEDFORD
Adam McGavin   TRAGIC JOYS
J. R. Kangas   REMNANTS OF 1977
Shawnte Orion   THE GEOMETRY OF TRUTH
Michael A. Flanagan   SMILE
Kevin Powers   SEPARATION
Jeffrey Grinnell   IMAGINARY FRAGMENT
Cathryn Cofell   WE NEED TO TALK
Alan Catlin   MECHANICAL LAZARUS
Charles Douthat   THE HOLD
M. P. Powers   THE BLOWHARD
Todd Christopher Cincala   FLOCKING A
Joseph Osel   AUTOS IN TUSCALOOSA
John Blair   WHITE SANDS
Zachary Kluckman   DON QUIXOTE, MY FATHER
James Grabill   STRUCK BY A CRACKED WHIP OF LIGHTNING
Steven Coughlin   EARLY WINTER
Sara Burge   MISS QUEEN CITY
J. T. Ledbetter   DREAMING IN THE PALOUSE
Hedy Habra   ONCE UPON THE TIME, IN PRAGUE, A WORD
Patrick Carrington   POURING BOILERMAKERS AT THE CADILLAC
Evelyn Posamentier   BEFORE VIETNAM VETS WERE FASHIONABLE
Peter Desy   TELLING ALL
A. D. Winans   HOUSE SITTING IN PALM SPRINGS
Brianna Noll   THEY DON'T RING CHURCHBELLS HERE
Jeff Worley   STORY SOMEONE TOLD ME
Jesse Weiner   WHAT I LIKE ABOUT BOXES
Gerald Locklin   MADONNA AND CHILD
Steve Henn   I AM A POET
Kristin Sanders   THIS POEM IS NOT SAD, NOR IS IT LONELY
Richard Buhr   TO CUT ACROSS THE IMAGE OF A STAR
Kevin Griffith   LISTEN
Travis Mossotti   FOR YEARS
Harry Hettmannsperger   SEX WITH CINDY CRAWFORD
Joshua Beckman   DARK AND SPECKLED BOOT
Elissa Errick   DUTIES WE DIDN'T ASK FOR
Bruce Cohen   CLEANING THE BASEMENT EARLY AUTUMN
Tara Bray   DOLLS
Emanuel di Pasquale   DEATH
Verónica Reyes   WINTER DESERT/SUMMER GLACIER
J. C. Ellefson   LLOYD WAXES HYPOTHETICAL ON THE RAMPARTS
Kelly Talbot   KOAN
George Witte   WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU
Kristin Bock   FUGUE
Nancy Scott (2)   MUSHROOMS
Karen Ladd-Picou   THE CONFLICT
Jay Marvin   SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Michael Miller   LISTENING AT THE VFW
Sally Molini   ELEGY AT THE REDONDO MARINA
Doug Ramspeck   FIRST DAYS
Jim Reese   WOULD YOU MIND READING THIS NEW POEM?
Paul Genega   THERE ARE EIGHT MILLION STORIES
Okla Elliott   HOW IT ENDED
Elizabeth Kay   MATING
Cerrisa Snethen   THEY'RE EVEN ON THE BATHROOM STALL
Ryan Crawford   CHIQUOLA
Bruce Edward Taylor   POETRY SEX LOVE MUSIC BOOZE & DEATH
Maria Nazos   SMASHING TOILETS
Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck   KROGER
Evan Beaty   IGNORING ANIMALS
Tony Demarest   PENELOPE'S DREAM
Nancy Carol Moody   FIGHT OR FLIGHT
Ira Joe Fisher   NO RETREAT
Grace Zabriskie   TRYING TO REFABRICATE MY LIFE
Elisabeth Murawski   SHADES OF BLACK
Lynne Savitt   SUMMER SURPRISE
Eric Roy   POSTURE
Scott Keeney   POETA NASCITUR SED FIT
Fred Yannantuono   CIGARS
Michael Cirelli   DEAD ASS