CONTENTS VOL. 18 NO. 2

EDITOR’S NOTE POETRY

Rav Grewal-Kök

CHRIS STROFFOLINO RAQUEL GUTIÉRREZ JASMINE DREAME WAGNER CALEB NOLEN TOM HAVIV URAYOÁN NOEL LUCY BURNS KATHRYN MARIS M. WEST NICHOLAS D. NACE WILL SMILEY CARMEN GIMÉNEZ SMITH MARTY CAIN

ELIZABETH CLARK WESSEL KATHERINE A FOWLEY HANNAH BROOKS-MOTL EDWIN TORRES JULIA TILLINGHAST HAZEL WHITE RUSTY MORRISON DANIEL BORZUTZKY KELLI ANNE NOFTLE ALIX ANNE SHAW JASON MITCHELL FLORENCE KINDEL

Sonnet 12: A Dialogue #39 American Pedigree Two poems Didactic Poem en flor ida Almost Gone Two poems Ganzfeld, Los Angeles The Hundred Faults Max Pengall’s Christmas Story from “Post Identity” the values by which men have found it possible not merely to survive but to live with dignity Carol and Shirley Two poems Stanford Lucifer’s G-Spot Three poems from “Vigilance Is No Orchard” Two poems Two poems The Hair Weapons Of good sign Late Afternoon vii

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