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Charles

Bukowski

Dialogue

5

Martin

Espada

Author’s Note

7

Martin

Espada

When Songs Become Water

8

Martin

Espada

Cuando los cantos se vuelven agua Tadiccon: Camilo Perez-Bustillo

10

F.A.

Nettelbeck

(Untitled)

13

Charles

Bukowski

just trying to do a good deed

17

Charles

Bukowski

one to lead the way

19

Charles

Bukowski

the death of an era

22

Charles

Bukowski

short muck poem

25

Chris

Stroffolino

Introduction to PBQ Reading Series

26

William F.

Van Wert

In Duras

27

Maralyn Lois

Polak

Transformation

28

Richard

Burgin

Necessary Night

30

Leonard

Gontarek

The Possible

32

Miriam N.

Kotzin

Checkout Line

33

Patrick

Kelly

Empty Can, Empty Words

34

Danny

Shot

The Living Legend

36

Roger Allen

Jones

‘Honey can you call my boyfriend, Jimmy…’

38

Jack

Wiler

Meditations on Natural Man

40

Ed

Barrett

All the While Knowing

42

Bob

Perelman

Pastures New

44

Aaren Yeatts

Perry

Abortion # -1

47

David

Rosenthal

One way out

49

Denise

Duhamel

New York Heroine

50

Gil

Ott

(Untitled)

52

Valerie

Fox

I Will Support The Government After All

54

Peter

Gizzi

Asserted Abundance

55

Chris

Stroffolino

Like a Laugh Theat Never Happened (a fragment)

56

Elizabeth

Willis

UNDER THE ARC/of disaster

58

Louise

Simons

August 29 in elkins Park

60

Gillian

McCain

breathless for a few seconds

61

Carl

Watson

from Agoraphobia & Sexuality in the land of Transient Hotels

62

CA

Conrad

The Poem I’ve Spent My Life Trying Not To Write

64

Michael S.

Weaver

The Philadelphian

67

Lamont B.

Steptoe

Short Circuited

69

Louis

McKee

The Soldier

70

Elizabeth

Raby

Poetry Matters

73

Elizabeth

Raby

Contributors’ Notes

78

Mpozi

Tolbert

Median Fire, Broad & Market, Philadelphia

Front Cover Photo

Mpozi

Tolbert

City Gym, Center City, Philadelphia

Back Cover Photo

Mpozi

Tolbert

All Photos

 

Teresa

Leo

Editor

 

Jerry

Hagins

Editorial Staff

 

Kathy

Volk Miller

Editorial Staff

 

Patrick

Kelly

Editorial Staff

 

Jerry

Hagins

Production