The Alembic

Subject Area

Humanities

Description

Spring 2007. Full Issue, 210 pages in total including front matter & table of contents.

Contents:

Editors' Note, 9

Poetry

  • Adams, Carolyn, Black Ice, 13
  • Adams, Carolyn, The Midnight Show, 14
  • Armatas, Lia, October Indeed, 16
  • Aylsworth, Peggy, Carnage at the Common Place, 17
  • Aylsworth, Peggy, Where Do Dead Birds Go?, 18
  • Baker, Ryan, We Shared September, 19
  • Ballard, Barry, The Night of the Immediate Hour (The Tablecloth), 20
  • Barrett, Jonathan, A Dying Pigeon Found in an Alley, 21
  • Barrett, Jonathan, Christmas List, 23
  • Bean, Jeffrey, Midnight in the Flattest Field, 25
  • Beecher, Helen, five cat whiskers from my grandmother's button box, 26
  • Beecher, Helen, send me no ants, 28
  • Bennett, J.E., tinsel, 31
  • Black, Sharon, The Map Reader, 32
  • Blake, Jonathan, After, 33
  • Blake, Jonathan, The Sky as it Begins to Darken, 34
  • Blalock III, Georgie Lee, Not So Sure Those Women Got it Right, 35
  • Braziatas, Mark, The Flammable Poem, 36
  • Burress, Christina M., Les Moules, 37
  • Bushelle, David, Nature Story, 38
  • Carrino, Michael, Full Moon in Montreal, 39
  • Caruso, Jamie, Alphabet Soup, 40
  • Castleberry, R.T., Anything You Want, Anything, I Say, 41
  • Castleberry, R.T., Installation: Sight Lines, 42
  • Castleberry, R.T., The River Constant, 43
  • Castleberry, R.T., Twelve Months, Motionless, 44
  • Corwin, Phillip, The Old Bridge at Mostar, 45
  • Couteau, Rob, Allen Ginsberg, 46
  • D'Alfonso, Robbie, Permanent, 47
  • D'Alfonso, Robbie, Selective Memory, 48
  • Daldorph, Brian, Interiors, 49
  • De Winter, Corrine, Skin, 50
  • Dismukes, John, I used to be a bill collector, 51
  • Dunn, Robert, On Building the Pyramids, 52
  • Dunn, Robert, Scoffin' at Coffins Perhaps Once too Often, 53
  • Dunn, Robert, Stop Short: Heavenly Choir, 54
  • Fagan, Joan, Spare Dreams, 55
  • Farmer, Rod, Passion, 56
  • Faulwell, Dean, For Now, 57
  • Faulwell, Dean, The Nature of Things, 58
  • Fisher, Edward, The Days Go Dancing Round the Poles, 59
  • Fisk, Brent, Fatigues, 61
  • Fisk, Brent, Miracles of Sleep, 62
  • Fisk, Brent, Myrtle Beach 1978, 63
  • Flannery, S.P., Footprint, 64
  • Friedman, Jeff, Chooch at the Cheetah, 65
  • Gahl, Kathryn, The Ambulance Driver, 66
  • Geiger, Timothy, Pele Visits the Palomar Observatory, 67
  • Gosma, Lindsey, A Polemic on Weight, 68
  • Gosma, Lindsey, Decorum, 69
  • Griffith, Kevin, Let There Be Light, 70
  • Griffith, Kevin, Love is Slow to Anger, 71
  • Grigg, Austin, June Rain, 72
  • Harshman, Marc, A Bird, 73
  • Harshman, Marc, In Time for Supper, 74
  • Hazard, John, Dexter City, 1959, 75
  • Hettich, Michael, Like a Man, 76
  • Hettich, Michael, The Alarm, 77
  • Jaeger, Lowell, Don't Tell Me Any More Lies, 78
  • Johnson, Alex, Again, 79
  • Johnson, Alex, The Black Spot, 80
  • Lunde, Dave, Baldness, 81
  • Lunde, Dave, Sunset, 82
  • Malesra, Craig, Hero, 83
  • Malesra, Craig, Untitled, 84
  • McCormack, Joseph, Repetition, 85
  • McCormack, Joseph, Ritual, 86
  • McCormack, Joseph, Some Summer, 87
  • Miller, Alyce, En Route, 88
  • Miller, Alyce, Heirlooms, 89
  • Moglia, Greg, Burger Days, 90
  • Moglia, Greg, Home Front, 91
  • Moglia, Greg, Outlasted, 92
  • Murawski, Elizabeth, Madeline is Melancholy, 93
  • Parham, Robert, Touch, 94
  • Parham, Robert, What Shadows Do, 95
  • Penick, Robert L., Blues, 96
  • Penick, Robert L., One For the Irish, 97
  • Pero, Alice, Heat, 98
  • Pero, Alice, Storm, 99
  • Pobo, Kenneth, Hatched, 100
  • Pobo, Kenneth, Old Hyacinths, 101
  • Powderly, Colleen, Driving, 102
  • Quaid, Andrea, Evening Song, 103
  • Rafferty, Charles, Tennessee, 104
  • Ressmeyer, Georgia, Mind, 105
  • Ressmeyer, Georgia, Wind-Lover's Lament, 106
  • Roberts, Stephen R., After Trees, 107
  • Roberts, Stephen R., Dream Paraphernalia, 108
  • Roberts, Stephen R., One Trillionth of a Turnip, 109
  • Rodríguez, Andrés, Self-Portrait, 110
  • Rypma, Judi, Tenacity, 112
  • Sapia, Yvonne, Faithful, 113
  • Sapp, David, Damn Arcadia, 114
  • Sapp, David, The Drop Leaf Table, 116
  • Sapp, David, Winter Parthenos, 117
  • Sargent, Amy L., Sunday Morning on Lincoln, 118
  • Sennott, Tim, Untitled, 119
  • Shea, Kevin, As I Drove Into the Houghs Neck Peninsula, 120
  • Shea, Kevin, II, 122
  • Smith, Kevin, This is So Us, 124
  • Spireng, Matthew J., Blind Man Goes on a Whale Watch, 125
  • Stelzer, Skaidrite, Ode on Illness, 126
  • Surowiecki, John, Elzbieta Descending a Hospital Staircase, 127
  • Surowiecki, John, The Last Time Gienka Saw Her Mother [1949], 128
  • Tandon, Jason, Serious Poem, 129
  • Wakeman, Nancy, Fall, 130
  • Wakeman, Nancy, Prisoners of the Earth, 131
  • Williams, John Sibley, Morning Train, 133
  • Williams, John Sibley, While I Slept, 134
  • Wood, Emily, Definition, 135
  • Zide, Arlene, re-Forming the Past, 136
  • Zide, Arlene, Seeking Asylum, 137

Translations

  • Mounier, Jean-Baptiste, Patagonia, 141
  • Mounier, Jean-Baptiste, Watertown, Massachusetts, 142
  • Stumpf, Jason, Acknowledgment, 143
  • Stumpf, Jason, Communications, 144
  • Stumpf, Jason, Encounter, 145
  • Stumpf, Jason, Naming You, 146

Fiction

  • Azrak, John, First Reader, 149
  • Azrak, John, Hallelujah, 150
  • Clarke, Peter, Charity, 151
  • DuBee, Christopher, Deutsche Weihnacht, 153
  • Fagan, Joan, Down and Out Behind the Blue Wooden Letters, 154
  • Goldstein, David Alan, To-Do List, 158
  • McCauley, Jess, Not-So-Buoyant Barbies, 160
  • Rein, Andrew, One Mountain Day, 161
  • Shea, Kevin, Paul, 164
  • Witte, Francine, Ark, 170
  • Wolfson, Laura, Climbing Montmartre, 171

Contributors

  • Notes, 179

Photography

  • Baybutt, Taylor, Shield With Nothing to Protect, 194
  • Baybutt, Taylor, Roll, 195
  • Baybutt, Taylor, Dirty Water, 196
  • Baybutt, Taylor, Untitled, 197
  • Baybutt, Taylor, At Rest, 198
  • Baybutt, Taylor, Singularity, 199
  • Baybutt, Taylor, Before Us, 200
  • Cornelissen, Kerri, Tango, 201
  • Cornelissen, Kerri, Simplicity, 202
  • Cornelissen, Kerri, Eden, 203
  • Cornelissen, Kerri, Before the Fall, 204
  • Fegreus, Jenna, Untitled, 205
  • Fegreus, Jenna, Untitled, 206
  • Fegreus, Jenna, Untitled, 207
  • Fegreus, Jenna, Untitled, 208



Publisher

Providence College

Date

Spring 2007

Type

Book

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English

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