Editor's Prize Winner | April 23, 2019
Poetry: Diane Seuss
Diane Seuss
Featuring the poems:
[My first crush was Wild Bill. . . .]
[His body was barely cold. . . .]
[I can’t see her clearly. . . .]
[I can’t say I loved punk when punk was contagious. . . .]
[What do you think Elvis’s best song was. . . .]
[Then, I account it high time to get to sea. . . .]
[Once, I took a Greyhound north across an icy bridge. . . .]
[Takes time to get to minimalism. . . .]
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