Poems: Issa Lewis
Heal Over Heal over, girl. Find that closet with its welcoming must and swirling dust eddies on the wood floor. Close the door and watch the window light flake down to a sliver. In here no mirror shows your face. Tuck your knees to your nose as your mother’s skirts caress your face. You can … Read more
(Archive) In Place: Jacob Dale’s “Bio-Jazz”
Jacob Dale’s In Place is part of our Chester College of New England series. When it was filmed, he was a creative writing student who often served as DJ for on-campus dance parties. He will graduate from the creative writing program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art on Sunday, May 19.
(Archive) Excerpt: Marilyn McCabe
From Perpetual Motion from “Considering Magritte” 1. (with a grain of Sel)f-Portrait A gaping hole where face should be an unripe apple a void at the caged gut disguised by a bird. If I were to open my eyes you’d see only sky. What a body wants: a good hat to keep it all in, … Read more
(Archive) In Place: Daniella Engel’s “Mannequin Behind Glass”
This is another video from our Chester College of New England archive. When it was filmed Daniella Maria Fuentes Engel was a creative writing student who happened to like printmaking. She will graduate from the creative writing program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art later this month. Her original bio included this quote: Digo … Read more
(Archive) Excerpt: Jen Karetnick
From Landscaping for Wildlife Love Poem for the Purple Gallinule From ficus to sawgrass, spatterdock to mangrove, with the fidgety gravity of a balloon losing helium, the purple gallinule skips over the skin of the glades, freckle to sunspot like the sheen on the surface of oil upon water. His mate is somewhere nearby. Or … Read more
(Archive) In Place: Christine Cote’s “The Elephant”
This is one of the many In Place episodes from our series featuring students and faculty from Chester College of New England in the months before it was closed last May. When this was filmed, Christine Cote was an interdisciplinary arts major at Chester College. Today she is completing her studies at the New Hampshire … Read more
Poem: Timothy Gager
Meeting with Father Vincent Can you grasp the music of a thousand Gods? I can, said Father Vincent. False, is all I hear, the aggregate of everyone’s decomposition. I believe in rusty trucks, feral cats and orphans. People die for no reason, inherent wickedness knows no spirit. The stone straight pastor tells me, there is … Read more
(Archive) In Place: Lori Desrosiers, Live at New England College
This episode is part of our In Place LIVE series. We are pleased to be able to bring you live performances from some of our favorite writers. Desrosiers’s reading was part of the New England College MFA program’s 10th anniversary celebration on June 23, 2012. Lori is planning a trip to Ireland to launch her … Read more
Excerpt: Susana H. Case, Monica Wendel, & Amber West
From Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence Heat Susana H. Case Desert washes make me think of dead girls in shallow graves—lost—bereft of splendor their sun-blonded heads turned to roughened dust. Was this where Evil buried bodies back in ’66—would he go out this far or are they harshly covered over now with sprawl—the … Read more
Excerpt: Moshe Dor
From Scorched by the Sun: Poems by Moshe Dor Silence We grew up on silence. Because of the oath sworn over the gun, an orphan candle flickering in the dark. Because we were a new generation, praised for holding back, clenched mouths, keeping emotions under wraps. Reared on lofty sentiments we created ourselves out of … Read more
