IT MAY BE
Indianola, Washington
DEVOTED STRANGERS
San Francisco, California
from our published CQ issues for the Pushcart Prize.
Congratulations to our 2016 Pushcart nominees:
from CQ Vol. 41, No. 4
from CQ Vol. 42, No. 1
from CQ Vol. 42, No. 2
from CQ Vol. 42, No. 2
from CQ Vol. 42, No. 3
from CQ Vol. 42, No. 4
We present the six poems in the pages below.
OUTSIDER AMONG NUNS
and go boldly into dark woods, to clean the graves.
wanted for nothing from those above ground and hungry.
in dark hours, seated my prayer among them, and let it blaze.
it’s just human to love.
San Diego, California
BECAUSE
In tribute to "Breakfast" by Diane Wakoski
unpopulated New Mexico
going north
summer, blue sky
taking us
from Abbey Road.
or some other direction
New Mexico.
as my CRX flew east
more perfect
on the poached egg
because we weren't alone.
Pasadena, California