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Anthology :: Ruthless Grip
Below are some contributions by poets who read in the
Ruthless Grip reading series
.
Bruce Andrews:
Between
Renee Angle:
from
Jack-of-All-Trades
Joseph Battaglia:
from
Variorum
Jules Boykoff :
the general form of value
Jules Boykoff :
twofold origin of manufacture
Elizabeth Burns:
Lilacs
Jennifer Coleman:
["Miriam, sorry I missed your call...."]
Jennifer Coleman:
A Beautiful Theory of Everything
CA Conrad:
from
FRANK
Martin Corless-Smith:
The Works of William Williamson
Connie Deanovich:
"Shall We Gather at the River?" (from
Zombie Jet
)
Connie Deanovich:
"Italian Imagination" (from
Zombie Jet
)
Tom Devaney:
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tom Devaney:
How do you say, "funky chicken" in Spanish, Poppy?
Tom Devaney:
Forest of the Night
Tom Devaney:
Bee Beard Sonnet
Jean Donnelly:
from
Anthem
Buck Downs:
In Memory of the Next Time
Buck Downs:
Poem
Marcella Durand:
machine into water 5
Betsey Fagin:
the end of practical obscurity
Rob Fitterman:
Metropolis 16
Rob Fitterman:
Metropolis 17
Rob Fitterman:
Metropolis 18
Rob Fitterman:
Metropolis 25
Josey Foo:
Eyes, definition (verb)
Josey Foo:
"Light has been. . ."
Josey Foo:
Gravel
Josey Foo:
Evening
Josey Foo:
Beams
Greg Fuchs:
Stop The Auction Rally
Greg Fuchs:
The City
Heather Fuller:
from
Eyeshot
(Propjet Chapbooks 1999)
Jeremy Gardner:
Electronic Skip Protection (from
I Wall
)
Jeremy Gardner:
112,703 (Spikes: Intronet #1-#3) (from
pop-bomb
)
Jeremy Gardner:
An Introspection
Drew Gardner:
Marie Menken
Drew Gardner:
Black Atlantic Sky
Drew Gardner:
Sugar Pill
Maia Gil'Adi:
Holding Therapy
Maia Gil'Adi:
[I apologize for misplacing your face]
Maia Gil'Adi:
Philadelphia
Maia Gil'Adi:
Trio
Adam Good:
Engine Teeth Statements
Adam Good:
Dear More Years
Nada Gordon:
effects of torsion in snails
Daniel Gu:
Correlation
Daniel Gutstein:
You will be cold again
Daniel Gutstein:
Noisemaker
Daniel Gutstein:
Sonnet
Daniel Gutstein:
The whole of the transfinite
Daniel Gutstein:
Where an arc of imperfect dissipation
Jefferson Hansen :
The Earth is a Drama Queen / or King
Jefferson Hansen:
Threads in the Ozone
Jefferson Hansen:
Angels of Density
Jefferson Hansen:
Santuerio
Jefferson Hansen:
Two Boys Bothering Us
Jefferson Hansen:
Swallowing What Dirt
Jefferson Hansen:
We are Dumb as Bells
Katy Lederer:
Morning Song ("A Pavlovian envy. . .")
Katy Lederer:
Morning Song ("You color all.")
Katy Lederer:
Morning Song ("In that other place. . .")
Katy Lederer:
Morning Song ("It is simply a matter. . .")
Rachel Levitsky:
Recent Unrecorded Notes
Brendan Lorber:
Ringer
Brendan Lorber:
Be the Ball
Brendan Lorber:
Feel the Urn
Brendan Lorber:
Collateral Omelette
Gillian McCain:
Chemistry
Gillian McCain:
Shopping
Gillian McCain:
Electricity
Gillian McCain:
Autumn
Gillian McCain:
Action
Sharon Mesmer:
A Unicorn Boner For Humanity
Sharon Mesmer:
Hello Everyone
Sharon Mesmer:
Annoying Diabetic Bitch
Sandra Miller:
A Good Scripting.
Sandra Miller:
The Desert is My Animal.
Sandra Miller:
‘The Problem of Infinity is a Disease that Must Be Cured. I Am Very Eager to Be Healthy.’
Sandra Miller:
By Dint of Kilt.
Carol Mirakove:
Sem: A World Without
Ange Mlinko:
Index Excerpt (Book)
Chris Nealon:
"Yours Alone"
Chris Nealon:
Ideas that have harmed mankind
Chris Nealon:
Park blocks
Melanie Neilson:
The Key (from
Sleeping Bag U.S.A.
)
Melanie Neilson:
Pretend (from
Sleeping Bag U.S.A.
)
Melanie Neilson:
Pretend #2 (from
Sleeping Bag U.S.A.
)
Mel Nichols:
from
Day Poems
Cheryl Pallant:
from
Uncommon Grammar Cloth
David Perry:
New Years
Kristin Prevallet:
One Final Blow to Mankind
Heather Ramsdell:
from
Vague Swimmers
Heather Ramsdell:
Good Sheep
Richard Roundy:
Poem ("Alone, Jimmy tends to pace himself")
Richard Roundy:
Tab A Goes into Slot B
Richard Roundy:
The Other Kind of Vertigo
Ric Royer:
Pretending to be dead
Ric Royer:
Along the ditches
Ric Royer:
The one who believed in disasters
Kaia Sand:
Prologue
Kaia Sand:
forecast
Kaia Sand:
Appellation
Kaia Sand:
feedback
Kaia Sand:
obsolescence
Selah Saterstrom:
early house
Selah Saterstrom:
Take Care of Me
Leonard Schwartz:
Elations II
James Sherry:
The Census of the Fishes
Ron Silliman:
It Takes a Village (from
VOG
)
Rod Smith:
WHAM-O
Rod Smith:
ANDROID REMAINDER REVENGE
Rod Smith:
NO, MY NAME IS GARY SULLIVAN. I OWN A MANSION AND A YACHT
Rod Smith:
REAGGRAVATED WAD NUB
Rod Smith:
THIS IS SUCH TOTAL BULLSHIT.
Rod Smith:
IS THIS A DIFFERENT THREAD
Brian Kim Stefans :
A Poem for Tyros
Brian Kim Stefans :
Howlings in Favor of Tulsa
Gary Sullivan:
Narrow Gauge
Gary Sullivan:
(Untitled)
Gary Sullivan:
Poem in Absence of Any Poem
Thomas Lowe Taylor:
Here (for Karen)
Chris Toll:
Under Pressure (from
Ruthless Grip Poems
)
Chris Toll:
I'm Waiting In My Sonnet With The Engine Running (from
Ruthless Grip Poems
)
Chris Toll:
O Professor Of Sorrow (from
Ruthless Grip Poems
)
Chris Toll:
A Pity Shaved Is A Kitty Yearned (from
Ruthless Grip Poems
)
Chris Toll:
Permanent Fatal Errors (from
Ruthless Grip Poems
)
Chris Toll:
Adapt Or Die (from
Ruthless Grip Poems
)
Chris Toll:
The Best Loved Poem Of The American People (from
Ruthless Grip Poems
)
Bill Tuttle:
postcards from nirvana
Bill Tuttle:
night sky over dave's garage
Catherine Wagner:
I Walked in the House
Catherine Wagner:
Very Nice-Looking
Dana Ward:
I Can’t Feel My Face
Dana Ward:
More of the Same Quasi-Mystical Fight
Dana Ward:
It Belongs To Someone
Jacqueline Waters :
from
The Garden of Eden a College
Craig Watson:
February - from
Last Man Standing (A Shepherd's Calendar)
Craig Watson:
March - from
Last Man Standing (A Shepherd's Calendar)
Geoffrey Young:
Heart of the Breath
