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Mad Hatters’ Review Issue 13 is now live!

Posted on May 2, 2012 by marc

And features work from over 100 artists, writers, poets, musicians, gendre-benders and tightrope walkers.               This cannonball of an issue also features many works by Mad Hatters’ founder, Carol Novack.  Drop by and have … Continue reading →

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Poem by Tricia Louvar

Posted on April 3, 2012 by marc

The Colombian Bird Flap Gesture   Flock of Colombian birds flap and inspect tuffaceous sweets by a lost duffel coat. With her hips she pulls the wagon connected to a rope through a flooded plane lining the boardwalk. The moon … Continue reading →

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Two poems by Emmanuel Uweru Okoh

Posted on April 2, 2012 by marc

Sixth Realm   The night denied the day and cursed light But never forget the tale of the fair king: Triumphant in all, but one-death. Who, then are you to move? Who sanctioned your progress? Who willed your will? But, … Continue reading →

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Two poems by Stephen Nelson

Posted on March 8, 2012 by marc

Beach   We played with the whales in the shallows for a week until they beached on the shore and became a mass of dead blubber. Several townsfolk went insane after this – mothers killed babies, fathers slaughtered sons. My … Continue reading →

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Two Poems by Glenn Frantz

Posted on March 5, 2012 by marc

Labyrinth   Happily kept, as tightly as pins. But who owns the lock? Replying with snowy smartness and suspicion, and who had no roof when cementing the night. The green cat could run over the courtyard. I will see better … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction by Randall Brown

Posted on February 29, 2012 by marc

And So It Will Just Be the Two of Us   My sister and I are racing the condiments. Come on—catch-up. Wait—I must-turd. I don’t relish the thought of that. We are being given the silent treatment because yesterday we … Continue reading →

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Poem by Carol Novack

Posted on February 20, 2012 by marc

Teachings of Death   I affirmation sticks to me like a porcupine’s quill the dumb animal death—instinctively a woman who has lain with pigs keeps me going where lions hunt desires silent in the bog   II that wizened woman … Continue reading →

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Tribute poem by Lee Ann Brown

Posted on February 8, 2012 by marc

Acoustic winter —for Carol     If the year ends a plural spiral Make it be so what a year is If the winter begins again here In the longest darkest place Of the shortest bluest day We play the … Continue reading →

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Tribute poem by Gene Tanta

Posted on February 7, 2012 by marc

Elegy for Carol Novack, 1948-2011   Farewell Carol. If death is a journey take it at a local pace. Don’t hurry if no road presents the way. If no road presents the way beneath your feet, let the narrative fail … Continue reading →

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Tribute poem by Leonie Blair

Posted on February 4, 2012 by marc

Just a Handful of My Very Treasured Memories of Carol   Glebe, Sydney, Australia February, 1977 Fantasized drinking ouzo on a verandah in Greece While the sun fell into the ocean Molyvos, Greece, October to December 1977 Interviewed prospective landlords … Continue reading →

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