Monthly Archives: February 2012

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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Tribute poem by Larry Buttrose

Posted on February 2, 2012 by marc

The Last Day of the Year in memoriam Carol Novack and Kerry Leves “he told me that writing poetry was the most beautiful thing anyone could do on this godforsaken earth”  —Roberto Bolano   The writing of a poem Is problematical … Continue reading →

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3 tribute poems by Robert Vaughan

Posted on February 1, 2012 by marc

— for Carol Novack   I Really Don’t Know Clouds At All When the conversation evaporates, perhaps it’s like the clouds vanishing before the dominance of the sun. When words fail, stay. Have the awkward courage to stay, my love, … Continue reading →

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