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New Poems by Michael Carrino
Michael Carrino holds an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College. He is an English lecturer at the State University College at Plattsburgh, New York, where he is co-editor and poetry editor of the Saranac Review. His publications include Some Rescues, (New Poets Series, Inc.) Under This Combustib

A Few Things Straight about Flame Skunks, Abraham Lincoln, and the Endless Tunnels of Paradise
Flame skunks. They is a problem to most home owners, be all they don't know it though. Pesky little fellers, git in your basement and start feedin off the lint of most furnace filters. You can tell 'em by their plumpish skunk bodies, but they's head's just like a gas broiler wi

Black Oil by Bill Kemmett
Bill Kemmett is a brilliant poet. He lives in Port Saint Lucie, Florida and he crafts gems: carefully cut, polished, sparkling, many-faceted gems. He may start the day with his noggin on his pillow, at the beach, or browsing a yard sale, but with the mere flick of his eye he reveals fathoms. His