WHERE POETRY AND POP CULTURE COLLIDE!
Issue #13: Year Three Begins!
POETRY
|
WILLIAM EVANS
Blackest Night #6 (2010) Abolitionist Daisy Fitzroy of Bioshock Infinite Tells Me The Cost of Things The Night Before She Dies |
NINA ROBINS
Smolder
Smolder
CATHERINE WEISS
bipolar wizards get sorted twice
bipolar wizards get sorted twice
DANIEL ROMO
MTV Poems
#10: Paula Abdul, "Rush Rush"
#14: Boyz II Men, "Motownphilly"
#15: Color Me Badd, "I Wanna Sex U Up"
#47: Janet Jackson,"Love Will Never Do Without You"
MTV Poems
#10: Paula Abdul, "Rush Rush"
#14: Boyz II Men, "Motownphilly"
#15: Color Me Badd, "I Wanna Sex U Up"
#47: Janet Jackson,"Love Will Never Do Without You"
|
|
JOHN BUCKLEY and MARTIN OTT
Galactus Feels His Age |
|
|
SAMANTHA DUNCAN
How to kick-box my way out of an archetype The quiet distance the world has put Loving Patti Mayonnaise |
|
|
BERNARD FERGUSON
while standing in the kitchen, my roommate says Luke Cage ain’t shit after Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib in which i mistake ruby from blackish as a family member |
|
AMBER FLAME
Lemonade, as Sestina Ghazal for the Abandoned Child Or Prince Sings Funk for Seven and a Half Minutes |
SEAN WEST
The Iron Giant Expands His Vocabulary
The Iron Giant Expands His Vocabulary
|
ALAN CHARAZO
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad, 1999 |
|
MICK POWELL
this is about snapchat but also about you & also about me & also about drowning
this is about snapchat but also about you & also about me & also about drowning
|
STEFFAN TRIPLETT
Dear Mr. Officer (using the lyrics of “Look Alive” by Rae Sremmurd) Wiz Boy To Kevin, Or Maybe You’re Reading the Movie Wrong (after Moonlight) Back at One (an erasure) |
|
JENNA DANOY
Over There, or the Day My Grandmother Dies, I Find Carrie Fisher |
|
|
|
CHRIS PETRUCCELLI
Ode to English 111x as Foghorn Leghorn Featuring: An Introduction from an Anonymous Student Or, Don’t Worry, I Failed My First College English Paper Too—A Sestina After Paul Guest |
FICTION
|
RYK MCINTYRE
The Last Human on Earth |
|
KELSEY STYLES
Unsilence
Unsilence
We've added new pop culture related poetry videos to the Matinee! Click on the logo above to see these and other poems of nerdy, poppy brilliance! Just added to the queue:
Elisa Chavez - #gamergate
Sarah Lawson - Anne Frank offers Justin Beiber a Lesson in Humility
Danez Smith - Self Portrait as a 90s R&B Video
Cassidy Foust - Ghostbusters (is so gay)
Mikkel Snyder - A Question of Authority
Mason Granger - Alexander Squarepants
Sean Alino - #OscarsSoWhite
Nora Meiners - Finding Emo
Patrick Roche - Retcon
Brenna Twohy - Conversations About Top Chef
Christopher Michael - Dear Miss Cyrus (Black Feels Like)
Noel Quiñones - Abuela Disciplines Dominican Drake
Justin Lamb - Yes New Friends (A Letter to Drake) @WANPOETRY
Elisa Chavez - #gamergate
Sarah Lawson - Anne Frank offers Justin Beiber a Lesson in Humility
Danez Smith - Self Portrait as a 90s R&B Video
Cassidy Foust - Ghostbusters (is so gay)
Mikkel Snyder - A Question of Authority
Mason Granger - Alexander Squarepants
Sean Alino - #OscarsSoWhite
Nora Meiners - Finding Emo
Patrick Roche - Retcon
Brenna Twohy - Conversations About Top Chef
Christopher Michael - Dear Miss Cyrus (Black Feels Like)
Noel Quiñones - Abuela Disciplines Dominican Drake
Justin Lamb - Yes New Friends (A Letter to Drake) @WANPOETRY
|
Click on the pic to the right to check out some sweet pop art pieces by HELEN HOFLING, JASON MURPHY and CAROLINE MANLEY! |
BONUS E-ZINE: HAWK AND ANIMAL #2!
Five years after Issue #1, the pro wrestling poem experiment H&A is back and
ohhhhh what a rush!
Click on the cover and enjoy Hawk and Animal #2, poems about the broken ballet that is professional wrestling brought to you by the booking team of:
AJ Moyer,
Alan Charazo,
and Billy Tuggle!
Freebird Rules!
Five years after Issue #1, the pro wrestling poem experiment H&A is back and
ohhhhh what a rush!
Click on the cover and enjoy Hawk and Animal #2, poems about the broken ballet that is professional wrestling brought to you by the booking team of:
AJ Moyer,
Alan Charazo,
and Billy Tuggle!
Freebird Rules!