
With an Open Theme issue we offer a variety in form and feeling. Each poem is linked by proximity and intuition in this beautifully balanced issue. This collection of poems conjures the smell of fresh-mown hay and the sensation of finding old photographs of someone you haven’t seen in a while. These poets are speaking and listening, minds open and senses attuned.
Featuring new poems by Lambda Literary fellow Nora Hikari, Terry Watada, Evan J, and more. Plus, an excerpt from George Elliott Clarke’s War Canticles, as well as a preview of our 2022 Chapbook Award winner. Rosie Long Decter interviews Frankie Barnet on her debut graphic novel. Reviews of Garden Physic by Sylvia Legris and I Wish I Could Be Peter Falk by Paul Zits. Artwork by Fulbright fellow Leah Oates from her series Transitory Space.
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Table of contents
POETRY
- Matthias Mann — TO SLEEP
- Nick Visconti — YOU, FLOWER
- James McKee — AUTUMN EXIT
- Ken Norris — MOMENT
- Sneha Subramanian Kanta — [PURGATORY IN PARIS]
- Nora Hikari — ODE TO THE SWORD LOGIC
- Shane Neilson — SACRED TECHNICIAN
- John Kinsella — RADIESTHESIA
- Courtney Bates-Hardy — PAIN WOMEN
- Mark Neely — ANOTHER IDIOT
- Peter Grandbois — CROW FINDS A GRAIN OF SAND LODGED IN THE BACK OF HIS EYE
- Zak Jones — NO PHOTOS OF RALPH
- Constance Hansen — OR THE ORB
- George Looney — REMEMBERING THE SCENT OF FRESH-MOWN HAY
- Leanne Charette — VEHOPHOBIA
- Jan Jorgensen — DESDEMONA REBUKES OTHELLO
- Caitlyn Alario — STRAY
- Chris Johnson — YOU’RE LIVING NOW
- Caitie L. Young — SOME CALIFORNIA POLICE ARE BIASED. A REPORT SAYS THEY HAVE NO CLEAR PLANS TO FIX THAT
- Bruce Meyer — FRIENDSHIP IS A SUMMER THAT NEVER SHEDS ITS LEAVES
- Ken Victor — ANTHROPOLOGY
- Kat Cameron — OPEN FOURTH
- Terry Watada— VISIONS OF CHISATO
- Ami J. Sanghvi — SOFT-SKIN DARLINGS OF THE TUNDRA (1)
- Ayesha Chatterjee — SEPTEMBER
- Rachel Aviva Burns — FIRST FLIGHT
- Kit Roffey — VESSEL
- Evan J — ON A HILL NEAR STAIG
2022 Vallum Chapbooks
Interview
- Rosie Long Decter – A Conversation with Frankie Barnet on Kim: A Novel Idea
REVIEWS
- rob mclennan – REVIEW OF JUDITH: WOMEN MAKING VISUAL POETRY, ed. AMANDA EARL+++
- Bill Neumire – REVIEW OF I WISH I COULD BE PETER FALK by PAUL ZITS; and REVIEW OF GARDEN PHYSIC by SYLVIA LEGRIS;
ART
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+++ This essay is only available online and not part of the print edition.
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