Poetry | Tarpaulin Sky Magazine

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Poetry | Tarpaulin Sky Magazine

PUBLISHING NOTHING BY BILLY COLLINS SINCE 2003 | IMAGE: NOAH SATERSTROM

Drew Kalbach, MQ-1

"I wallow in the shallows / In small language edits I now / Wordsmith my loved ones until their / Horror stories begin to match my own." Excerpts from Drew Kalbach’s poetry manuscript, MQ-1, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.

Catherine Theis, Sophia

“Sleeping. Dream / -ing. Dead. My head / washes ashore. / The female reoccurs.” Excerpts from Catherine Theis’s poetry manuscript, Sophia, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.

Jane Lewty, Mistune

Excerpts from Jane Lewty’s poetry manuscript, Mistune, a project where the industrial decline of a city is registered polyvocally. It traces how a regional accent is lost, found, and lost again via certain methods, such as recalling the soundscape of 1990s dance music...." A finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.

Annette C. Boehm, The Knowledge Weapon

"Accidents are happening / everywhere to everyone; / it’s a wonderful time to be alive." Excerpts from Annette C. Boehm’s poetry manuscript, The Knowledge Weapon, a finalist for the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize.

Daniel Carter, Miller’s Ridge: Seasons 1-7

"Despite its comic affectations and slapstick plays for ratings, the Los Angeles Times has declared the season’s heart 'pure Miller’s Ridge,' its core struggle 'a personal grudge match with emotional roots that trail back five seasons.'" Excerpts from Daniel Carter’s poetry manuscript, Miller's Ridge, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.

Jessica Baran, Common Sense

"Sense is rarely made when plummeting. Some directions / are never foreseeable, like the bitterness parade / in which speech undresses." Excerpts from Jessica Baran’s poetry manuscript, Common Sense, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.

Poems by Kim Vodicka

"I grab my jizzy blankey and put on a bib / to catch the roofies. // Making piggy eyes for love. // I outsourced a boyfriend to autocomplete that pussy. // I crowdfunded a suicide."

Poem by JT Colfax

"Patsy Manson having a cup of urine thrown in her face at Heaven’s Gate … / Patsy Manson chased endlessly at night, round a racetrack by a mechanical rabbit...."

Lara Glenum, JUNK SHOT

“We r strapped // 2 eachother / like some species // of occult glamour // I discharge my titters / over the bodies piling out // of the glass / The reanimation of my pie // in a funk of vex….” Excerpts from Lara Glenum’s poetry manuscript, JUNK SHOT, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.

Annie Guthrie: Poems

"with vigil, I see outlines / are only choices made by eyes // like a river stepped in by mistake / I think to take you in..." Excerpts from Annie Guthrie's poetry collection, The Good Dark, forthcoming from Tupelo Press.

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