Michael H. Brownstein and Russ Kazmierczak, Jr.
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Michael H. Brownstein
mhbrownstein@ymail.com
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Michael H. Brownstein (Chicago, Illinois) has been widely published throughout the small and literary presses. His work has appeared in The Café Review, American Letters and Commentary, Skidrow Penthouse, Xavier Review, Hotel Amerika, Free Lunch, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, The Pacific Review, Poetrysuperhighway.com and others. In addition, he has nine poetry chapbooks including The Shooting Gallery (Samidat Press, 1987), Poems from the Body Bag (Ommation Press, 1988), A Period of Trees (Snark Press, 2004), What Stone Is (Fractal Edge Press, 2005), I Was a Teacher Once (Ten Page Press, 2011), Firestorm: A Rendering of Torah (Camel Saloon Press, 2012), The Possibility of Sky and Hell: From My Suicide Book (White Knuckle Press, 2013) and The Katy Trail, Mid-Missouri, 100 Degrees Outside and Other Poems (Kind of Hurricane Press, 2013). He is the editor of First Poems from Viet Nam (2011).
The following work is Copyright © 2016, and owned by Michael H. Brownstein and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
The Bullies and the Followings
where the world ends This is how stuff starts My mother can no longer watch my attack The old sad house no longer supports a front porch Everywhere the mist of skunk
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Russ Kazmierczak, Jr.
karaokefanboypress@gmail.com
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Russ Kazmierczak, Jr. is an artist that lives in Phoenix, Arizona. He self-publishes a mini-comic book called Amazing Arizona Comics, which satirizes Arizona news, history, and culture with superhero adventure. He also hosts a Johnny Carson-inspired, monthly, late night talk show called Phoenix Tonight, which can be found on YouTube. He writes and performs poems at Phoenix area open mics like District 4 and Caffeine Corridor. Follow his adventures on Instagram @amazingazcomics.
The following work is Copyright © 2016, and owned by Russ Kazmierczak, Jr. and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
My Neighbor, the Psychic
My neighbor, the psychic, She’s never fined by the HOA. My neighbor, the psychic Her Christmas lights are up all year long. My neighbor, the psychic There were no leftovers. Yesterday, I went next door My neighbor, the psychic I want to have sex with her, Our landlord came The Mechanic’s Hands
perpetually fingerprinted, dark-veined fingernails nobody accuses the mechanic’s hands they hate metaphors they don’t introspect the mechanic’s hands literally
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