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APW Group Poem

Completed 27 October 1997

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AN AUGUST AFTERNOON

An august afternoon. Even here is heard

a wild beast running toward
scott reid
USA - Mon Aug 4 10:26:46 1997
the moment of its doom
Clio
PDX, OR USA - Tue Aug 5 07:00:00 1997
beyond this beach and its slow tides
Trina Baker
Richmond, CA USA - Tue Aug 5 07:58:43 1997
its shadow reveals nothing but its shivering fear.
Jarred Shaw
USA - Tue Aug 5 08:04:00 1997
The shadow's doused in blood-wet rain
Hugh Bone
USA - Tue Aug 5 08:26:28 1997
and already our fractal description contradicts itself
Daniel F. Kligman
Brooklyn, NY USA - Tue Aug 5 12:03:08 1997
like the fish pulled out of the ocean to the fierce sunlight.
Delores McAnuff-Gauntlett
Kingston, JAMAICA WEST INDIES - Tue Aug 5 18:04:44 1997
Inside the hedges of the labyrinth
david Bennett
oakland, ca USA - Tue Aug 5 18:42:29 1997
the wild beast is moving towards the exit.
david bennett
oakland, ca usa - Tue Aug 5 19:46:14 1997
And now, in the cooling afternoon, the smell of
Scott Reid
USA - Tue Aug 5 23:14:17 1997
exhaustion cripples my glance,
matt cottom
rochester, ny USA - Tue Aug 5 23:21:56 1997
a fish-slick whippet skulks at the edge of my vision
Maggie Morley
USA - Wed Aug 6 17:51:06 1997
and laughs at Alice in her wildabeast Wonderland.
Erin Thompson
Tucson, AZ USA - Wed Aug 6 18:47:34 1997
The terebinth tree fills the air
david Bennett
Oakland , ca USA - Thu Aug 7 08:23:40 1997
spread in its leisure, while the wind
Delores McAnuff-Gauntlett
USA - Fri Aug 8 17:38:36 1997
whispers an elegy:
Brenda Bruner
USA - Sun Aug 10 00:32:50 1997
"Who are you to believe?"
Peter Turrone
San Jose, CA USA - Sun Aug 10 18:40:15 1997
And are visions...in heaven...everywhere?
Jef Schultz
Santa Rosa, CCa. USA - Tue Aug 12 00:57:06 1997
Wet hay hovers with the swirling mist, rising above
David Bennett
Oakland, CA USA - Tue Aug 12 23:28:24 1997
sand dunes and seagulls, yet listless like
Brenda Bruner
USA - Thu Aug 14 14:07:09 1997
a forested hillside resting on a pillow of fog.
Bernard L. Smith
New Hampton, NH USA - Thu Aug 14 19:21:23 1997
And from every direction comes the pain
JoJo
San Dimas, CA USA - Sun Aug 17 01:04:25 1997
dripped silence before the howl
D.Lee Kratz
USA - Mon Aug 18 15:44:49 1997
consumed completely in despair.
Linda Dominique Grosvenor
Bronx, NY USA - Sun Aug 24 08:11:35 1997
Since the public sphere is constantly degraded by lack of accessibility
Aviva Vogel
Norwich, VT USA - Sat Aug 30 16:44:45 1997
and the beast strives on
Stephen Palmer
sandpoint, Id USA - Thu Sep 4 21:46:03 1997
though the mask falls free in the heat flash crack of
George Christos
Cincinnati, OH USA - Sat Sep 6 17:34:25 1997
of magnificent blue light against the sea of darkness,
caledonia
commerce, tx USA - Sun Sep 7 21:43:53 1997
I adjust my beach chair and return to my magazine.
Michael Batthany
delhi, ny USA - Sun Sep 14 21:50:57 1997
A brown envelope stapled in the pages
R. H.
Auburn, Ca USA - Tue Sep 16 13:21:34 1997
cautions you to stop before you open same.
Tenaj
USA - Sun Sep 28 14:05:51 1997
Please! Help save our endangered wildlife,
Pat Barker
Dunnellon, FL USA - Sun Sep 28 20:25:40 1997
for the wild beast is you --
Krissi Palmer
1000 Oaks , CA USA - Mon Sep 29 20:12:30 1997
someone is always hunting you, so
Adam Glick
Highland Park, IL USA - Tue Sep 30 16:53:41 1997
can you outrun yourself?
Laurie
New Bern, NC USA - Wed Oct 1 12:40:30 1997
Help! Help! Save the human animal,
jim stanley
Palm Springs, Ca USA - Wed Oct 8 16:57:32 1997
but say, does the human animal need your help?
Munachi Ezeogu
Toronto, ON Canada - Sat Oct 11 19:20:53 1997
No! One must only expect a euphoric scheme
Bernard L. Smith
New Hampton, NH USA - Sat Oct 18 07:43:24 1997
a fast, cool gurgling brook, a drink, a bath, what a refreshing delight!
Martha
Dawsonville, Ga. USA - Sat Oct 25 14:08:25 1997
Found again: one individual utopia among chaos.
Mona Hair
Houston, Tx USA - Sun Oct 26 16:10:20 1997
I stop now and ask myself, "Where is my goat?"
Tatum
TX USA - Mon Oct 27 17:00:48 1997


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