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Fall/Winter 2009-10

Poetry

tom oristaglio
scott summers
cindy childress
tom rechtin
james b. nicola
debra rymer
doug draime
corey mesler
rebecca schumejda
chris crittenden
arlene ang
joey nicoletti
brad johnson
lorie allred
elizabeth kay
alexander russo
nissa lee
kenneth gurney
jessi lee gaylord
keith brighouse

Flash

ajay vishwanathan
ethel rohan
william "cully" bryant

Featured Artists
julie steiner

Steiner Interview
by Alex Nodopaka

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Alex Nodopaka
Patrick Carrington

Mannequin Envy in memory of poet and artist Douglas Gamrath

Richard Lighthouse

Summer 2009

holding air

missing you     is      easy.
i've rehearsed it well.

missing    the   ease
that un  closes your    smile,
missing           the   spell
in your eyes,
missing the air
where  you leave.

tonight,    i  will     practice
misplacing you again.
moving empty
hands thru air  and     holding
open          where     you
should be.

2007

filling the hole

with the noisy chaos of work
crews and a backhoe,
they've dug a hole in the street.
so i fill it with remnants of life,

one shovel at a time.
dream fragments,
discarded selves,
emptying the mind's closet.

neighbors gather to watch.
orange pylons & yellow
tape marking caution. kids offer
a wagon to help with the hole.

while psychic dumping, my anxiety naps,
falling off the couch.
the hole sinks and expectation rises.
my mental junkyard becomes a memorial.

now everyone wants a hole.

Bio: Richard Lighthouse is a contemporary writer and poet. He is a corporate executive and has traveled all over the world. He is also an engineer, artist, pilot, teacher, & musician. He holds an M.S. from Stanford University.

His work has been published in: West Hills Review: A Walt Whitman Journal, New York; Red Cedar Review, Michigan State University; Mudfish, New York; and many others worldwide.

Mannequin Envy no longer accepting submissions of poetry, art or flash fiction.

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