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Meredith Trede

Meredith Trede

Meredith Trede's latest book of poems, Field Theory, was published by Stephen F. Austin State University Press (2011). A founder of Toadlily Press, Trede's chapbook, Out of the Book, appeared in Desire Path, the inaugural volume of The Quartet Series. She has been awarded residency fellowships at Blue Mountain Center, Ragdale, Saltonstall and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a grant from New York Foundation for the Arts. Other journal publication credits include Barrow Street, Gargoyle and The Paris Review.

Canaletto's Perspective

The draw of breath, fantasy in amber,
brief afterglow, where so much is burnt—

umber, sienna, offerings. Past turrets
of cypress the olive leaves spark silver,

landscape-promise of personal redemption,
hinting Canaletto's sky might release

insight-proffering seraphs, messengers
from merrymaking deities, amalgam

of procession and plenary indulgence—
as if propitiation were possible.

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Gregory Djanikian

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Joey De Jesus

Joey De Jesus
Hurricane Irene