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John Mahnke

John Mahnke

John Mahnke's recent work has appeared in Cloudbank and is forthcoming in Terminus. His latest collection of poems, as yet unpublished, is called Witness of Last Resort. He works as a consultant on documentation projects for government and business.

Flock


A hook on their steeple

each one listed
on the collective receipt

for the souls they sold
must go

together
never leave this hall

until it's lifted bodily
to a heaven

that suitably honors
those crowds

also in ourselves  
who have chosen

certainty over faith

Poetry

Jeff Burt

Jeff Burt
Boathouse

Poetry

James Lineberger

James Lineberger
There Comes a Time

Poetry

Randi Ward

Randi Ward
Cattails