6×6 #36: prodyourheadwithastick

6x6 Poets

PERIODICAL, POETRY, TRANSLATION  | $6

October 2017
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LIPSTICK CORNY

on wine glass
mark of femme-memory.
sage, basil, dill, parsley—
every one harvested from planted pots,
gifts to our worthless, reckless, feckless souls.

and never free of nicotene’s je ne sais quoi— (and never enough reefer—
no matter your dealer ever busted or robbed in 43 years.)

Then, spotting the wine glass, take it up,
“I prefer the
Malbec, its bright magenta.”

Such cover for sex.

A next morning memory
ephemeral
lipstick traces on wine glass

corny

or

a gift
against my dread of naming?

— Cheryl Clarke

I would tangle with refugees and it is not because / history makes them

Chia-Lun Chang,

Poems by Anselm Berrigan, Chia-Lun Chang, Cheryl Clarke, Lisa Fishman, Vasilisk Gnedov (translated from the Russian by Emilia Loseva & Danny Winkler), and Sarah Wang.

About the Author

6×6 magazine included 6 poets in each issue.

6×6 was supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

ISSN: 1553-9459

Praise

This rubber-banded mainstay of contemporary poetry is retiring after this issue, #36 … [6x6 has] been responsible for shaping how I write and what I read since I first picked it up … and I know many poets have shared this experience.

Ted Dodson

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Publication Details

Chapbook
Rubber Band Binding. 56 pp, 7 x 7 in
Publication Date: October 01 2017
Distribution: Direct Only
Series: 6x6 #36