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I sure hope so P, it seems like a very liberal sort of mag. run by students, practically. Joe, thank you very much! KS On 06/04/07, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hit them Kasper! -will they print fuck _I once had to change a poem which > said the harmless tshirt logo of 'fuck thatcher' the council solicitors > wondered if there was an alternative and I cowardly gave them 'Elvis Lives' > from (Lunatics Lovers and Poets) > Cheers bests P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of kasper salonen > Sent: 06 April 2007 11:41 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: submitted poem > > I've never submitted a piece of writing to any magazine before, but a > few days ago in the wee hours of the night I got some sort of sudden > burst to try it. I went over to Fuselit -- the journal has a > prompt-word for each issue -- then wrote & submitted the following > poem probably within 10 minutes. come to think of it, I probably > should have workshopped it here before sending it off, but there you > go. I like it. > > *gull* > > offal & foam for a mind, > a hurtler above woos > just about every current. > > buck-naked with a badly tuned chisel > for a mouth, this swan-clean thief > knows food when he sees it, > knows the agony of wind trying to smack him > & failing; that's his raucous laugh, > more malicious than a hyena's croak¯ > clearer than crystal. > that's his fuck-you swerve. > > he'd be comical if he wasn't magnificent, > he'd be magnificent with a meaner step¯ > I've watched geese with more terror. > a gull can't eel a plunging neck in attack, > but he's something more: > > Poseidon's veering jester, > hatching his plans > from a hotdog's gizzard. > > KS >