In The Manner Of The Sonnet

by Sharon Preiss

Originally published on August 1, 1999

for Ted Berrigan And since then I’ve been bathing in the poem Poem in the Traditional manner Poem in the Modern manner warm delicate words! Swollen as if new-out-of-bed and the sonnet is not dead. Making vast apple strides toward “The Poems.” “The Poems” is not a dream. It is night. You Stir inside “The [...]

Relearning Baseball

by Sharon Preiss

Originally published on April 1, 1999

As the boys of summer return to Tuscon, Sharon Preiss relearns the fine art of baseball.

Tragedy Drives A Sedan

by Sharon Preiss

Originally published on March 1, 1999

He used to drive a hog. Remember? That bad ass mother fucker would pull up to my house: black leather muscled tattoos all those horses between his legs. I still get wet between mine thinking about Tragedy back then: his low rumble dark engine; who needs a helmet when you’re running Mescal ninety-six proof; cheap [...]