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Our Books of 2014

  • December 26, 2014

When we asked writers and authors to tell us what books they read in 2014, we were not exactly expecting only books published in 2014. We however wanted to hear[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Bone of my Bone…

  • February 1, 2014

by Benson Eluma     At the intersection of Amber Junction a vessel of vestal piss for they know their gods’ inner wish to have pus poulticed…   Not me; it[…]

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Lit Mag · Poetry

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Pollen

  • October 22, 2012

By Benson Eluma   O Virginia, possessed Of the instinct of a plant On the riverbed, this body Knows not the symmetry Of the oar passing, but shivers With the[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Shit Lit

  • September 11, 2012

by Benson Eluma Traffic in truth and troth, Truck in wares of scorn and porn— Hearts we wear out on walls As into holes our fundaments wail. All around the[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Two Poems for Omalicha

  • March 31, 2012

by Benson Eluma   For Ify Omalicha Who now to carry on Your dance of beatitude, Lead the chorus In the return movement?   Your strings have suddenly come Undone[…]

Essays/Criticism · Lit Mag

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Of Love and Other Demons

  • March 4, 2012

by Benson Eluma  MANY A FINE poem is inspired by that complex of feelings called love. To make no bones about my subject, the love I speak of is simply[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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Notes on Obscurity

  • February 12, 2012

1. Sister Mustard died someplace Mount Ebola, I think, in Africa. They planted a mine on the headstone For a curious little boy to play with.   Kaboom! and his[…]

Lit Mag · Poetry

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The Mannequins

  • January 30, 2012

by Benson Eluma Claire, now they make the mannequins with long legs They give them huge buttocks and big breasts But they leave their lips thin and their noses aquiline[…]

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