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Poetry

This is the first installment of a new monthly poetry feature. Submit poetry to Teresa Willis, Poetry Editor, c/o NoHo Magazine.

How does it feel to want?
by Robin Johnson

How does it feel to want
he asked
I said
I want to lick the nape of never-never land
back wash your memory on my experience knees
leave the needle on the record scratch
give head to proper

Hexagram in the Corner Pocket
by David Cooper

I believe
in
the divinations
found
at poolhall
tables,
where
the future
is told
by
the crack
and roll
of cueballs

Rekindle
by John Howarth

Sit by the candlelight
and become a child again

Untitled
by Casey Arrillaga

I write for my fix
just as you work for
the tiny fishies
in your mind ♦