summer 2014

Welcome to the long awaited edition of Chaparral–featuring an interview with Douglas Kearney and new work from talented newcomers, such as Nikolai Garcia and Trista Payte. Whether it’s Antoinette Vawter’s haunting pantoum or Florence Weinberger’s, “The Dream Inside Out,” in which Wanda Coleman makes an appearance–each poem is an inquiry, an investigation, a language, and a world.

Douglas Kearney and Itiola Stephanie JonesInterview with Douglas Kearney

Douglas Kearney and Itiola Stephanie Jones


Trista PayteMuscle Memory
Ground Keeping
The Beautiful House

Trista Payte


Antoinette VawterThe Navajo Route to the Reincarnated

Antoinette Vawter


Nikolai GarciaUnlearn the Constellations
Confessional Poem #1
While Sitting On the Tijuana Border

Nikolai Garcia


Anna AustinWhatever Happened to New York?
Flesh
Olly olly oxen free

Anna Austin


Eric BarnhartI Write, the Monkey Writes
Dear Rachel Z.,

Eric Barnhart


John McKernan 2014Walking Accross a Cemetery
Tree

John McKernan 2014


Mia SaraOn The Rocks

Mia Sara


Florence Weinberger 2014A Vessel Made to Hold Nothing
The Dream Inside Out

Florence Weinberger 2014


Cyrus SepahbodiWe are dying tomorrow
And in those haunches I’ll build a cavern

Cyrus Sepahbodi


Emilio AguileraSeparation
Mammoth Sunflower

Emilio Aguilera


Roselyn PerezThe Fall

Roselyn Perez


Nancy L. WooNew Mexico Sea

Nancy L. Woo


Peter WaldorManifesto

Peter Waldor


Richard LuftigNear Cape Cod

Richard Luftig


Robert RothmanPruning

Robert Rothman


Tania PryputniewiczPeer Counselor

Tania Pryputniewicz