CPR Book Award 2018 Finalists Short List
The Editors are pleased to announce the 15 Finalist manuscripts for the 2018 Cider
Misdirection
by Jen Karetnick
To seal the mouth after the Seder meal
so that nothing unholy might enter
with the exception of two cups of wine
is what the Haggadah writes of matzoh—
digest a one-half egg volume portion.
Digest a one-half egg volume portion.
Then recite the prayer that turns dust to dough.
About such magic there’s just one question
for the ascetic skeptic … Continue Reading ››
Landscape with Mud and Prints
by Jennifer Bullis
The trails slick and soggy after three months’ snow
and rain. Water fills the woods, floors all the low places
with slow-flowing brown and gray.
Sometimes, the water silvers, and branches above,
as always, green.
Among still-bare canes of wild rose and salmonberry,
a new path tramped by dogs off-leash
leads to a puddle, now pond. I follow the paw prints
to see. … Continue Reading ››
In Fretta
by .chisaraokwu.
once the last air raid ended
we gathered ourselves, looked left
then entered the main road —
the sun splicing heat into our skin.
an old bus, like a rusty metal lunchbox,
appeared, puttering at the speed of anguish.
no passengers.
from a distance, our march could have been
mistaken for a bloated centipede — sluggish,
out of place. we barreled along outwitting bombs
ordained … Continue Reading ››