Issue 25

Includes: Clarissa Adkins, Dilruba Ahmed, Benjamin Aleshire, George Bilgere, Dylan Carpenter, Christopher Childers, Morri Creech, Duy Doan, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Henry Israeli, Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, Jonathan Johnson, Devin Johnston, Troy Jollimore, John Kinsella, Megan Merchant, Cheri L. Miller, Leslie F. Miller, Alicia Mountain, Andrew Mulvania, David Mura, Elizabeth Onusko, Alicia Ostriker, Paul Otremba, Iain Haley Pollock, Aaron Poochigian, Lisa Rhoades, Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal, Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer, Brittney Scott, Don Share, Austin Smith, Melissa Studdard, Andrew Szilvasy, Henry Taylor, Gyorgyi Voros, Bruce Weigl, Sarah Ann Winn, Amy Wright. COVER: Chrissy Howland, American (1987), As For me I am a Watercolor, I Wash Off [detail]. COVER DESIGN: Stephen Reichert

Includes: Paula Bohince, Tara Bray, Elizabeth Bradfield, Rick Bursky, Lauren Clark, Lawrence Eby, Safia Elhillo, Vievee Francis, Susan Hahn, Corrado Govoni, Lola Haskins, Alex Lemon, Jessica Piazza, Jacob Polley, Nancy Reddy, Anya Silver, Ed Skoog, Gerald Stern, Ellen Doré Watson, Caki Wilkinson, David Yezzi and more. COVER: Brian Alfred, American (1974), Cargo. COVER DESIGN: Stephen Reichert

» Self-Portrait With No Flag by Safia Elhillo

» Allegiance by Nausheen Eusuf

Issue 23

Includes: Aliki Barnstone, Donald Berger, Loretta Collins Klobah, Brendan Constantine, Gezim Hajdari, Bob Hicok, Richard Jackson, David Lehman, Timothy McBride, Muriel Nelson, Lynn Pattison, Anita Pinzi, Stanley Plumly, Aaron Poochigian, Doug Ramspeck, Mia Sara, Shane Seely, Carrie Shipers, Robert Vivian & more. COVER: Scott Philip Goergens, American (1973), Maranta Curatio, 2011. COVER DESIGN: Jeremy Teaford

Issue 22

Includes: Robin Becker, Aaron Belz, David Harsent, Ernest Hilbert, Bethany Schultz Hurst, Rodney Jones, David Kirby, Christine Kitano, Nate Klug, David Koehn, John L. Koethe, Tod Marshall, R.M. Ryan, Julie Sheehan, Matthew Buckley Smith, Lisa Russ Spaar, David Allen Sullivan, Lisa Summe, Diane Wakoski, Jim Warner & Leslie Williams. COVER: Seth Adelsberger, American (1979) Untitled (LGNS 3), 2014. COVER DESIGN: Stephen Reichert.

Issue 21

Includes: Benny Anderson, Amanda Auchter, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Alice Fulton, David Gewanter, Henry Israeli, Stephen Kampa, Joan Kane, Peter Kline, Michael Lally, Jenna Le, David Lehman, Peter Levitt, Alan Michael Parker, Alexander Pushkin, Sherod Santos & Tomas Tranströmer. Cover Art: Rashawn Griffin, Im Dying, Its Okay. Lets Go!, 2013. Cover Design: Stephen Reichert.

Issue 20

Includes: Don Bogen, Carson Cistulli, Denise Duhamel, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Aaron Fagan, Norman Finkelstein, Eamon Grennan, Megan Harlan, Rebecca Hazelton, Sean Patrick Hill, Tony Hoagland, Timothy Liu, Maurice Manning, Chris Mason, Shane McCrae, Robert Pinsky, Michele Poulos, Gretchen Steele Pratt, Chris Preddle, Natalie Shapero, Connie Voisine, Paul Watsky, Terence Winch, Mark Wisniewski, Geoffrey Woolf and more.

» Young People Will Have White Hair by Carson Cistulli

» I Am Not Here to Buy the Leopard by Rebecca Hazelton

» The Moon Is So Smart by Andrea Henchey

Issue 19

Includes: Poems by Sherman Alexie, Rae Armantrout, Aaron Belz, Pat Boran, Todd Boss, Victoria Chang, Michael Collier, Gregory Djanikian, Stephen Dunn, Nancy Eimers, Rebecca Foust, Richard Jackson, Richard Jones, Yusef Komunyakaa, Alex Lemon, Rebecca Lindenberg, Thomas Lux, Ange Mlinko, Carl Phillips, Philip Schultz, Valerie Wohlfeld, David Yezzi...

Issue 18

Includes: Ralph Angel, Elizabeth Bishop (15 pages of previously unpublished letters where she discusses editing her poems), Don Bogen, Gaylord Brewer, Richard Chess, James Cihlar, Lynnell Edwards, Annie Finch, Carolyn Guinzio, Matt Hart, Mark Irwin, Davis McCombs, Howard Moss, Kristy Odelius, Matthew Rohrer, Karoly Sandor, Katharine S. White, Susan Wood & many more.

» Middle Space by Chris Haven

» The Ohio Poem by Amy Pickworth

» What is More Distracting Than Clouds by Matthew Rohrer

Issue 18 SPECIAL: One-of-a-kind Cover

Includes: The contests are the same as the regular issue however the cover is a one-of-a-kind made by an artist friend of Smartish Pace. The covers are made of everything from oil paint to collage. Watch the making of the covers. Trust us, you will love it; everyone gets a different cover!

Issue 17

Includes: Elizabeth Arnold, Michael Collier, Stephen Cushman, Norman Dubie, Katie Ford, Eamon Grennan, Terrance Hayes, Jay Hopler, William Logan, Khaled Mattawa, Charles Martin, Sandra McPherson, Carol Muske-Dukes, Amjad Nasser, Jennifer Perrine, John Poch, Barbara Ras, Aram Saroyan, Kim Stafford, Gerald Stern, Tyrone Williams, Terence Winch, Jennie Wrisley & more!

» Coincidence by A. Loudermilk

» The Two Pyrenees by Gerald Stern

» The Emptiness by Terence Winch

Issue 17 SPECIAL: One-of-a-kind Cover

Issue 16

Includes: Sherman Alexie, Dick Allen, Rick Barot, Bruce Bond, Michael Chitwood, Alan Feldman, Carol Frost, Pamela Germin, Vona Groarke, Philip Gross, Brenda Hillman, Richard Jones, Laura Kasischke, Wayne Miller, A.E. Nielsen, Mary Quade, James Richardson, David Rivard, Sappho, Alan Shapiro, Chase Twichell, Leslie Ullman and more!

» Inside Out by Vona Groarke

» If Contra Descartes by A.L. Nielsen

» Ripe by Mark Wisniewski

Issue 15

Includes: Jim Daniels, Carl Dennis, B.H. Fairchild, Sandra M. Gilbert, Leah Goldberg, Brooks Haxton, Bob Hicok, David Kirby, John Koethe, David Lehman, Gail Mazur, Campbell McGrath, Gregory Orr, Lia Purpura, Jacques Reda, Reginald Shepherd, Elizabeth Spires, Diane Wakoski and many more.

» Beheading Bacchus by Chad Davidson

» The Umbrella by Jennifer Grotz

» Hope is a Thing with Feathers that Smacks Into a Window by Bob Hicok

» Comparative Fates by David Lehman

Issue 14

Includes: Aliki Barnstone, Claire Bateman, Adrian Blevins, Mary Crow, James Galvin, Linda Gregerson, Alex Lemon, Phillis Levin, Lisa Lewis, Joanie Mackowski, Maurice Manning, D.A. Powell, Alberto Rios, Rosanna Warren, Terence Winch, Robert Wrigley, Contemporary Indian translations, and more.

» The Fox Explains the Dream of Foxes by Hannah Craig

» Black Running from the Faucet by Mary Crow

» Begin in Gladness by James Harms

Issue 13

Includes: Scott Cairns, C.P. Cavafy, Nicole Cooley, Tony Hoagland, Susan Howe, Christopher Howell, Timothy Liu, Shara McCallum, Medbh McGuckian, Liam Rector, R.M. Ryan, A.E. Stallings, Marilyn L. Taylor, Charles Harper Webb and more.

» Short Lyrics by Scott Cairns

» Pure Love by Tony Hoagland

» Song for Eight Aprils by Peter Kline

» Floating Hearts by R.M. Ryan

Issue 12

Includes: Betty Adcock, Stephen Cushman, Jim Daniels, Denise Duhamel, Lola Haskins, Bob Hicok, John Kinsella, Jerzy Kronhold, Molly McQuade, Eric Pankey, Giovanni Pascoli, Arthur Rimbaud, Sarah Sousa, Joan Swift, Jordan Smith, Henry Taylor, Susan Thomas, Lee Upton, Nance Van Winckel, William Wenthe, Greg Williamson and more.

» Hockey Haikus by Chad Davidson

» Forecast by Julie Hanson

» A Glimpse of Alaska by John Kinsella

» Tiepolo in Venice by Molly McQuade

» Clouds by Greg Williamson

» Snow

Issue 11

Includes: 50 pages of contemporary German poetry and poems by Dorothy Barresi, Michael Burkard, Rafael Campo, Claudia Emerson, Daniel Groves, John Hollander, Sarah Kennedy, Ted Kooser, David Rivard, R.M. Ryan, Megan Snyder-Camp, Daniel Tobin, Anna Ziegler and more.

» Tijuana Clinic by Dorothy Barresi

» A Stranger Here Myself by Daniel Groves

» Three Poems of Sulpicia by John Hollander

» The Deer Bride by Ted Kooser

Issue 10

Includes: Dick Allen, Bruce Benett, Frederick Buechner, David Citino, Patricia Clark, Peter Cooley, Mark Cox, Chard deNiord, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dunn, Claudia Emerson, Ray Gonzalez, Allen Grossman, Mark Halliday, Mark Halperin, Richard Jones, Claudia Keelan, XJ Kennedy, David Kirby, William Logan, Campbell McGrath, David Middleton, Ed Pavlic, Lawrence Raab, Sherod Santos, Maurya Simon, Deborah Tall, Diane Thiel, Henry Weinfield, William Wenthe, Stephen Yenser and more.

» Bravo by Dick Allen

» The Publisher Calls It Quits by Bruce Bennett

» Four Aunts by Frederick Buechner

» I Must Admit by Clarinda Harriss

» Consequence 895-3333 by Claudia Keelan

Issue 9

Includes: Dick Allen, Gaylord Brewer, Joel Brouwer, Maxine Chernoff, Mark Cox, Tony Curtis, Stephen Cushman, Gary Fincke, Mark Halliday, Allison Joseph, Joanna Klink, Ron McFarland, Paul Muldoon, Ed Pavlic, Duncan Primeaux, Katrina Roberts, Barry Spacks, Lisa Russ Sparr, Elizabeth Spires, William Wenthe, David Young.

» Jacopone: House by David Gewanter

» A Premise from the Morning Paper by Andrew Hudgins

» The Abominable Snowman by Ron Koertge

» Poem Beginning with a Line by Rumi by Alicia Ostriker

Issue 8

Includes: Gaylord Brewer, Joel Brouwer, Stephen Cushman, Duncan Primeaux.

» The Last Place on Earth by Gaylord Brewer

» Bioluminescence is a Big Word by Stephen Cushman

» For Here by Duncan Primeaux

Issue 7

Includes: Frederick Buechner, Maxine Kumin, William Logan, David Starkey, and many more.

» Big Screen by Pamela Alexander

» The Green Grass of the Wind by Michael Burkard

» A Practical Reader by Carl Dennis

» In Formation by Robert Murphy

» The Hay of Yesteryear by Marilyn Nelson

» 49 Views of Childhood by Bin Ramke

» Six Short Poems by Henry Taylor

Issue 6

Includes: Coleman Barks, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Robin Becker, Janet Bowdan, Rachel Hadas, Allen Grossman, James Harms, Claudia Keelan,X.J. Kennedy, Nathaniel Mackey,Peter Meinke, Carl Phillips, Barbara Ras, Harvey Shapiro, Vivian Shipley, Diane Wakoski.

» Sumerian Angel Over Iraq by Janet Bowdan

» On First Looking Into Mazeroski’s Homer by Jim Crenner

» Milk Train by Stuart Dybek

» Come Into My Garden by Allen Grossman

» Dead Whale by Rachel Hadas

» Song of the Andoumboulou: 55 by Nathaniel Mackey

» Instruction by Lynne McMahon

» The Prophets by Jay Parini

» Radiance by Carl Phillips

Issue 5

Includes: Gaylord Brewer, Derick Burleson, Susan Cavanaugh, Mark DeFoe,E. Michael Desilets, Irving Feldman, Gary Fincke, Mark Jarman, Julia Kasdorf, Timothy Liu, Demetria Martinez, Sherod Santos, Natasha Trethewey, David Wagoner.

» Talk Radio by Michelle Boisseau

» Jesus Comes to My Hometown by E. Michael Desilets

» Track by Norman Finkelstein

» Detour Ahead. Seek Alternate Route by Richard Jackson

» Music For a While by Mark Jarman

» Unsolicited by Paul Mariani

» My Father's Words by Shara McCallum

» Form Letter by Charles Rafferty

Issue 4

Includes: Rick Alley, Mary Jo Bang, Coleman Barks, Bruce Bennett, Gaylord Brewer, David Citino, Stephen Cushman, Claudia Emerson, Gayle Elen Harvey, David Kirby, Mary Gilliland, Cleopatra Mathis, Christina Pugh, Timothy Steele, Henry Taylor, Susan Wood, Reetika Vazirani, Charles Harper Webb, David Wagoner.

» Speech is Designed to Persuade by Mary Jo Bang

» Mrs. Budweiser by David Kirby

» The Ruin by Cleopatra Mathis

» In Memory of Brother Dave Gardner by Henry Taylor

» I'll Always Remember What's-Her-Name by Charles Harper Webb

» Tenderness by Susan Wood

Issue 3

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» Rule Number 12 by Max Diamond

» By Design by Stephen Dunn

» The Guy You Work With by John Grey

» Barbie by Stella Padnos

» A Thick Book by Barry Spacks

Issue 2

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» Elders of the Sty by Edmund August

» Driving Through Luckey by Liz Beasley

» Sex by Joyce S. Brown

» Fishing by Richard Jones

» Epicurus in Denver by Burton Raffel

» Third Avenue by Stephen Sandy

» Ballade of the Open Mike by Marilyn L. Taylor

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Includes: Oscar Amaya, John Ditsky, James Dye, Scott Gallaway, Stuart Lishan, Caroly Sandor, Tricia Yost.

» Dancing by Oscar Amaya

» Questions for Bedlamites by John Ditsky

» One Short Thought by James Dye

» Clowns Beside the River of Laughter by Scott Gallaway

» Mr. Collins Attends the School of Absence by Stuart Lishan

» Winter in Ylorak by Karoly Sandor

» The Dance by Tricia Yost

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Snow

Greg Williamson

« Go Back to Issue 12

“A nonequilibrium phenomena”
And “highly non-linear unstable free boundary
Problem,” a snowflake, silent as a schwa,
Its fractal lacework cast in free-fall’s foundry,
“Records the history of all the . . . weather”
It encountered till the double-hung
Panes frame its fall and you recall that feather
And just how long it lasted on your tongue,
Until one day you look up from the rime
And you’re snowed in, snow bunny, play the tape
Of snow days, sled runs, forts, and mistletoe,
Back to a dark den in the wintertime
And metaphor’s first flurries’ dazzling crepe,
When static on Pop’s old TV
was snow.

Greg Williamson’s first book, The Silent Partner, won the 1995 Nicholas Roerich Prize and was published by Story Line Press. His second book, Errors in the Script (Overlook), was runner-up for the 2003 Poet’s Prize. In 2004, he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University and on November 7, 2002 he participated in the Smartish Pace Reading Series at the Contemporary Museum of Art in Baltimore. His poetry appears in Smartish Pace, Issues 7 and 12.