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Alternative title: Poetry to the Rescue: The Poetry Special Issue
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... vol. 40 no. 3 October 2021 of Social Alternatives est. 1977 Social Alternatives
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2021 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Life with Headphonesi"I walk with red headphones, buffered against strict frost. A Nocturne strokes my stride", Penelope Layland , single work poetry (p. 7)
Pomegranate, Four Waysi"The seeds snick free and freely fall", Penelope Layland , single work poetry (p. 8)
Donkeyi"in my twenties I found you limp in a box", Tricia Dearborn , single work poetry (p. 8)
Buffoons and Jongleursi"Clothed in bees, dressed as an emperor", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 9)
White Goodsi"Across, sweeping an arm, there are the homes", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 9)
Pretty Vacanti"A reluctance, almost a reluctance", Jill Jones , single work poetry (p. 10)
Eternityi"A young woman hands out", Jill Jones , single work poetry (p. 11)
Neoliberal Limerick with Hashtagsi"To think that the think tanks of fate", Justin Clemens , single work poetry (p. 12)
Imperativesi"Be frugal with your morning moans", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 12)
River Heightsi"Five years past the age he reached", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 12)
On a Quiet Day...i"another world awaits its birth", Nicola Bowery , single work poetry (p. 12)
Mudi"For several months in 1841 the poet John Keats lived in New Plymouth. Not long after the unfortunate", Bill Manhire , single work poetry (p. 13)
Kinesis, Kenosisi"a good coffee’s", Thom Sullivan , single work poetry (p. 14)
To The Tune Of “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground”i"More snowflakes falling now than stars I’ve seen", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Last Carthusiani"“As bridegrooms to their marriage” they went west,", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 15)
Nefertiti and the Nilei"The Goddess of Scribes I knew as a child", Jane Frank , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Beesi"Bees buzz with brio in abelia — I kneel near them", Jane Frank , single work poetry (p. 16)
Interlocutori"I awoke last night only to realize that I was already awake. I was surrounded by tiny little containers.", Janice Rieger , single work poetry (p. 17)
Gay Ghazali"His father honks. ‘Why do they have to be so gay?’", Stuart Barnes , single work poetry (p. 18)
Fourteeni"letters, lines to a quatorzain, Flames on the continent", Stuart Barnes , single work poetry (p. 18)
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