Editors: Jana Harris, Roberta Feins, Linda Malnack
Contents
Jana Harris……………………………………………………..Editors’ Note
Kelly Nelson………………………………………………………Attempted
Elizabeth O’Brien…………When I Get Turned Down for the Job of Poet
Katharyn Machan………………………………………………………..Anon
JoAnna Scandiffio………………………………………………………….Spin
Joan Mazza………………………………………………………..Pet Excuses
Katharyn Machan………………………………………………………Escape
Mercedes Lawry……………………………………………………Some Guy
Kit Kennedy…………………………………………The Dog Ate Our HTML
Joan Mazza……………………………………………..Why I Can’t Be There
Rebecca Jessup………………Your Mother Imagines That You Talk to Her
Kate Hovey…………………………………………Double Talking Pantoum
Lois Marie Harrod………………………Not All Our Excuses Come to Light
Claire Keyes…………………………………………………………….Not Fog
Brett Foster………………………………………………………Chemo Brain
Diane Gage……………………………………………………….SoCal Excuse
Vidya S. Panicker………………………………………….The Rapist Justifies
Adrian S. Potter……………………A Partial Inventory of Personal Excuses
Carla Schwartz ………………………………………………. Black Trumpets
LindaAnn LoSchiavo………………………Introduction – No Escape Clause
Lois Marie Harrod………………………………At the Present Moment Café
Clive Donovan…………………………………………………….Excuse Notes
Sharyl Collin………………………………………….The Reason I Let Him In
Gabriella Brand…………………………………….Back Home: Unemployed
Paul Hostovsky……………………………………………………….Beatitude