#Joan McNerney

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"Questions" by Joan McNerney

Whotook away springstole all the glorythrowing our gardens of greeninto these hills of scorched grass?Whodared to caremore about moneydestroying everything in sightforgetting earth is our only home?Whois so callousto laugh at the sufferingof the sick poor yet pretendto believe in a loving God?Whobegan all these warsmaking mothers cry for childrensearching for their bodiesin the chaos of…

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Suncakes and Other Poems

By Joan McNerney Suncakes Do you know how to make them? They���re supposed to be light bright and full of vitamin C. Everyone says you just glow after eating one. My friend had a shining recipe I kept asking for. Suncakes stop you from being cold and lost in avalanches. I remember something about filling golden pans with flowers seeds sunflower seeds…bake at high noon, of course. If only there…

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Joan McNerney: Beware

Beware

 If you touch Medusa

her serpents will wrap

themselves around you.

She soars through water

with giant wings gold fins.

Hundreds of snakes

crawling from her head.

 Some long to be near

Medusa to hear her hissing

lisping songs forgetful.

She can suck blood from

throats coiling minds

past infinity before

they breathe again.

Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Warriors with Wings, Blueline, and Halcyon Days.  Four Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Review Journals, and numerous Kind of A Hurricane Press Publications have accepted her work.  Her latest title is Having Lunch with the Sky and she has four Best of the Net nominations. 

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The Grand Garbo

Joan Crawford was an MGM star by the 1930s, and according to many critics, an absolute scene-stealer in 1932’s Grand Hotel. However, the New Yorker’s film critic John Mosher saw Garbo, and only Garbo, in this Academy Award-winning pre-code drama. April 23, 1932 cover by E.B. White. Although White’s friend and early office mate James Thurber had been contributing drawings for more than a year, it…

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Volume IX | FINAL Issue—Now Live

Volume IX is now live! Click here to read our final issue.

We are deeply thankful to our contributors and readers for your support over the years. Without you, Déraciné never would have thrived. With are so grateful to share this final issue with you. We hope you have an amazing rest of the year and a wonderful life.

Contributors: Ryan LaBee, Jen If, DS Maolalai, Yuan Changming, Katherine Szpekman, Geoffrey Aitken, Joan McNerney, Kyle Hemmings, Judy McAmis, Lorna D. Keach, Vitoria Perez, Owolusi Lucky, Mark Goodwin, Alexander Etheridge, Anne Marie Wells, Peter J. King, Uchimura Kaho, K.R. Everett, A.M. Henry, Fariel Shafee, John Stadelman, J.F. Gleeson, JL Smither, Csilla Kleinheincz, Steve Patterson, Lucia Caruso, Charles March, Annita Luxon, Sona Sahakian, KC Bailey, and Bill Wolak.

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Rendezvous

That was the name of a paint can from J&M Hardware.

With sweat lingering on her face, she colored her room.

Tinted now like insides of ripe plums, like perfect grapes.

When the sizzling lemon sun dropped from heaven…night became moist and black.

Her fan whirled thick air stained with cigarettes, coffee, turpentine, white wine.

She sank into her wicker couch as foghorns trail the horizon.

Locusts…

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When I Was New

When I Was New is a poem by Joan McNerney. This year has been so very difficult. Spring is the season of hope and we need to believe our lives will improve. #WritingCommunity #WritingLife

When I was new and the world was new. So many roads to wander under a cerulean sky. Forbidden fruits to savor, forbidden lips to taste. Full of promise, flowers budding on the vine. Their perfume covering my fingertips. I hurried through each day alive with my songs. The moon rose just for me and stars burned just for me Every morning brought sunshine to my window. Another day filled with…

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Teacher By Joan McNerney

Teacher By Joan McNerney

Teacher

She hoped some would leave, rise above dirty factory gates past plumes of smoke spewing from the cement plant.

Occasionally when discussing great American novels, the walls shook. Ravines were blasted for more rocks to crush into powder.

She wished they would not become clerks for soul-less chain stores or cooks in fast food joints where smells of burning grease lingered.

What was the use…

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432 Democratic Candidates for the US House of Representatives.

1 Robert Kennedy Jr (AL-01)

2 Tabitha Isner (AL-02)

3 Mallory Hagan (AL-03)

4 Lee Auman (AL-04)

5 Peter Joffrion (AL-05)

6 Danner Kline (AL-06)

7 Terri Sewell (AL-07) (Incumbent)

8 Alyse Galvin (AK at Large)

9 Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) (Incumbent)

10 Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02)

11 Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) (Incumbent)

12 David Brill (AZ-04)

13 Joan Greene (AZ-05)

14 Anita Malik (AZ-06)

15 Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) (Incumbent)

16 Hiral Tipirneni (AZ-08)

17 Greg Stanton (AZ-09)

18 Chintan Desai (AR-01)

19 Clarke Tucker (AR-02)

20 Joshua Mahony (AR-3)

21 Hayden Shamel (AR-04)

22 Audrey Denney (CA-01)

23 Jared Huffman (CA-02) (Incumbent)

24 John Garamendi (CA-03) (Incumbent)

25 Jessica Morse (CA-04)

26 Mike Thompson (CA-05) (Incumbent)

27 Doris Matsui (CA-06) (Incumbent)

28 Ami Bera (CA-07) (Incumbent)

29 Jerry McNerney (CA-09) (Incumbent)

30 Josh Harder (CA-10)

31 Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) (Incumbent)

32 Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) (Incumbent)

33 Barbara Lee (CA-13) (Incumbent)

34 Jackie Speier (CA-14) (Incumbent)

35 Eric Swalwell (CA-15) (Incumbent)

36 Jim Costa (CA-16) (Incumbent)

37 Ro Khanna (CA-17) (Incumbent)

38 Anna Eshoo (CA-18) (Incumbent)

39 Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) (Incumbent)

40 Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) (Incumbent)

41 TJ Cox (CA-21)

42 Andrew Janz (CA-22)

43 Tatiana Matta (CA-23)

44 Salud Carbajal (CA-24) (Incumbent)

45 Katie Hill (CA-25)

46 Julia Brownley (CA-26) (Incumbent)

47 Judy Chu (CA-27) (Incumbent)

48 Adam Schiff (CA-28) (Incumbent)

49 Tony Cardenas (CA-29) (Incumbent)

50 Brad Sherman (CA-30) (Incumbent)

51 Pete Aguilar (CA-31) (Incumbent)

52 Grace Napolitano (CA-32) (Incumbent)

53 Ted Lieu (CA-33) (Incumbent)

54 Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) (Incumbent)

55 Norma Torres (CA-35) (Incumbent)

56 Raul Ruiz (CA-36) (Incumbent)

57 Karen Bass (CA-37) (Incumbent)

58 Linda Sanchez (CA-38) (Incumbent)

59 Gil Cisneros (CA-39)

60 Lucille Royal-Allard (CA-40) (Incumbent)

61 Mark Takano (CA-41) (Incumbent)

62 Julia Peacock (CA-42) 

63 Maxine Waters (CA-43) (Incumbent)

64 Nanette Barragan (CA-44) (Incumbent)

65 Katie Porter (CA-45) (Incumbent)

66 Lou Correa (CA-46) (Incumbent)

67 Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) (Incumbent)

68 Harley Rouda (CA-48) 

69 Mike Levin (CA-49) 

70 Ammar Campa-Najjar (CA-50)

71 Juan Vargas (CA-51) (Incumbent)

72 Scott Peters (CA-52) (Incumbent)

73 Susan Davis (CA-53) (Incumbent)

74 Diana DeGette (CO-01) (Incumbent)

75 Joe Neguse (CO-02)

76 Diane Matsch Bush (CO-03)

77 Karen McCormick (CO-04)

78 Stephany Rose Spaulding (CO-05) 

79 Jason Crow (CO-06)

80 Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) (Incumbent)

81 John Larson (CT-01) (Incumbent)

82 Joe Courtney (CT-02) (Incumbent)

83 Rose L. DeLauro (CT-03) (Incumbent)

84 Jim Himes (CT-04) (Incumbent)

85 Jahana Hayes (CT-05) 

86 Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE At Large)

87 Jennifer Zimmerman (FL-01)

88 Bob Rackleff (FL-02)

89 Yvonne Hayes Hinson (FL-03)

90 Ges Belmont (FL-04)

91 Alfred Lawson (FL-05) (Incumbent)

92 Nancy Soderberg (FL-06) 

93 Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) (Incumbent)

94 Sanjay Patel (FL-08)

95 Darren Soto (FL-09) (Incumbent)

96 Val Demings (FL-10) (Incumbent)

97 Dana Cottrell (FL-11)

98 Chris Hunter (FL-12)

99 Charlie Crist (FL-13) (Incumbent)

100 Kathy Castor (FL-14) (Incumbent)

101 Kristen Carlson (FL-15)

102 David Shapiro (FL-16)

103 April Freeman (FL-17)

104 Lauren Baer (FL-18)

105 David Holden (FL-19)

106 Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20) (Incumbent)

107 Lois Frankel (FL-21) (Incumbent)

108 Theodore E. Deutch (FL-22) (Incumbent)

109 Debbie Wassermann Schultz (Fl-23) (Incumbent)

110 Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) (Incumbent)

111 Mary Barzee Flores (Fl-25) 

112 Debbie Murcarsel-Powell (FL-26)

113 Donna Shalala (FL-27)

114 Lisa Ring (GA-01)

115 Sanford Bishop Jr (GA-02)

116 Chuck Enderlin (GA-03)

117 Hank Johnson (GA-04) (Incumbent)

118 John Lewis (GA-05) (Incumbent)

119 Lucy McBath (GA-06)

120 Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07)

121 Josh McCall (GA-09)

122 Tabitha Johnson-Green (GA-10)

123 Flynn Broady Jr (GA-11)

124 Francys Johnson (GA-12)

125 David Scott (GA-13) (Incumbent)

126 Steven Foster (GA-14) 

127 Ed Case (HI-01)

128 Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02)

129 Cristina McNeil (ID-01)

130 Aaron Swisher (ID-02)

131 Bobby Rush (IL-01) (Incumbent)

132 Robin Kelly (IL-02) (Incumbent)

133 Daniel Lipinski (IL-03) (Incumbent)

134 Jesus Garcia (IL-04) 

135 Tom Hanson (IL-05)

136 Sean Casten (IL-06)

137 Danny K. Davis (IL-07) (Incumbent)

138 Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) (Incumbent)

139 Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) (Incumbent)

140 Brad Schneider (IL-10) (Incumbent)

141 Bill Foster (IL-11) (Incumbent)

142 Brendan Kelly (IL-12)

143 Betsy Londrigan (IL-13)

144 Lauren Underwood (IL-14)

145 Kevin Gaither (IL-15)

146 Sara Dady (IL-16)

147 Cheri Bustos (IL-17) (Incumbent)

148 Junius Rodriguez (IL-18)

149 Peter Visclosky (IN-01) (Incumbent)

150 Mel Hall (IN-02)

151 Courtney Tritch (IN-03)

152 Tobi Beck (IN-04)

153 Dee Thornton (IN-05)

154 Jeannine Lee Lake (IN-06)

155 Andre Carlson (IN-07) (Incumbent)

156 William Tanoos (IN-08)

157 Liz Watson (IN-09)

158 Abby Finkenauer (IA-01)

159 Dave Loebsack (IA-02) (Incumbent)

160 Cindy Axne (IA-03)

161 J.D. Scholten (IA-04)

162 Alan LaPolice (KS-01)

163 Paul Davis (KS-02)

164 Sharice Davids (KS-03)

165 James Thompson (KS-04)

166 Paul Walker (KY-01)

167 Hank Linderman (KY-02)

168 John Yarmuth (KY-03) (Incumbent)

169 Seth Hall (KY-04)

170 Kenneth Stepp (KY-05)

171 Amy McGrath (KY-06)

172 Tammy Savoie (LA-01)

173 Cedric Richmond (LA-02) (Incumbent)

174 Mildred “Mimi” Methvin (LA-03)

175 Ryan Trundle (LA-04)

176 Jessee Carlton Fleenor (LA-05)

177 Andie Saizan (LA-06)

178 Chellie Pingree (ME-01) (Incumbent)

179 Jared Golden (ME-02)

180 Jesse Colvin (MD-01)

181 Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) (Incumbent)

182 John Sarbanes (MD-03) (Incumbent)

183 Anthony Brown (MD-04) (Incumbent)

184 Steny Hoyer (MD-05) (Incumbent)

185 David Trone (MD-06)

186 Elijah Cummings (MD-07) (Incumbent)

187 Jamie Raskin (MD-08) (Incumbent)

188 Richard Neal (MA-01) (Incumbent)

189 Jim McGovern (MA-02) (Incumbent)

190 Lori Trahan (MA-03) 

191 Joseph Kennedy III (MA-04) (Incumbent)

192 Katherine Clark (MA-05) (Incumbent)

193 Seth Moulton (MA-06) (Incumbent)

194 Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) 

195 Stephen Lynch (MA-08) (Incumbent)

196 Bill Keating (MA-09) (Incumbent)

197 Matthew Morgan (MI-01)

198 Rob Davidson (MI-02)

199 Cathy Albro (MI-03)

200 Jerry Hilliard (MI-04)

201 Dan Kildee (MI-05)

202 Matt Longjohn (MI-06)

203 Gretchen Driskell (MI-07)

204 Elissa Slotkin (MI-08)

205 Andy Levin (MI-09)

206 Kimberly Bizon (MI-10)

207 Haley Stevens (MI-11)

208 Debbie Dinkel (MI-12) (Incumbent)

209 Rashida Tlaib (MI-13)

210 Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) (Incumbent)

211 Dan Feehan (MN-01)

212 Angie Craig (MN-02)

213 Dean Phillips (MN-03)

214 Betty McCollum (MN-04) (Incumbent)

215 Ilhan Omar (MN-05)

216 Ian Todd (MN-06)

217 Collin Peterson (MN-07) (Incumbent)

218 Joe Radinovich (MN-08)

219 Randy Wadkins (MS-01)

220 Bernie Thompson (MS-02) (Incumbent)

221 Michael Evans (MS-03)

222 Jeramey Anderson (MS-04)

223 William Lacy Clay (MO-01) (Incumbent)

224 Cort VanOstran (MO-02)

225 Katy Geppert (MO-03)

226 Renee Hoagenson (MO-04)

227 Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) (Incumbent)

228 Henry Martin (MO-06)

229 Jamie Schoolcraft (MO-07)

230 Kathy Ellis (MO-08)

231 Kathleen Williams (MT At Large)

232 Jessica McClure (NE-01)

233 Kara Eastman (NE-02)

234 Paul Theobald (NE-03)

235 Dina Titus (NV-01) (Incumbent)

236 Clint Koble (NV-02)

237 Susie Lee (NV-03)

238 Steven Horsford (NV-04)

239 Chris Pappas (NH-01)

240 Annie Kuster (NH-02) (Incumbent)

241 Donald Norcross (NJ-01) (Incumbent)

242 Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02)

243 Andrew Kim (NJ-03)

244 Josh Welle (NJ-04)

245 Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) (Incumbent)

246 Frank Pallone (NJ-06) (Incumbent)

247 Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) 

248 Albio Sires (NJ-08) (Incumbent)

249 Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) (Incumbent)

250 Donald Payne Jr (NJ-10) (Incumbent)

251 Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11)

252 Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) (incumbent)

253 Debra Haland (NM-01)

254 Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02)

255 Ben Ray Lujan (NM-03) (Incumbent)

256 Perry Gershon (NY-01)

257 Liuba Greggen Shirley (NY-02)

258 Tom Suozzi (NY-03) (Incumbent)

259 Kathleen Rice (NY-04) (Incumbent)

260 Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) (Incumbent)

261 Grace Meng (NY-06) (Incumbent)

262 Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) (Incumbent)

263 Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) (Incumbent)

264 Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) (Incumbent)

265 Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) (Incumbent)

266 Max Rose (NY-11)

267 Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) (Incumbent)

268 Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) (Incumbent)

269 Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) 

270 Jose Serrano (NY-15) (Incumbent)

271 Eliot Engel (NY-16) (Incumbent)

272 Nita Lowey (NY-17) (Incumbent)

273 Sean Maloney (NY-18) (Incumbent)

274 Antonio Delgado (NY-19)

275 Paul Tonko (NY-20) (Incumbent)

276 Tedra Cobb (NY-21)

277 Anthony Brindisi (NY-22)

278 Tracy Mitrano (NY-23)

279 Dana Balter (NY-24) 

280 Joseph Morelle (NY-25)

281 Brian Higgins (NY-26) (Incumbent)

282 Nate McMurray (NY-27) 

283 G.K. Butterfield (NC-01)

284 Linda Coleman (NC-02)

285 David Price (NC-04) (Incumbent)

286 Denise Adams (NC-05)

287 Ryan Watts (NC-06)

288 Kyle Horton (NC-07)

289 Frank McNeill (NC-08)

290 Dan McCready (NC-09)

291 David Wilson Brown (NC-10)

292 Phillip Price (NC-11)

293 Alma Adams (NC-12) (Incumbent)

294 Kathy Manning (NC-13)

295 Mac Schneider (ND At Large)

296 Aftab Pureval (OH-01)

297 Jill Schiller (OH-02)

298 Joyce Beatty (OH-03) (Incumbent)

299 Janet Garrett (OH-04)

300 John Michael Galbraith (OH-05)

301 Shawna Roberts (OH-06)

302 Ken Harbaugh (OH-07)

303 Vanessa Enoch (OH-08)

304 Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) (Incumbent)

305 Theresa Gasper (OH-10)

306 Marcia Fudge (OH-11) (Incumbent)

307 Danny O’Connor (OH-12)

308 Tim Ryan (OH-13) (Incumbent)

309 Betsy Rader (OH-14) 

310 Rick Neal (OH-15)

311 Susan Moran Palmer (OH-16)

312 Tim Gilpin (OK-01)

313 Jason Nichols (OK-02)

314 Frankie Robbins (OK-03)

315 Mary Brannon (OK-04)

316 Kendra Horn (OK-05)

317 Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) (Incumbent)

318 Jamie McLeod Skinner (OR-02)

319 Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) (Incumbent)

320 Peter DeFazio (OR-04) (Incumbent)

321 Kurt Schrader (OR-05) (Incumbent)

322 Scott Wallace (PA-01)

323 Brendan Doyle (PA-02) (Incumbent)

324 Dwight Evans (PA-03) (Incumbent)

325 Madeleine Dean (PA-04) 

326 Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05)

327 Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06)

328 Susan Wild (PA-07)

329 Matt Cartwright (PA-08) (Incumbent)

330 Denny Wolff (PA-09)

331 George Scott (PA-10) 

332 Jessica King (PA-11)

333 Marc Friedenberg (PA-12)

334 Brent Ottaway (PA-13)

335 Bibiana Berio (PA-14)

336 Susan Boser (PA-15)

337 Ronald DiNicola (PA-16)

338 Conor Lamb (PA-17)

339 Michael Doyle (PA-18) (Incumbent)

340 David N. Cicilline (RI-01) (Incumbent)

341 Jim Langevin (RI-02) (Incumbent)

342 Joe Cunningham (SC-01)

343 Sean Carrigan (SC-02)

344 Mary Geren (SC-03)

345 Brandon Brown (SC-04)

346 Archie Parnell (SC-05)

347 James Clyburn (SC-06) (Incumbent)

348 Robert Williams (SC-07)

349 Timothy Bjorkman (SD At Large)

350 Marty Olsen (TN-01)

351 Renee Hoyos (TN-02)

352 Danielle Mitchell (TN-03)

353 Mariah Phillips (TN-04)

354 Jim Cooper (TN-05) (Incumbent)

355 Dawn Barlow (TN-06)

356 Justin Kanew (TN-07)

357 Erika Stotts Pearson (TN-08)

358 Steve Cohen (TN-09) (Incumbent)

359 Shirley McKellar (TX-01)

360 Todd Litton (TX-02)

361 Lorie Burch (TX-03)

362 Catherine Krantz (TX-04)

363 Dan Wood (TX-05)

364 Jana Lynne Sanchez (TX-06)

365 Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (TX-07)

366 Steven David (TX-08)

367 Al Green (TX-09) (Incumbent)

368 Mike Siegel (TX-10) 

369 Jennie Lou Leeder (TX-11) 

370 Vanessa Adia (TX-12)

371 Greg Sagan (TX-13)

372 Adrienne Bell (TX-14)

373 Vincente Gonzalez (TX-15)

374 Veronica Escobar (TX-16)

375 Rick Kennedy (TX-17)

376 Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)

377 Miguel Levario (TX-19)

378 Joaquin Castro (TX-20) (Incumbent)

379 Joseph Kopser (TX-21) 

380 Sri Preston Kulkarni (TX-22)

381 Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23)

382 Jan McDowell (TX-24)

383 Julie Oliver (TX-25)

384 Linsey Fagan (TX-26)

385 Eric Holguin (TX-27)

386 Henry Cuellar (TX-28) (Incumbent)

387 Sylvia Garcia (TX-29)

388 Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) (Incumbent)

389 Mary Jennings “MJ” Hegar (TX-31)

390 Colin Allred (TX-32)

391 Marc Veasey (TX-33) (Incumbent)

392 Filemon Vela (TX-34) (Incumbent)

393 Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) (Incumbent)

394 Dayna Steele (TX-36)

395 Lee Castillo (UT-01)

396 Shireen Ghorbani (UT-02)

397 James Singer (UT-03)

398 Ben McAdams (UT-04)

399 Peter Welch (VT At Large) (Incumbent)

400 Vangie Williams (VA-01)

401 Elaine Luria (VA-02)

402 Bobby Scott (VA-03) (Incumbent)

403 Aston Donald McEachin (VA-04)

404 Leslie Cockburn (VA-05)

405 Jennifer Lewis (VA-06)

406 Abigail Spanberger (VA-07)

407 Don Beyer (VA-08) (Incumbent)

408 Anthony Flaccavento (VA-09)

409 Jennifer Wexton (VA-10)

410 Gerald Connolly (VA-11) (Incumbent))

411 Suzan DelBene (WA-01) (Incumbent)

412 Rick Larsen (WA-02) (Incumbent)

413 Carolyn Long (WA-03) 

414 Christine Brown (WA-04)

415 Lisa Brown (WA-05)

416 Derek Kilmer (WA-06) (Incumbent)

417 Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) (Incumbent)

418 Kim Schrier (WA-08) 

419 Sarah Smith (WA-09)

420 Denny Heck (WA-10) (Incumbent)

421 Kendra Fershee (WV-01)

422 Talley Sergent (WV-02)

423 Richard Ojeda (WV-03)

424 Randy Bryce (WI-01)

425 Mark Pocan (WI-02) (Incumbent)

426 Ronald ”Ron” Kind (WI-03) (Incumbent)

427 Gwen Moore (WI-04) (Incumbent)

428 Tom Palzewicz (WI-05)

429 Dan Kohl (WI-06)

430 Margaret Engebretson (WI-07)

431 Beau Liegeois (WI-08)

432 Greg Hunter (WY At Large)

(There are 435 seats in the US House of Representatives. Three seats this cycle (CA-08, GA-08 and NC-03) do not have a Democratic candidate on the ballot.)

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"Luck" by Joan McNerney

Wearing designer clothes and sleek jewelry, she traipses along willy nilly throwing golden kismet wherever whimsy calls.Some think luck chooses theirgoodness or hard work. Perhaps they were blessed at birth? The wise know luck wears a visor tripping over herself favoring both mean and lazy. Luck has a toxic twin called Misfortune covered with gloom. Dressed in dusty rags, stupor-like he selects…

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"Arctic Flurries"

“Arctic Flurries”

By Joan McNerney

Winds toss foliage in air.

Birds bend against frost

their wings catching the

last sunlight.

In cosmic dance snowflakes

light up evening.

Diminutive

galaxies circling abandoned gardens.

We hunch our shoulders with winter.

Our shadows are long now.

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POETRY Devon Balwit | Two Poems Lana Bella | Dear Suki Jan Chronister | Feathers Linda Crate | Two Poems Colin James | Friends of the Forgone Conclusion Shirley Jones-Luke | Spin Joan McNerney | Two Poems Tyler Sheldon | Closely Guarded Secrets Sharon Suzuki-Martinez | Ant as Taliman Lucy Tyrell | Three Poems Carter Vance | Two Poems Michael E. Woods | Three Poems PROSE Edd B. Jennings | The Fly…

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Art by Andrew Thomas  ⊥ Poetry by Joan McNerney

The blue god of war is so strong he can twist trees with the tip of his tongue.

You better not defy him scream at him lie to him. He’ll explode and beat the hell out of you.

He lives on nothing will die for nothing makes us children shivering all night crying in empty winds turning our tears to ice.

The blue god of war is so strong northern winds bow to his will.

He doesn’t dig your moaning and groaning. You better shut up or he’ll make mincemeat out of you.

He laughs at everything has respect for nothing makes us afraid to fight when he spits in our faces turning our tears to ice.

So we watch in silence waiting for the coming light when he will hold us in his burning hands and we will be born twice once by fire once by ice.

Questions

His long fingers search coded panels buttons cool smooth attached to glowing screens.

Isn’t he powerful? The general general motors general electric and the major, major holocaust?

So admirable the admiral can sweep our planet away in less than half an hour.

Another fact to live with we can all blow up in flames. At any instant galleries of murdered faces.

All of us born with this strange dilemma. Why do anything when everything is wrong? Our hearts caged in fear.

The eyes of the dead are glassy and surprised staring with open mouths.

Yes and always there is pain of what could possibly remain. Perhaps some slabs of concrete? Is that all we have been building, buildings?

Occupant Apartment 2 D

His days marched in place days like tin soldiers each one pushing the next aside.

Hurry, hurry before it is too late… inside a gaping hole to be filled. More and more of the surface of his life was covered by dust.

The hallway gave off a musty odor. Night after night, lights burned. Busted dreams heaped in boxes. Black marks covered floors.

Less and less energy to clean up. His body betrayed him, both his bones, his breath betrayed him.

One edge of his room spoke to the other. His fan purred all summer, basement furnace heaved all winter. This incessant sigh gathering dust.

Again

This grey day unrolls before us. I want to scream out against flat skies, tear up coarse air.

I am put through my paces with long lists of minutiae. Acrid weariness crawls up spine. My eyelids droop shut.

Today marches forward…another tin soldier knocking yesterday aside. Each night coming faster, faster. Winds blowing stronger, stronger.

Cats howl in cold circles as ragged leaves cling to boughs. Raindrops fall like black ink under small pools of street lights.

Darkness gathers close… my shadow, that long black silhouette slanting down follows me into the long night.

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The Blue God Art by Andrew Thomas  ⊥ Poetry by Joan McNerney The blue god of war is so strong…

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From Bad to Awful

From Bad to Awful

In the previous issue, New Yorker film critic John Mosher examined the morals of pre-code, “underworld films” such as Edward G. Robinson’s Little Caesar. Mosher didn’t seem all that impressed with these new gangster films, that is, until James Cagney lent his talents to The Public Enemy.

May 2, 1930 cover by Theodore Haupt.

Despite its violence (by yesterday’s standards), Mosher believed that…

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