Dressing Room Poetry Journal
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  • Issue Eleven
    • A case of unemployment by Geoff Anderson
    • Plenty by Roy Bentley
    • The Amazing Mr. X by Ace Boggess
    • witches by Robert Lee Brewer
    • Conversations with Inherited Jewelry by Anne Champion & Jenny Sadre-Orafai
    • Mermaid Spell by Anne Champion & Jenny Sadre-Orafai
    • Guest Artists on My New Poem by Jim Daniels
    • Past My Bedtime Suite by Jim Daniels
    • Waiting to Die by Holly Day
    • To my Roommate: by Riley Gable
    • How to Fix a Monet after Someone Punches It by Howie Good
    • (Death mints at the funeral home.) by Samantha Guss
    • (Your sound advice.) by Samantha Guss
    • Hitler Reincarnated by Katie Irish
    • A Real Gentleman by Katie Irish
    • Bus Crush by Robert Karaszi
    • stupid questions like by Gabrielle Lessans
    • Oh, Wendy by Marie Marandola
    • The Song of the Letting it all Go by Ken Meisel
    • My Father at Fifty by Robert Miltner
    • to the doctors who keep telling me i'm okay—an abbreviated list of symptoms: by Hannah Nahar
    • common time by Rachelle Pinnow
    • Last Look at Our Room at the Honeymoon Hotel by Jackson Sabbagh
    • What is Seen: Vincent Street by John Walser
    • Play is Political by Laura Grace Weldon
    • To Be Honest by Francesca Wilkin
  • Issue Ten
    • THREE EXCERPTS FROM BRAZIL, INDIANA by Brian Beatty
    • A WAILER AND AN ARM WAVER by Roy Bentley
    • ON THE DAY MY HUSBAND IS ASSUMED TO BE A FATHER BY THE CLERK IN THE BIG & TALL MAN'S CLOTHING STORE by Jennifer Jackson Berry
    • VENICE by Danny Caine
    • MEETING MY HOST FATHER by Meg Eden
    • PURIKURA by Meg Eden
    • A WIZARD'S HAT by Jill Carey Michaels
    • STRANGULATION by Thomas Stewart
    • THE EXECUTIONER by Maria Garcia Teutsch
    • MEMOIR (9) by Anastacia Renee Tolbert
    • MUSICAL GENTRIFICATION by Anastacia Renee Tolbert
    • YOU'RE 10, AND YOU WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR BARBIE by Amy Schreibman Walter
  • Issue Nine
    • Michael Albright
    • Ashley Cardona
    • Chris Crittenden
    • John Dorsey
    • Chelsea Eckert
    • Molly Fuller
    • Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
    • Kenneth Pobo
    • Claudia Serea
    • An Interview with Kristina Marie Darling by Genevieve Jencson
    • SUNCHILD: An Interview with Blake Lee Pate & Taylor Jacob Pate
  • Issue Eight
    • Stephanie Bryant Anderson
    • Maggie Blake Bailey
    • Katie Berger
    • Robert Lee Brewer
    • Robert Cole & Juliet Cook
    • Juliet Cook & j/j hastain
    • Vanessa Jimenez Gabb
    • Rebecca Hanssens-Reed
    • Ted Jean
    • Jill Khoury
    • Jean Prokott
    • Milla van der Have
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  • Issue Seven
    • IN THE BATTALION TOC THE SOLDIERS LIVED by Paul David Atkins
    • WHAT ILLNESS by Emily Grace Bernard
    • {OBSCURA} by Kristy Bowen
    • MUSE by April Michelle Bratten
    • COWBOY by Janet Butler
    • DST by John Estes
    • DEAR TURQUOISE by Ruth Foley
    • OPEN DOORS by Ricky Garni
    • NUTS by Ricky Garni
    • THE HANDSHAKE by William Greenway
    • LAUGHING WHEN YOU MENTION THE OTHER WOMAN by Gail Hosking
    • ACHILLES by Peycho Kanev
    • APERTURE by Dan Sicoli
    • THE CURATOR OF SHIPWRECKS by Aden Thomas
    • THIS ISN’T WORKING by Elizabeth Weaver
    • FORGETTING NAMES by Laura Grace Weldon
    • INTERVIEW WITH KATE GREENSTREET by Sarah Dravec
  • Issue Six
    • Amanda Chiado
    • David Chorlton
    • Susan Grimm
    • j/j hastain
    • Jenn Monroe
    • Eric Morris
    • Amanda Oaks
    • Teresa Petro
    • Thomas Piekarski
    • Kushal Poddar
    • April Salzano
    • An Interview with Elizabeth Ellen by Jacob Euteneuer
  • Issue Five
    • Metamorphosis by Michael Collins
    • Apples by Donavon Davidson
    • Dear James Wright by Sarah Dravec
    • Burn, Baby, Burn by Terry Godbey
    • damage control by Howie Good
    • Snowflakes on a Hardening Land by Robert S. King
    • Rehab Stories: A.A. Superstar by David Rutter
    • Show How You Can Use Awkward Areas by Kristina Marie Darling & Carol Guess
    • Bloodstains Should Be Removed Or Contained by Kristina Marie Darling & Carol Guess
    • Be a Smooth Talker, But Also a Good Listener by Kristina Marie Darling & Carol Guess
    • What She Found in the Cabinet by Carol Guess in the Style of Kristina Marie Darling
    • The Maid of Honor Gives a Toast by Kristina Marie Darling in the Style of Carol Guess
    • Carol Guess on Collaboration and X Marks the Dress: A Registry
    • Kristina Marie Darling on Collaboration and X Marks the Dress: A Registry
  • Issue Four
    • Elizabeth Ashe
    • Leah Browning
    • Jackson Burgess
    • Sara Biggs Chaney
    • Sarah Cortez
    • Katie DiGangi
    • John Farmer
    • Emily Lake Hansen
    • Scott Hartwich
    • Wess Mongo Jolley
    • Robert S. King
    • Rebecca Ligon
    • Ellene Glenn Moore
    • Eric G. Müller
    • Mirissa Rini
    • Claudia Serea
    • Alexandria Simmons
    • Sara Williams
  • Issue Three
    • Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
    • Anne Barngrover & Avni Vyas
    • Brian Beatty
    • Richard Carr
    • Anne Champion
    • Ha Kiet Chau
    • Lisa J. Cihlar
    • Howie Good
    • Genevieve Jencson
    • KJ
    • Krystal Languell
    • Robert Lietz
    • Kellie Nadler
    • Krysia Orlowski
    • Danielle Pafunda
    • Frederick Pollack
    • Sarah Sarai
    • Katie Jean Shinkle
    • Erin Virgil
    • Megan Volpert
    • Valerie Wetlaufer
  • Issue Two
    • Paul David Adkins
    • J. Bradley
    • Mary Stone Dockery
    • Samantha Duncan
    • Howie Good
    • Chelsey Harris
    • Mark Jackley
    • Ben Nardolilli
    • Kenneth Pobo
    • Emily Strauss
    • Meghan Tutolo
    • J. Michael Wahlgren
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    • Mary Biddinger
    • Susana H. Case
    • Tenaya Darlington
    • Terry Godbey
    • Amy Lawless
    • M.P. Powers
    • Jay Robinson
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Dressing Room Poetry Journal



Issue Five


August 2013


Metamorphosis 
Michael Collins


Apples 
Donavon Davidson


Dear James Wright 
Sarah Dravec

Burn, Baby, Burn 
Terry Godbey

damage control 
Howie Good


Snowflakes on a Hardening Land 
Robert S. King


Rehab Stories: A.A. Superstar 
David Rutter


Show How You Can Use Awkward Areas 
Kristina Marie Darling & Carol Guess


Bloodstains Should Be Removed Or Contained 
Kristina Marie Darling & Carol Guess


Be a Smooth Talker, But Also a Good Listener 
Kristina Marie Darling & Carol Guess


What She Found in the Cabinet 
Carol Guess in the Style of Kristina Marie Darling


The Maid of Honor Gives a Toast 
Kristina Marie Darling in the Style of Carol Guess


Carol Guess on Collaboration and X Marks the Dress: A Registry

 Kristina Marie Darling on Collaboration and X Marks the Dress: A Registry