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Poems by Jeremy Sigler
September 2005

Ape Ancestry 

With a flush
and a rush of
nocturnal swirl,

apes gape though
planetary plexi,

in deity’s study

where zoolunar
logic tells me
of my ancestry.

Ancestry!
in the
beady beans
in the
twinkle wrinkle 

Ancestry!
in the moony
monkey skin,

in the starry
expression.

My Refinery

Bridge in flames

torch in hand

all my friends stand
across 

and with this hook
of lost look

I roil with
mutation

in sea-space surround

a cycloptic mound
of horrific headiness

a refinery of
oily introspection,

inflamed,

and still in
operation.

 

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Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical
guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs.

Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.
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OFF THE RAIL FALL 2005 at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Army Plaza
(718) 230-2100 in the 2nd Floor Auditorium

Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 7 till 9
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1st place: Best article about Immigrant Issues or Racial Justice--Gabriel Thompson, "One Immigrant's Journey" (September 2004).

1st place: Best article about the Arts*--Amy Zimmer, "The Brownsville Rec. Center" (April 04)

2nd place: Best article about the Arts--Brian Carreira, "Harlem Arts: A Faux Renaissance" (Dec 03/Jan 04).

2nd place: Best editorial or commentary--T. Hamm, "The Issue is Free Speech" (Dec 03/Jan 04).

3rd Place: Best Investigative News Story--Marjory Garrison, "Minimum Matter of Survival" (May 04)

Honorable mention: Best Investigative News Story--Williams Cole, "Housing vs. the RNC" (June 04).

Honorable mention: Best Original Feature--Yvette Walton, "My Life in the NYPD" (Dec 03/Jan 04).
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