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Coconut 11!

Coconut Eleven—featuring spicy new poems by Liz Waldner, Carla Harryman, Dorothea Lasky, Chris Pusateri, Peter Davis, Melissa Benham, Amber Nelson, Kismet Al-Hussaini, Kathleen Rooney & Elisa Gabbert, Anna Fulford, Marco Giovenale, Michael Sikkema, Sun Yung Shin, Maureen Thorson, Jordan Davis, Mara Vahratian, Philip Metres, Janet Holmes, Fritz Ward, Susan Scarlata, Jeni Olin, Jon Link, and Rebecca Hazelton—is now live on the web. Come dine with them! http://www.coconutpoetry.org

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Amber Nelson

A B E L M N O R S

A bell, a label, blameless as Abel, a rebel: same as a Norseman roams,Amber sneers as a rabble nears; as beers blear, as barrels release aleor remorse, Amber, a noble seer (less normal, more sane), blamesRomans, slams Nero--brambles as a mane, all robes, all manna, Amber resembles Moses' soror, bears a slab, babbles sermons, blesses morallabor or a meal on melons.

Amber seasons ballroom realms, seals men's amor; a rose, a bloom (anAnnabelle Lee on Lesbos, a reason males bemoan sore balls), Amberbores no nabob, nor lessens a boner--Amber's mammae are morsels borneon sable mares, Amber's ass smears a lemon aroma, Amber's nose easesalmas: Amber's mere arms are a moon's ransom.

Amber belabors no sameness, leans on no moron's manner, blares nosolemn lesson--nor snores one more salmon or morose barn: Amber'sannals are boas, balloons, sombreros, sensors, lenses; Amber sees messes, rambles on lobes or seams, smells a sober realness, leers atmanors--one morn, Nobel assessors name a name; all barbers, allsalesmen, all salons, all mobs assemble; all name Amber, all boom"Amen!"

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It just keeps getting better & better!

Cold-Drill, Accepting Submissions

Cold-Drill seeks fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction from the traditional to the experimental & strives to publish work that goes beyond the obvious, that provokes & stimulates readers.

Submissions are read from September 15 to January 5. Include a SASE for response. Manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by appropriate SASE.

Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: up to 20 pages.
Poetry: up to 8 poems.

Currently, no electronic submissions. Send submissions to:

fiction, nonfiction, poetry editor
cold-drill
department of english
boise state university
1910 university drive
boise, id 83725