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Wales for Americans

By Peter Finch A piece made from actual headlines found in various monthly newspapers published in north America for the ex-patriot Welsh. Hi Ho it’s Mary Lwyd Wyoming Valley St David’s Day, February 26th Success to the gaudy Welsh Collectors Club Dylan Classic Bedecks Yule TV Waukesha, Winsconsin St Dvid’s Day, February 27th Melvin O Williams named noble of the year    by Islam Temple... 
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Clatter

By Peter Finch 1. I love you I keep saying oh On the bus you Hear me coming up The stairs clatter And I’m going to say It again sorry I love you Clatter you’re embarrassed All your friends mmmm Why don’t I just erase 2. The stairs clatt Love you saying oh I keep coming up th And I’m going to sorry Your frien on the bus erase All your clatter Why don’t I Just hear me again again I love you... 
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Irish Guide to Wales Errata

By Peter Finch when you arrive the place will not be England for Armagh see Amritsar for boogie see bhanghra for Bangor see Bangor for cough see catch for cool see coal for coal see Cale for sward see sword for shit see seams for craic see crap for cough see cwrw for lough see lung for query see quarry for whistle see whippet for bog see big for tay see tea for praise see pies for Toaiseach see tshirt for... 
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Three New Poems and a Note

Extract from Hammer Lieder Helicopter Speak By Peter Finch The resonance as movement while the 1906 memoir published Tausend structure the should allegro andante scherzo Finale the formally one thus recapitulated the oboes Tr. Timp. this marks the more the repeated when the of and motif consolation it performance there earlier which edition symphony gave the happily andante in editorial their andante... 
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Aquarium

By Marília Garcia Translated by Hilary Kaplan she has seaweed fear when she awakes facing the stadium. her room is an aquarium with submerged shafts of sun and her body filtered through the light of the tinted window film takes the contour of a reverse magnetism. not that it mattered the time. she just did not know how she had arrived there. did not know how many hours had slipped by (a dog licking... 

Error of Geography (p.31)

By Marília Garcia Translated by Hilary Kaplan on her walk juliette came across a giant zucchini and mûres there’s no word for those in portuguese i think her white pants stained deep blue no cows today nor bells the lamp is the only light in the house there must be a word after all they have mûres in portugal autumn arrived during the night and i have finished watching d’est but that was snow... 

Error of Geography (p.41)

By Marília Garcia Translated by Hilary Kaplan an hour and a half after the expected arrival time and each moment you grow farther away farther in time you think and not in space you have to fold time to get there there had been 5 minutes to talk mint tea growing cold in its cup maps can overlay each other but time cannot you will find that m. is the center of the universe his voice saying palau... 

it’s a love story and it’s about an accident

By Marília Garcia Translated by Hilary Kaplan at first, a frozen scene a finger lands on the glass, the screen trills. do you remember what you said then? did you yell? did it hurt? do you remember what happened? the bend, the rain, bright bang. (then she ended, sent to belfast) do you remember what you said as the car skidded? three hours waiting in the rain, the bend, the blast, remember? you... 

é uma lovestory e é sobre um acidente

By Marília Garcia Translated by Hilary Kaplan primeiro, a cena congelada um dedo pousa no vidro, a tela vibra.                     você lembra o que disse na hora? você gritou? doeu? você lembra do que aconteceu? a curva, a chuva, um clarão. (depois ela acabou, foi embora para belfast.) você lembra o que disse na...