failbetter.com http://www.failbetter.com/ failbetter.com publishes original fiction, poetry, visual art, and interviews with leading writers. en Copyright 2011 failbetter.com - All rights reservedSat 10 Dec 2011 13:11:54 Orphans - a story by Douglas Light feedback@failbetter.com Fiction http://www.failbetter.com/42/LightOrphans.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/42/LightOrphans.php?src=rss 6 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Let Death Come Upon Us Planting Our Cabbages - a poem by Deja Earley feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/EarleyLetDeath.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/EarleyLetDeath.php?src=rss Indeed, it would be lovely / Bent over a patch / hands deep in dirt... 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Pan of Ice - a poem by Deja Earley feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/EarleyPan.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/EarleyPan.php?src=rss I roll tobacco into tight balls, stuff / them down the throat of a sick ox. One shot / to rouse her before the wagons head out... 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Shirley Temple Grooms Ivan Pavlov - a poem by Deja Earley feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/EarleyShirley.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/EarleyShirley.php?src=rss Pavlov cracks the curtain, sees Temple trotting / up the front walk. "Ah, hell. Already?" 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Gay in the Age of Copper - a poem by Jennifer Clark feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/ClarkGay.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/ClarkGay.php?src=rss It is good to be gay / in this age of copper... 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 A Concise History of Michigan Cartology - a poem by Jennifer Clark feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/ClarkConcise.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/ClarkConcise.php?src=rss When someone asks where we live, we / without pause, hold up our right hand / mitten-style... 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Appetite - a poem by Carrie Shipers feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/ShipersAppetite.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/ShipersAppetite.php?src=rss In the forest, my brother ate bread crumbs, berries / half the witch’s house before she captured us... 8 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 The Escape Artist - a story by Ken Weaver feedback@failbetter.com Fiction http://www.failbetter.com/41/WeaverEscape.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/WeaverEscape.php?src=rss The note his wife had given us included directions to a clapboard shack hiding beneath the limbs of an evergreen... 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 An interview with Helen Schulman feedback@failbetter.com Interview http://www.failbetter.com/41/SchulmanInterview.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/SchulmanInterview.php?src=rss 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Dark Matter - a poem by Henry Israeli feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/IsraeliDark.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/IsraeliDark.php?src=rss The last time I saw my mother was in a parking lot... 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Depraved Cogitation - a poem by Henry Israeli feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/IsraeliDepraved.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/IsraeliDepraved.php?src=rss In the movie, two teenage boys find a naked zombie woman / tied to a table, and one decides to keep her as a kind of girlfriend... 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0800 The Garden of Earthly Delights - a poem by Henry Israeli feedback@failbetter.com Poetry http://www.failbetter.com/41/IsraeliGarden.php?src=rss http://www.failbetter.com/41/IsraeliGarden.php?src=rss 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0800