Bread Loaf Journal, Vol VIII, Summer 2022

Page 57

WRITINGS FROM THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH

after you drive me home I invite you up for 2 bowls of alphabet soup LILITH BLACKWELL | VERMONT

a a a a a a a already and and and and and apartment are as at balanced beer bright bottle car careful check cup darkness dead dew down drove empty farmland for for for forest from fuck full glass grass green hand heat heavy highway hum I I I I in in invite is is is knew last man maybe moon morning my my next night of of of of of of on on only out outside prom played quiet raccoon radio road service sex slick so so song station stiff stop stretches summer tea tells the the the the the the the the to to top unwaning up us very very wait we wet wheel whisky wine with would you you you you your your

. . . there is only one reason I look at you that way…I did nothing this time… you smell so good even when you sweat…we are both sunburned farm tanned indoors outdoors kinda people…

and and and as at at at away away away before blonde blonde blue cream cream dress dress dripping everyone far far far felt from green green good hair hair hazy hesitated i i i i i i i ice ice in knew like like look look looked mountains my my next never onto peroxide said shop shop short smile so something stood stopped teeth that that the the to to tottered too want watched watched white with with you you you you you you

you said that you were afraid by how much you like me…how much I like you . . . I still do not know how you look in the morning . . . heavy nights heavy nights heavy nights . . . stripped away

SUMMER 2022 | 51


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Afterword | RACHEL NOLI

1min
pages 72-74

To the Grill Master | DONTÉ S. TATES

2min
pages 64-67

A Way Back | DANA LOTITO-JONES

1min
page 56

Topography | SARAH SCHULZ

1min
pages 68-69

Mountain Affairs (Sestina) | MARISA E. TRETTEL

1min
pages 70-71

after you drive me home I invite you up for 2 bowls of alphabet soup | LILITH BLACKWELL

1min
page 57

Home | LAUREN DAVENPORT

10min
pages 59-63

Morning in December: Two Months Since You’ve Left | DEIRDRE KOENEN

1min
page 58

The Lost Pleiad (excerpts of a work in progress) | KELSEY HENNEGEN

2min
pages 54-55

When you fold laundry | CAITLIN ROBINSON

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page 48

WHY I BRING THEM | NATASHA WILLIAMS

4min
pages 49-50

In Praise of Nick-at-Nite | GREGORY J. CAMPEAU

5min
pages 51-53

“I Take You, I Take You In” (22 Years Without Communion, 52 Without) | KATIE PARROTT

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page 44

Squidgy Mom | TRISH DOUGHERTY

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page 47

Shelter | LAURIN WOLF

3min
pages 45-46

Excerpt from a Letter to Matt, half-remembered | JENNA RUSSELL

2min
page 43

Marsh Meditation | MERIWETHER JOYNER

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pages 41-42

Moving Weekend after Robert Hayden | KURT OSTROW

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page 38

Of Nightingales | BETH ROBBINS

1min
pages 39-40

To Aspen: Chapter 19 | CULLEN MCMAHON

4min
pages 35-37

The Artist | CLEO AUKLAND

6min
pages 30-32

Westtown, PA | MARVIN J. AGUILAR

3min
pages 26-28

My Girlish Monster | MARA BENEWAY

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page 34

thirst | MARIELLA SAAVEDRA CARQUIN-HAMICHAND

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page 33

The Passenger | ANGELA JONES

3min
pages 24-25

Oman’s Khareef | RABIAH KHALIL

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page 18

For My Appalachians | KAYLA HOSTETLER

1min
pages 10-11

Foreword | MINA LEAZER

1min
pages 7-8

The First Year | KEELY HENDRICKS

1min
pages 12-13

Loitering As High Schoolers Do | AHDYA ELIAS ATTEA

9min
pages 14-17

Whisper | BO LEWIS

5min
pages 19-21

A Pail of Stars | TYLER O’KEEFE

1min
pages 22-23
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