At first, when sounds were shifting, (although the moves were noiseless) by unresisted drifting we voiced what should be voiceless and though your moves were noiseless, still I was moved, the cause your voice. No longer voiceless, we broke the ancient laws, moved by a modern cause to mock a classic notion. We broke the […]

This week’s Winter 2009 sneak preview: “Appreciation in G-Major,” a poem by John Hart.

We know you’ve all been waiting for the Winter 2009 issue — and it’s almost here, we promise. In the meantime, check out our sneak previews of the latest poetry and prose from Euphony. First up: “Truck Noises,” a poem by the runner-up in last spring’s uchicagospeak poetry reading contest.

This one goes out to anyone who’s ever looked up and found themselves alone on the bus. Birds and frogs are perversions of each other, each in perfection exactly what the other isn’t in its itty-bitty bones. Would they, the riders who left you alone like that, without even saying goodbye, without so much as […]