MAVERICK MAGAZINE. 8
the voice of american poetry
CONTENTS

A Face Familar To Me Once
Amen
War .................................................................................. Jefferson ADAMS

The Colonial Instinct, St. Croix Watershed 2002
Still-Life, Hennepin County Minnesota, 1996 ................... Albino CARRILLO

Six Poems ................................................................. Jean-Philippe CAZIER

Firewood
Forestry
Perception
Sermons
Walker ....................................................................................... Cy DILLON

Introduction--Feature Poet: Howard FISCH
The Duracell Rabbit Runs Down
Poem of Innocence
Real Sugar
Zagat Zoo 30 30 30 .............................................................. Howard FISCH

Celestial Longing
Fierce God ............................................................................ Ray GONZALEZ


Isograms
The Scorpion King
Sleipnir and the Kindred Spirits
Wolf ................................................................................... James GRINWIS

An Outreamerican Speaks
Drug of Your Choice
Plaza de Loco ............................................................................ Bill KNOTT

Two Dragonflies
Copper Men
Fortuna and Hyacinth
Margins

Southern Coronation
............................................................. Juli A. KROLL

Chance ...................................................................... Rodrigo Garcia LOPES

Banana Republic#2
L
osing the Lie.............................................................. Ramón E. MARTINEZ

One Poem .................................................................. Henry Oso QUINTERO

Editor's Note
Catch of the Day
Empathy
The Paperweight ............................................................ Mark WASSERMAN