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Avatar photoDonald Zirilli

Donald Zirilli (he/him) was a James Tate Prize finalist and a nominee for Best of the Net and the Forward Prize. He edited Now Culture and The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow and judged poetry for the NJ Teen Arts Festival. His poetry was published in The 2River View, Anti- poetry magazine, ART TIMES, Nerve Lantern, Posit, River Styx, and other periodicals and anthologies. He and his wife live in an idyllic corner of New Jersey with two dogs and a cat. His chapbook, Heaven’s Not For You, was published in 2018 by Kelsay Books. zirealism.com

Statues Can’t Breathe

January 13, 2023 by Donald Zirilli

I woke up this morning with a statuelying on my chest. Maybe it was one of the Roosevelts,or just a president, someone like that,he …

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Some Borders Should Not Be Crossed

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 by Donald Zirilli

Lifting my head above a wall to peek at a Drive In Movie, I grab a wire, discovering pain in my fist. As I …

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