Emily Aubrey

Poets have     power
missing     in (the) rest

lyric poetry     on papyrus rolls     one poem
the rest are fragments     missing or,
illegible,
trapped in
a blizzard
haunting
poetry     striking
words.

the mountain of information

commentary on
the     world
has modified it
Its
/ balance /     / against /     / the instruments
of / change /     obliterating

Sophia Carver

known     much power
missing     brilliant

fragments.    To indicate

a blizzard
haunting     mind
alter(ing)     existing

While
compelling
soared

nevertheless     by the mountain
Disembodied

commentary

reads:     redress     between
and     balance     against
change     black
remain
from     the Foundation

Danielle Dye

known     power in words     are
missing     brilliant
translation     of
books     poetry
survived intact     To indicate
illegible     brackets
while     a single word trapped in
"a blizzard
of brackets"     haunting     to mind the best
erasure poetry     existing     by
erasing words     an independent

Commission      is an important     compelling text in its own right

Chris DePietro

Poets have     power in words
as in those that rest on the page.     brilliant examples of this

poetry
are fragments.

while another is a single word trapped in
a blizzard
of brackets. The haunting fragments
the poet alters an existing text by striking
independent

compelling

use     the text for an erasure     a moving commentary
shifting fields of language that have arisen

"The Found
Error,"
the preserved words     float down the pages as if in
clouds

Katie Wyner

Poets have     much power

the
mind
alters     by
unique     form     The
compelling text
soar

within

lines obliterating

The Foundation
words     float
literally

with     alternating tenderness     the uncertainties

always     push
polite society

Alicia Halliday

—    —only one
survived     rest     are missing
so that one

alters

this form

National
mountain
School

used     text     comment     on
what     language
has

Sean Clemens

there is as much power in

poetry     only one poem has
survived     To indicate where words are missing or

independent     in
a unique     form of

its riveting account
by the mountain of information that

used the text for an erasure
shifting fields of language
For instance,
/ Its /    / adjust the /    / between
and / across /     / and / balance /     / against / the instruments
of / change / over every page

preserved words

Lanna Fuller

Poets have     as much power in words
as      those     brilliant
ancient Greek(s)
only one poem

is     trapped in
a blizzard
of     haunting     mind,
existing     by
an independent

(named for the mountains of the world.)

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