Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 3 • Exegesis • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 4 • Conarchy • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 6 • Creed • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 8 • Power • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 9 • App • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 10 • Teachings • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 12 • Pornocracy • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 14 • Quiz • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 19 • Penance • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 20 • Rodman • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 21 • Gift • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 22 • Divorce • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 23 • Honor • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 24 • Spider • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 25 • Progressive • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 26 • Squatter • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 28 • Conscious • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 29 • Uniform • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 30 • House • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 31 • Contentment • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 32 • Diva • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 33 • Astronaut • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 37 • Invitation • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 38 • Wisconsin • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 39 • Homeland • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 40 • Kids • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 41 • JFK • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 42 • Healing • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 43 • Word • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 44 • Unfamiliar • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 45 • Submerged • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 46 • Burden • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 47 • Moth • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 48 • Seagull • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 49 • Wading • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 50 • Once • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 51 • Ending • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 52 • Lisbon • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 53 • Angels • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 54 • Workshop • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 55 • Hangover • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 57 • Gravity • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 58 • Mesa • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 59 • April • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 60 • Pop • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 61 • Moving • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 62 • Close • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 63 • Accomplishment • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 64 • Conception • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 65 • Belly • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 66 • Ne'er-do-well • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 67 • Ditch • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 68 • Shedding • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 69 • Upward • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 70 • Bildungsroman • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 71 • January • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 72 • Perfection • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 73 • Faces • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 77 • I. The Old Kingdom • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 79 • II. Modernization/Social Change • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 81 • III. Weak Reforms • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 83 • IV. Chaos/Upheaval • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 85 • V. Collapse of the Old Kingdom • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 87 • VI. Plurality of Movements • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 89 • VII. New Weakened Government • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 91 • VIII. One Movement Accumulates Political Power • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 93 • IX. Undermining Other Movements • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 95 • X. Revolution • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 97 • XI. New Movement Assumes Power • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 99 • XII. Single Authoritarian Emerges • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 101 • XIII. Purge of Political Enemies • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 103 • XIV. Shifting Control of Government Power • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 105 • XV. Totalitarianism • poem by Benjamin Schmitt
• 108 • XVI. Death • poem by Benjamin Schmitt