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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
2026/30Poetry

David Earl Williams, The Absurdilachian

MY LAST SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT: I was born in the...
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2026/30Poetry

CL Bledsoe :: “Raining Apples” A Chapbook by one of the finest editors the Mule ever had… ::

Cort worked with me on the Mule for years. He...
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2026/30Poetry

A Hua :: “Blooming Like Flowers,” “Full Like Moon,” and other poems ::

The Poet: A Hua, born Wang Xiaohua, is from Weihai, Shandong...
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winterSmith :: Ten Quick Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: winterSmith (aka Sam) was born in and...
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2026/30Poetry

Jim Rogers :: “We Don’t Know,” and two more poems ::

I am a blue blooded Southerner Jimmy Derrick was my...
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Helen Losse :: Comfort Me With Angels ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Joplin, Missouri, which is only...
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Scott Owens :: “Existential Knot,” “Distractions” ::

From Scott:In her wonderful poem, “The Summer Day,” Mary Oliver...
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Yan An :: Story of Searching for Spring in the Suburbs ::

A prominent poet in contemporary China, Yan An is the...
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2026/30Poetry

Shuguang Zhan :: “Beauty Is a…,” “Wittgenstein,” “The World Is Like…,” ::

The Poet: Shuguang Zhang was born in 1956 in Wangkui...
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Rolf Gjedsted :: “The combination of sun and my kisses,” “Festival of the Saint and scarce rain,” and “Revenge”

Danish author, musician, painter, and sculptor Rolf Gjedsted (1947-2022) wrote...
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2026/30Poetry

Wu Min :: Seven Poems including “You Will Die in the Awkward Winter” ::

Wu Min was born in 1964 in Shehong, Sichuan Province,...
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2026/30Poetry

Jean-Luc Pouliquen :: Search,” “Living,” “To Be There” ::

Poet and literary critic Jean-Luc Pouliquen lives in the south...
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Yi Feng :: Three Poems ::

Yi Feng is a scholar, translator, poet, and associate professor...
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Sílvia Aymerich-Lemos :: Saturn’s Triplets ::

Sílvia Aymerich-Lemos is an author from Barcelona, Catalonia. As a...
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Hélène Sanguinetti :: Domaine of the Sticky followed by Six Responses to Jean-Baptiste Para ::

A contemporary French poet who lives in Arles, Hélène Sanguinetti...
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Charles Bernstein :: Three Poems from Topsy-Turvy ::

How does one introduce Charles Bernstein? Y’all tell me …...
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