Glen Lantz

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Glen Lantz Biography

Glen Lantz is 48 years old and lives in Dubuque, Iowa. He has a BA and a MA in Sociology from the University of Northern Iowa. His work has appeared in 10K Poets Zine, Bad Marmalade, Calliope Nerve, Clockwise Cat, the Curious Record, Deep Tissue Magazine, Ditch, the Dubuque Area Writer’s Guild 2009 Anthology Music & Dance, Full of Crow, Heroin Love Songs, Lines Written W/ a Razor, Lost Souls in the Fishbowl Anthology by Subculture Books, Madswirl, the Plebian Rag, Poetry Now, and Zygote in my Coffee. Glen has three poems forthcoming in Counterexample Poetics. Glen’s book “Boiled Tomatoes” is available as a free download at: http: //www.scribd.com/doc/16109158/Boiled-Tomatoes Glen is co-founder of 10K Poets and the managing editor of 10K Poets poetry magazine “Deep Tissue Magazine.” You can find more of Glen’s work at: http: //www.myspace.com/glenny_the_poet)

The Best Poem Of Glen Lantz

Trying To Get Out

Trying to Get Out

the best way
out of town
my feet on the dusty road
toes pointing north
to the land of light
cold emptiness calls
as I leave the past behind
mud smeared prophet
little ones on the street
loving her experience
the lovely lady
making home in the hills
no road signs to read
no levers to pull
cells twitching
begging for a hit
for the solstice of longing
spent shells bouncing on the pavement
no comfort for your logic
only self-determination
you swim in the magical ferment
and find an end in Paris
a completion that evades
at least until now

© Deep Piercing Cut

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