corruption
—a poem by Sheri Vandermolen

obstruction
   privation
      protraction
         induction
            deception
               ignition
                  disruption
                    subversion
                        sedition
                           explosion                                         
                           fruition
                        perversion
                     perception
                  division
               retraction                                
            revision           
         precision
      collusion   
   succession
duration


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Sheri Vandermolen has served, for fifteen years, as editor in chief of Time Being Books. Her projects have included overseeing the compilation of The Complete Poems of Louis Daniel Brodsky, which comprises thousands of verse pieces, and managing four collected-works editions. She has also facilitated the publication of more than 120 individual poetry and short-fiction volumes. Her verse pieces have been published in various international literary journals, including Ashvamegh, Camel Saloon, Contemporary Literary Review India, Earthen Lamp Journal, Foliate Oak, Muse India, Jersey Devil Press, Papercuts, Shot Glass Journal, Taj Mahal Review, and Verse-Virtual.