PLAN B PRESS Issue Jim Mancinelli In 2004 we decided to publish Jim Mancinelli’s In Deep. This collection follows one person's spiritual journey with differing ways of seeing the world. Two poems from that book are reprinted here. In addition to his work in the Speech-Language field in Philadelphia, Mancinelli is the host of the Fishtown Airways poetry reading series in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia.   CHANNELING RUMI At the edge of the world is a place where I am whole. My limbs are not twisted into mathematical shapes and my eyes are for seeing. I am a creature of such beauty that my breath is the fire of stars and my sex is the bliss of clear light. At the edge of the world is a place of quiet acceptance. My face is not contorted in anger, and I have integrated the holes. I am a creature of such wisdom that my thoughts are empty and my heart is full. At the edge of the world is a place of tranquility. My soul is at rest and my love moves outward. I am a creature of purity and all of my being is stretched to cover the earth and sky. At the edge of the world I will spread my arms and gather the universe into a perfect breath. Only then will I know the mind of the still lily and the peace of the Anointed.   NINE WAYS OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING FOUND after Wallace Stevens I. a yellow egg on a black wall. there is nothing else! II. on one black wall, a yellow egg separate. III. in black a yellow pearl or egg but not both. you choose. IV. black square yellow oval opalescent V. yellow egg floats up black wall black wall VI. yellow egg drops down black wall black wall VII. yellow egg to the right like flat moon. black wall like square night VIII. yellow egg to the left like flat moon. black wall like square night. IX. oval on square, square under oval still [there is nothing else.] Jim Mancinelli's first chapbook, Primer, was self-published. His second chapbook, In Deep, was published by Plan B Press in 2004. His writing is informed by the spirit, the earth, the heavens, and the voices of his Italian heritage. His poems have appeared in Philadelphia Poets, The Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts, Sea Change, Mad Poets Review, Fox Chase Review and Poetry Ink, an anthology of Philadelphia poets. He has been a featured reader on "Live from Kelly Writer’s House." Mancinelli teaches in the Speech-Language-Hearing Science Program at La Salle University in Philadelphia.   Published in Volume 11, Number 3, Summer 2010.