THE EVOLVING CITY Elizabeth Poliner   STUDENTS PAINTING IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN ON NEWARK STREET Standing scattered as seeds, planted as easels, their heads rise above the cosmos, zinnias, and marigolds, which, freed of any gardener's intent, have burst into tall, tangled October overgrowth. Scarecrows-- still and upright, arms lifted at strange angles-- they hang, hang, patient in this hushed wild field.   Elizabeth Poliner’s poems have appeared in Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, Seneca Review, and Hanging Loose. She is the author of Mutual Life & Casualty, a book of interconnected stories (Permanent Press, 2005). Published in Volume 8, Number 4, Fall 2007.   To read more by this author: Elizabeth Poliner Elizabeth Poliner: The Whitman Issue