Possibly and probably the most dire and dour issue to date, Penny Ante Feud 16 "Poor Bird" still manages to let the light shine through. When we speak of quality writing above all else, this is what we mean: to the last man and the last woman, we all come together to produce something greater than the sum of our parts. So much so you'll think that the 20 something poets in this issue got together to compare notes before applying.