Charis Morgan
From the Porch The possum perches in the apple tree past the moon’s rising. Three dogs circle, their barks harsh, sudden ripples in the...
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Sarah Davis
Mary's Hysteria Someone’s job it is. Sweep out the barroom before the morning drinkers. The wind, which sends the peanut shells back...
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Sonya Schneider
A Wound Is An Opening A baby, my brother, his head heavy with no-speech, propped up against plush pillows, his heart recently opened...
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Ilari Pass
—After Em Berry’s “Because of Us ” The English word is gauze —( a finely woven medical cloth) , comes from the Arabic word غزة or...
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Natasha Deonarain
the desert in between grackle cloaked in purple-black sheen glares with one golden eye this land lies supine under a moth-eaten sky...
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Sara Eastler
Song of Anna May Wong And so it came to pass that I carried a lantern in that first film, uncredited, the way women were see-through as...
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David Axelrod
Le Monde C’est Terrible Whenever someone asks, what do you recall about that time just before they were born, what they mean isn’t the...
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Andy Macera
Boys In The Attic The bigger boy sat on my chest, my arms pinned to his knees, lining my lips with red lipstick. The mother hung...
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Jonathan Chibuike Ukah
Stars in Our Farm My grandmother planted stars on her farm; each day as the war raged on every side; she hid under the moon-lit cocoa...
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Mary Lou Buschi
Sonnet Monsieur turned the altar into a round stage. Covered the floors with a magenta and scarlet rug. He left the pillars,...
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HeadLines
We have several friends in Western North Carolina. I lived there for a couple years in the late 70s, teaching at a remarkable school...
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editor's notes
A good half of writing consists of being sufficiently sensitive to the moment to reach for the next promise which is usually hidden in...
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table of contents
Volume 5, Number 4 Editor's Notes HeadLines Richard Foerster Leanne Grabel John Popielaski Elizabeth Rae Bullmer Randi Schalet Meredith...
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