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Laney Nielson

Of Water and Want   There was a brook behind the house—I would’ve been ten years old. Beyondthat the woods with its floor of mossand pine...
Poetry

Peter Grandbois

The Hour is Enough   If open window— Listen to holes Beneath the rainIf closed door— Enter the wound As one enters a dream Unseen            Invisible To yourselfThe who you are welling...
Poetry

Casey Reiland

Upon Learning that David Jones Changed his Name, I Remember a Night in May   When he tells me life should be gulped whole,a sword swallower...
Poetry

Yvonne Zipter

Listening to Johnny Hodges’ “Texas Blues” The notes nearly drip with humidity.It’s too hot, says Hodges’ alto sax, to do anything but let yourself be bathedby...
Poetry

Amanda Marie Gaines

An Angel Tries Petty Theft Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. After the sky swallowed it’s tongue, monarchs came out of hiding. Black cats in...
Poetry

Mary Alexandra Agner

Condolences   An urban bird of prey, talons on the telephone wire. The bush beneath it wailing with the b-side harmonies of house sparrows. They need...
Poetry

Rochelle Shapiro

Wedding Album, 1967 Posed stiff as the bride and groomon the fourth tier of the iced-white cake,you, trussed in a cummerbund beneath your black tails,brown...
Poetry

Jory Mickelson

In April   Who has time for a diamond?I want a field, where birds genuflect as they peck for food.At the edges, sword ferns rattle their blades in...
Poetry

David Rawson

Boy, Mother, Horse Press 'Play' to hear the author read their piece. When you were a boy, you would skip church early to feed the horses half...
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Gabe Durham

Holding Up You return home from a hard timeto find the furniture moved. Dutiesaccrue politely on the brim of tragedy.They make room for the tragedy,but...
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