Louisa Howerow: The Collector
In memory of Ivan P. In the stillness of the cemetery, I wonder how it is a man will live...
Sandra S. McRae: Where I Come From
after F. Isabel Campoy I come from a fledgling suburb in a state that lost its mind with beauty but...
Lynn Marie Houston: Three Poems
Insomnia Yellow jackets burrow for winter in the exterior brick that edges the second story window. Inside that bedroom with...
Thomas Sabel: Unsought Purchases
Even with a receipt I can’t return The day bought on a whim— Careless of time being spent. Buyer’s remorse...
David Morgan O’Connor: Un-Knot
Above Albuquerque wind-still the sky holds balloons like lacrima Below inside this temporary room your voice cuts strings no longer...
Lachlan Brown: Apology Accepted
Note: Apology Accepted was written in response to the image here, created by Tony Curran. ...
Halina Duraj: Recycling
Every time I lift the lid on the bin by the stairs to the units above, and upend my basket...
Nathanael O’Reilly: Three Poems
Commandment On a West Texas highway between Plainview and Lubbock white text on a black billboard proclaims CONTROL YOUR MIND,...
CL Bledsoe & Michael Gushue: Fairy Tales My Parole Officer Told Me
There’s a circle of PETA protesters picketing my castle because I’ve been squirrelnapping woodland creatures to teach them how to...
Matthew Schmeer: Yes
is not what you meant to say when you locked the door behind you; you meant to say wait— look...