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by Brendan Todt “Call for Submission” “What Pains Me the Most” Brendan Todt lives and teaches in Sioux City, Iowa. His most recent work has been featured in Pithead Chapel and The Ekphrastic … Continue Reading “Call for Submission” and “What Pains Me the Most”
by Ben Nardolilli “Probing Voyages” Making observations and gleaningData from the satellite life I am living,The years are secure in their orbits,And I pass through them withoutFinding enough gravity to … Continue Reading “Probing Voyages” and “La Mosca”
by Fatima Jafar after Rhiannon McGavinM brings home a thingold bottle of perfumeafter work: Spring in the Park. Sunbottled, the roomflowers. Burstsfecund and greenwith our late-night talk.Speak a daisy, a … Continue Reading “Adult”
by William Doreski Night rain curdles in the weeds.At three AM I’m readingFlannery O’Connor aloudto the cats. They deplorethe racial language but lovethe texture, dialogue, and useof local color. What … Continue Reading “Corpse Flower”
One of my biggest concerns as a budding adult is freedom—both the feeling and the lifestyle of being independent. In some ways, the need to feel free still occupies my … Continue Reading IMR: Exercise as a Tool
by Anna Heneise When I turn eight, my mother sits me down and tells me I am dyslexic. She says most kids learn how to read when they are five … Continue Reading When
by Morgan Boyer “Not Your Horoscope” Aries: You’ll splash your milk on the blouseyou were going to wear to your interview Taurus: You alarm went off, but didn’t hear it … Continue Reading “Not Your Horoscope” and “Bethlehem”
by Anoushka Chauhan Anoushka Chauhan is a law student from India, who sometimes writes poetry inspired by love, loss and personal experiences. Mostly, she likes owls, the color red, and … Continue Reading “September”
by Turner Wilson “Honeymoon” Our omelets were stiff hotel pillowslaundered with creme fraiche. Wooddeck slats heated with the smellof lacquer. Her lungs: a treeshifting in the wind. There’s nothingon TV; … Continue Reading “Honeymoon” and “Moment of Silence”
THE INTRO-NOT-INTRO ADHD and escapist tendencies have a lot to do with each other. (I almost posed a rhetorical question there, but wouldn’t that count as an introduction? This is … Continue Reading IMR: An Overview of ADHD
by Hafsa Mumtaz (Author’s Note: This poem is inspired by the painting Midnight (1979) by Pakistan’s most famous female artist, Zubeida Agha. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/zubeida-agha-midnight ) “Snippets of You” an excrescence of … Continue Reading “Snippets of You”
by Carolyn Adams “Thunder Dream” In her dreaming,she rides with the stars,their splinters in her hair.The slant path of some beaminterrupts the sacred blackof the interstellar.She cruises on.Cut moons, meteors, … Continue Reading “Thunder Dream” and “Big Bang”
by Eve Lessard A large hand reaches out to a young boy with a tear-streaked face. The boy’s clothes are covered in mud and blood dribbles down his temple. He … Continue Reading “Who Are You?”
I met the delightful Wilson on a dark and storm-swept night in the back of a library cafe. The chairs were scattered, ominous and empty, near the counter, while I … Continue Reading Rivulet Interviews- Wilson Krause
Our second “Rivulet” is Shane Edwards, an Education Major and brilliant acapella vocalist! After an initial meeting over Berry-Lattes, muffins and danishes, Shane gave exclusive insight into his vast writing … Continue Reading Rivulet Interviews- Shane Edwards
We all want to be better versions of ourselves, right? (Well, maybe not all of us, and probably not all the time… But it’s an impulse we’ve all felt, I’m … Continue Reading IMR: The Allure of Self-Improvement