Tyranny on TV– and More!
By James Croal Jackson What, you wanna rule oceans of plastic? This life is life, I guess, gray loam wind swirling, birds screaming endlessly through the A.M. Hospitals are rampant … Continue Reading Tyranny on TV– and More!
Houses on the Ocean
By Allison Phillips Do you think if we figured out how to build houses on the ocean we would? Raze the next line of trees tear the homes … Continue Reading Houses on the Ocean
On Seasonal Reading
by Kylee Walton I feel as though I haven’t read a book in ages. This is true, because I really haven’t. According to Goodreads, the last book I’ve read was … Continue Reading On Seasonal Reading
Maine in Four Seasons: 20 Poets Celebrate the Turning Year
Review by Katie Lipoma I’ve been on a poetry kick as of late and discovered Maine in Four Seasons: 20 Poets Celebrate the Turning Year (edited by Wesley McNair and … Continue Reading Maine in Four Seasons: 20 Poets Celebrate the Turning Year
On the Louise Carmen Journal and Self Sufficiency
by Kylee Walton The Travelers Notebook. The Paper Republic. The Louise Carmen. All of these brands create leather journal covers that allow you to carry several notebooks in an elastic … Continue Reading On the Louise Carmen Journal and Self Sufficiency
For My Rose and All Its Thorns
by Emily Kruger Like all the good things gone before you went the way of wind. In the yard, years ago my father and his father too. The rose bloomed … Continue Reading For My Rose and All Its Thorns
Is Your Fridge Listening to Us?
by Finn Robinson Sorry for even mentioning this — but do you hear that zigzagging scraping sound in the corner? That old-milk-flavored crypt. Do you hear it listening? Churning coils … Continue Reading Is Your Fridge Listening to Us?
Love
by Travis Frechette As the sun goes down at the end of the day We laugh and sing until we can see the stars This is what makes our love … Continue Reading Love
Upheavals
Review by Katie Lipoma Every now and then, I find myself in the mood to read something short and sweet. I decided on Upheavals by Zackary Lavoie—a short poetry collection … Continue Reading Upheavals
Mary’s Mart
by Ken Wuetcher Catholic guilt, as a child it ate me up, no different on this night. It seized hold of me like a nun pulling my earlobe. What had … Continue Reading Mary’s Mart
No Singing
by Ken Wuetcher The sun blazed. The Ohio River Motionless. I grabbed my BB gun headed for the creek to hunt dragonflies. Looked up into the blue sky, I saw … Continue Reading No Singing
Old Route 32
by Martin Indars The name of Old Route 32 has changed. The rest remains mainly the same. The road’s repaved every now and again. Then the cracks come back; the … Continue Reading Old Route 32
It can be simple as
by Marc Swan sweeping the front porch in early summer after rain has blown in leaves and debris and you bang your head on a metal gong swinging loosely over … Continue Reading It can be simple as
The Last Minute
by Matthew Spence She moved through her days as though the world were made of fog. Walls shimmered, the floor seemed to sway beneath her steps, and time whispered in … Continue Reading The Last Minute
On Cats
by Kylee Walton The precious, classic household pet. However, I am in the opinion that the word “pet” is the last title a cat should have. I didn’t grow up … Continue Reading On Cats
Time After Time
Review by Katie Lipoma *Minor spoilers ahead* Time After Time by Mikki Daughtry is the sweet sapphic romance pick-me-up I needed this week. Victorian houses and queer romance…two of my … Continue Reading Time After Time