By James Shelley Body Tap As part of my morning constitutionalI would like to drain my toxinsthe dirty crude oil staining my sheets But where to drill the … Continue Reading “Body Tap”, “Pneuma”, “Transcendence” and “Holy One”
By Ann E. Michael Clouds Like Late Renaissance Heavens Our yard was small yet I remember lyingon my back in grass and clover, listeningto bees, looking up at … Continue Reading “Clouds Like Late Renaissance Heavens”
By Ron Jevaltas April Fools And yet, despite thehour and the timbre of thedark, it lies softly How suddenly precious it’s been on the shoulders ofspring: a … Continue Reading “April Fools”
By Kylee Walton Boris, is that you? I watch the man cross the street several times. He goes back and forth, sidewalk to sidewalk. The street is … Continue Reading “Boris, is that you?”
By Jo Angela Edwins Decline In late July summer begins to die. I grieve the light but not the heat, the heat anyway still in its prime. This is my … Continue Reading “Decline”, “Settled”, and “‘Don’t Get Old'”
By Zachary Holt The Last Session A knock came from my open door and I looked up to see Jansen standing there. “Jansen, come in,” I said. He stepped into … Continue Reading “The Last Session”
By John Grey EVENSONG I cannot see herbut someone’s rustling the bed sheets,opening the dresser drawer. I’m in one roombut that doesn’t stopthe other rooms from happening. Her … Continue Reading “Evensong”, “The Human Rings”, “Making Flower Wine” and “An Afternoon at the Lake”
By Michael T. Young I Ask How long is it to the next season, the next doorstep, our arrival at the threshold of another embrace, the curtain of intimacies in … Continue Reading “I Ask”, “The Promise of Flight”, and “The Benefit of Common Words”
By Dominik Slusarczyk Speech You say something. They laugh at you. You decide to Stay silent for the rest of your wretched life. Your wife immediately objects but You ignore … Continue Reading “Speech”
By Karen Regen Tuero My Hairdresser Wears Combat Boots The first thing I noticed about my new hairdresser was not the stylish joggers, but the combat boots. They gave me … Continue Reading “MY HAIRDRESSER WEARS COMBAT BOOTS”
By Huina Zheng Tiger Auntie’s Dinner Under a moonlit night, my brother and I, jolted awake by fierce knocks, tiptoed to our door. Isolated in our forest home, with Ba’s … Continue Reading “Tiger Auntie’s Dinner” and “Lost Youth”
By Casey Killingsworth Just a bad day So– You’re on your way to your daughter’s fresh from the phone call that she and her husband might be calling it quits, … Continue Reading “Just a bad day” and “A road blessing for my granddaughter’s (probably ex) boyfriend”
By Hyun Woo Kim Richard haunts me after all these years when my husband falls asleep. I had every right to turn down his crush on me; looking back, it … Continue Reading “Redemption”
By Anna Heneise From its origins as a single film released in 1977, titled simply Star Wars, George Lucas’ world and story has grown into a dozen films, half a … Continue Reading “Like Poetry:” The Story vs. the Franchise
Skink By Wilson Krause Did you know that lizards of the family Scincidae have developed a process during reproduction that is analogous to the mammalian placenta? Not for a live … Continue Reading CONTEST HONORABLE MENTION: “Skink” by Wilson Krause
