Chad Howland Two Lights Along the Shore We have always been hesitant to say “Thank you,” eaten too much or too little, read people with our own words written on their faces, listened for the first morning trumpets, marveled at mountains and the aurora borealis, risen with the resting bread, held our babies as they […]
Read MoreNolcha Fox Fire and Ash This is how we end, your anger torching paradise, me erupting, turning earth to ash. Nolcha Fox wants to get through life without getting her ash kicked.
Read MoreCorey Mesler Christopher Columbus The ghost of my father is Christopher Columbus as he disembarks and finds everything around him so unfamiliar that he doesn’t feel comfortable in this new land, back among the living, who are as quiet as ghosts. Corey Mesler has published over 30 books of fiction and/or poetry, and with his […]
Read MoreKim Suttell Too Soon Oh, tulip, I could just about get used to you and then you go, petal by petal. Kim Suttell writes poems of the unremunerative kind, lives in New York City, and is under the complete sway of her rescue dog. Her poems live at page48.weebly.com.
Read MoreTimothy Daly Breakup I was your key until I was your cage. Timothy Daly (twitter.com/philalz) writes about dementia and nostalgia in different tongues.
Read MoreChris Fantz Green Comet My daughter stands beside me in fuzzy pajamas and we face skyward toward Polaris, unable to spot a comet green or otherwise, but I feel her pressed warm against my side and smile before we walk down the hill in cold dark to tuck her in. Chris Fantz is a lifelong […]
Read MoreValentina Gnup Life Doesn’t every front lawn have a marble buried somewhere beneath the Bermuda grass and the memory of the child who hid it there with dirt stains on their knees and a promise to come back. Valentina Gnup, a retired English teacher, lives and writes in Oakland, California and randomly updates her website […]
Read MoreValentina Gnup Confession When you ask how I take my coffee, I admit, I don’t get out of bed for the coffee, I get out of bed for the cream. Valentina Gnup, a retired English teacher, lives and writes in Oakland, California and randomly updates her website www.valentinagnup.com.
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