Joanne Rush Faith My new religion is dark rocks and salt water, and your voice singing. Joanne Rush is an award-winning short story writer, a novelist and a poet, who can be found on Twitter @jonicolarush or Instagram @dancingonknives.
Read MoreDhaatri Vengunad Mughal Painting I stand near a brick wall that’s near a tree that’s by the boundary of the hexagonal palace that’s close to a man on a carpet laid on the grass who sun dries betel leaves for the woman in the house who talks to a bird flying far away to you. […]
Read MoreUte Kelly February 2022 Before he left for home, my student from Russia chose anthills as a metaphor for peace. Ute Kelly lives, works and writes in West Yorkshire (UK), but her job as Associate Professor in Peace Studies allows her to encounter people from all over the world.
Read MoreLorraine A Padden But It’s Delicious My father can’t understand why his grandkids talk about spam without ever mentioning fried eggs or maple syrup. Lorraine A Padden enjoys haiku and related short forms because a good coffee shop never fails to deliver the basics that can absolutely make your day. lorrainepadden.com
Read MoreMike W. Blottenberger On a Humid August Night The katydids and my mother keep repeating themselves. Mike W. Blottenberger is a secret Anne Sexton junkie.
Read MoreMike W. Blottenberger Dear Greta Thunberg I, too, hear the glaciers crying themselves into nothing. Mike W. Blottenberger is a secret Anne Sexton junkie.
Read MoreAnthony Nannetti Full Frontal Live as if the dead keep current with you through a postmortem equivalent of video streaming — your unfiltered life rolled out episodically for binge watchers with nothing but time on their hands. Anthony Nannetti lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.
Read MoreMichael Broder Journal Poem #1—September 12, 2000 Time to write an original poem about the way things are today, with my fabulous boyfriend off to work and my life-threatening disease at bay. Michael Broder is the author of This Life Now (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2014), a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay […]
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