Deonte Osayande Awkward Walking in on your coach getting replaced is like accidentally stumbling into your parents having an argument about affairs that happened years ago or walking in on your brother masturbating or maybe before all of my memories crumble around me I should just stop stumbling into rooms unannounced. Deonte Osayande is a […]
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Deonte Osayande “Expendable”
Deonte Osayande Expendable In sports, everyone eventually becomes replaceable, the lucky don’t see who’s next biting at their heels and in the end our bodies are on borrowed time, eventually betraying us, with loan payments that we have to pay later on in life but I always knew I was expendable from the day my […]
Read MoreJames Hamby “Blue Hole”
James Hamby Blue Hole I suppose little Cherokee feet once stood where my son now stands, slightly burning on sun-blanched stone before hurtling down, plunging into the impossible iciness of a mountain stream. James Hamby is the Assistant Director of the Writing Center at Middle Tennessee State University. He fears bandersnatches.
Read MoreJ.I. Kleinberg “the language flawlessly sarcastic…”
J.I. Kleinberg In the unrelenting battle against doggerel and sloth, J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg wields recycle-bin magazines, x-acto knife, and glue.
Read MoreJ.I. Kleinberg “dousing the morning sun…”
J.I. Kleinberg In the unrelenting battle against doggerel and sloth, J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg wields recycle-bin magazines, x-acto knife, and glue.
Read MorePeter Bakowski “Editors”
Peter Bakowski Editors In a poorly-constructed sentence the commas become termites. Australian poet, Peter Bakowski tries to write as clearly as possible and make his next poem different from his last.
Read MoreKatie Howes “She Acknowledges Spring”
Katie Howes She Acknowledges Spring Worst of all are the earthworms that surface when the ground unfreezes: having to avoid them, wondering where exactly are their hearts and how could they drown or dry up or wash away, how many stayed safe during this and how. Katie Howes lives in Minnesota with her husband and […]
Read MoreBrad Rose “What I Learned about God from Playing Baseball”
Brad Rose What I Learned about God from Playing Baseball The umpire never strikes out. Brad Rose is the author of Pink X-Ray from Big Table Publishing and three chapbooks from Right Hand Pointing. Links to Brad’s published fiction and poetry can be found at http://bradrosepoetry.blogspot.com
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