Sandra S. McRae Timing It is the second to last time I will see her though I don’t know it yet and just as I pull into my mother’s driveway and step out of the car a hundred wild geese skim the sky overhead laboring the air honking and squalling announcing my place in the […]
Read MoreAlisa Golden Don’t Say This Conversation Is Not Impossible I don’t know why this keeps happening, but talking to you is like watching raccoons eat cotton candy, trying to wash it, first. Alisa Golden reads a paper newspaper at breakfast, walks her inner dog daily, edits Star 82 Review, and keeps the nectar bar wellstocked […]
Read MoreSavannah S. Miller Vanilla Latte It’s 9:32 AM on Botetourt St. and my coffee tastes like you: Robust and warm with a bitter end. Savannah S. Miller is a poet, writer, and playwright currently based out of North Carolina. savannahsmiller.com
Read MoreJason Kahler Annunciation My daughter says “Draw me apple tree,” and so I do, on scrap paper with a fading pen, and though I’m no artist, she counts each apple— one hers, one for each brother— as I plant spikey- haired grass, float a fat cloud, and finally, when she grins, it’s like applause in […]
Read MoreJuan Pablo Mobili Spiritual Advice Don’t invite old gods to your tea party they will argue over who created biscuits, they get distracted in the middle of your prayers they don’t know when to retire. Juan Pablo Mobili is a poet and was a gardener. He decided to only prune poems, a long time ago. […]
Read MoreJohn Loughlin The Bite Little mosquito, reflex Turned you into An action painting Worth only the time It took to remove Your disgraced blotch From my arm And consider all your Brothers and sisters From summers past Who’ve ever landed On me and flown Away not disappointed. John Loughlin, aka, the weather’s best friend. […]
Read MoreCheryl Snell Closing Argument He & she inch away toward opposite edges of the bed, knowing it’s too late to turn around─ so they settle for listening to the last word, the way it breaks on the breath, cracks with drought and swallows hard. Cheryl Snell is a poet, novelist, classical pianist, aficionado of old […]
Read MoreSewell Hong We’ve tried the bed, the sofa and chairs, and every other corner around the flat, including the wooden floor and the woolen carpet, even the kitchen table and the bathtub, but still fail to find a place where the wifi connection is good. I am Sewell Hong.
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