By Alexandra Tbare Her name was Elinor. She had done life exactly right. She had been married, had children, divorced, and remarried. A life is not exactly right unless there is at least one divorce. Her children were from her first marriage, and they felt Elinor had grown selfish after the divorce, but Elinor had … Continue reading The Path Well Traveled
Salt and Iron
By Adelaide Miller The beach is cold. Sand beats at your clothes in the breeze. Cloud cover washes the world in duller hues. Not even the sun peers out from behind the fog. In the distance, the lighthouse teeters on the edge of a rocky plunge. You wonder how it doesn’t falter. What it would … Continue reading Salt and Iron
Trnava
By Griffith Pound “Why not stop in Trnava?” suggests Juraj. “Where the hell is Tranava?” asks Kyle. “Trnava,” corrects Juraj. “It’s where my aunt and uncle live. You can stay with them for as long as you like, yes?” Kyle holds the socks he was about to place in his suitcase and looks at Juraj … Continue reading Trnava
Where is This Thing Going? and A Seat Beyond the Sounds
By Deidre Sullivan Where is This Thing Going? Are you the subject? Am I the verb? Who’s the object? Let’s slur our words. Let’s spill our drinks And fall on the floor. Let’s open the windows And slam a door. Are you mixed up? I’m so confused. Is it time for quiet? Is it time … Continue reading Where is This Thing Going? and A Seat Beyond the Sounds
Dog Dreams
By Devane Clarke What do dogs dream about? Muffled whimpers in the night Restless legs thrash the sheet Before rolling over next to your feet Dogs are dreaming it has been said About drinking from the toilet And the lid falls on their head Anxiety dreams perhaps But I think not Anthropomorphize with me instead … Continue reading Dog Dreams
Cezanne Road
By Bernard Martoia Although the twenty-seat transit bus was adapted to the narrow and winding Cezanne Road, an oppressive silence smothered small talk inside the cabin after crossing the town’s limit. Every passenger could not help but monitor the bus’s progression above the ravines. Regardless of the danger requiring his undivided attention, the bus driver … Continue reading Cezanne Road
Hissy Fit
By Glen Donaldson Sssssssssssssssssssss. Lenny Harris knew that sound like he recognised the sound of his own daughter’s voice. Air escaping from the front tire of a bicycle was never a good thing. Especially never good when you were here, where he was. A funny feeling was already beginning to creep up his leg. Lenny, … Continue reading Hissy Fit
The Deer Leg and The Hard Times Are Over
By Abigail Hagler The Deer Leg The taupe was the color of any branch So I thought it was. But more beautiful than bark. And then, the black and perfect hoof And then, the broken bone Clean and white. Even this small fraction Held the beauty of the whole. Coyote, I think. One lives in … Continue reading The Deer Leg and The Hard Times Are Over
How You Work and Other Poems
By Kait Quinn How You Work after Joan Osborne The way snow lands in an unflourished hush. Tea kettle screams, hazes kitchen tile like fog tucks shore to sleep. Such a normal thing: clean sheets pulled womb warm from the drier; the house sparrow's warble; the way a lung bloats, deflates, distends again. Moon works … Continue reading How You Work and Other Poems
Cuticles Like Chestnuts and Other Poems
By CLS Sandoval Cuticles Like Chestnuts I’ve bitten my cuticles at least since the fourth grade when my teacher told us everyone has a bad habit, and I took it as a directive to start one not knowing that I had plenty others to come in my future I’m just glad that I can’t grow … Continue reading Cuticles Like Chestnuts and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 