By Wanda Morrow Clevenger arrived in the mail every single day for weeks sure I had kept them from you the notes then came incognito Wanda Morrow Clevenger lives in Hettick, IL. She use to keep small birds but they continued to commit suicide on her watch. Now she randomly kills orchids.
Open Relationship
By Ryan Flanagan The mail and I have an open relationship I could send a letter to anyone I want a postcard even from bizarre destinations that may or may not exist stalactites gathering over my head like salty bats a message of panic of happiness of questionable penmanship … Continue reading Open Relationship
Overturned Hockey Net, Meredith St., Little Current
By Ryan Flanagan I am walking along Meredith Street with a single bag of belongings. It is quiet, most peaceful. A few cars pass but traffic is light. On the front lawn of this house I see an overturned hockey net by the window. A red-breasted robin keeps pulling at the twine. … Continue reading Overturned Hockey Net, Meredith St., Little Current
Grandpa’s Glass Elephant
By Shifra Dayak Tucking my hair behind my ears in preparation, I pull the first photo album off the pile next to me and pause examine the coating of dust that now covers my fingertips. Erin — birth to two years reads the hastily scrawled tag that’s stuck under the plastic flap on the cover. … Continue reading Grandpa’s Glass Elephant
Tommy Poems
By Thomas Page “Late December Days” Late December days are just blurs Because of the Yuletide havoc Causing panic amongst shoppers. Can I e’er so gentle be lured To reverie on a hammock Without worry about the toppers On Douglas firs or green spruces? A sense of meeting toward truces. “The Name of This … Continue reading Tommy Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 