ISSUE FIFTEEN (SPRING 2025)

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Featured
“Intima Fatima” by Yuna Kang
“Intima Fatima” by Yuna Kang
“How To Be Native” by Jessi Farfan
“How To Be Native” by Jessi Farfan
"Broken Infinities" by M. Benjamin Thorne
"Broken Infinities" by M. Benjamin Thorne
"A Man of Dust" by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah
"A Man of Dust" by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah
"An Encounter with Gahd" by Pete Prokesch
"An Encounter with Gahd" by Pete Prokesch
"Uncertainty" Peycho Kanev
"Uncertainty" Peycho Kanev
"Emergency Poem-Prayer for My Brother" / "Fish & Quips" / "Critical Care" by Lory Bedikian
"Emergency Poem-Prayer for My Brother" / "Fish & Quips" / "Critical Care" by Lory Bedikian
"Wildfire Cousins" by Samantha Gardner
"Wildfire Cousins" by Samantha Gardner
"Palm" / "The Land of Yellow Brick Roads" by Bria Dorsen
"Palm" / "The Land of Yellow Brick Roads" by Bria Dorsen
"Early American Poverty" by Ed Brickell
"Early American Poverty" by Ed Brickell
"Talking to Myself" by Holly Maurer-Klein
"Talking to Myself" by Holly Maurer-Klein
"You Will Be Golden" by Samantha Gardner
"You Will Be Golden" by Samantha Gardner
"When We Were Monkeys" by Sylvia Keepers
"When We Were Monkeys" by Sylvia Keepers
"When I Was Younger" by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah
"When I Was Younger" by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah
"Interposed a Fly" by Hollie Dugas
"Interposed a Fly" by Hollie Dugas
"The Curse of Memory" by Bharti Bansal
"The Curse of Memory" by Bharti Bansal
"We Are Invited To Gather ‘In Memory Of’" by M.A. Scott
"We Are Invited To Gather ‘In Memory Of’" by M.A. Scott
"Matryoshka" by Jonathan Fletcher
"Matryoshka" by Jonathan Fletcher
"Reading" by Ed Brickell
"Reading" by Ed Brickell
"Photograph" by Sheila Wellehan
"Photograph" by Sheila Wellehan
“Looking for Eva” by Margaret Limone
“Looking for Eva” by Margaret Limone
“Uncertain” by Bruce Gunther
“Uncertain” by Bruce Gunther
"Along the Brink of the Sea" by Tobi Alfier
"Along the Brink of the Sea" by Tobi Alfier
"For a Son as He Moves On Into This World" by Bruce Gunther
"For a Son as He Moves On Into This World" by Bruce Gunther
Featured
“Moon-laden” by Anne Graue
“Moon-laden” by Anne Graue
“Her Oldest Brother and the New October Moon” by JC Alfier
“Her Oldest Brother and the New October Moon” by JC Alfier
"A Calm Chaos" by Peycho Kanev
"A Calm Chaos" by Peycho Kanev
"Ghazal for My Feet" by Bharti Bansal
"Ghazal for My Feet" by Bharti Bansal
"Bittu Mama Thinks He's the Same Kind of Brahmin as the Pandit" / "Naina Is Coming Back" by Mollika Singh
"Bittu Mama Thinks He's the Same Kind of Brahmin as the Pandit" / "Naina Is Coming Back" by Mollika Singh
"She Ain't Playing" by Tobi Alfier
"She Ain't Playing" by Tobi Alfier
“Mulling and Poring and Disbanding” by Kelli Lage
“Mulling and Poring and Disbanding” by Kelli Lage
"Self-Portrait as an Orange" by Emma Paris
"Self-Portrait as an Orange" by Emma Paris
"I'm Not This Countryside" by L. Ward Abel
"I'm Not This Countryside" by L. Ward Abel
"Getting What I Wanted" by Alex LeGrys
"Getting What I Wanted" by Alex LeGrys
"Crossing Colfax" by J.D. Strunk
"Crossing Colfax" by J.D. Strunk
"Bad Indian" by Jessi Farfan
"Bad Indian" by Jessi Farfan
"When the Foxes Say Grace" by Emma Paris
"When the Foxes Say Grace" by Emma Paris
"Love Story" by Alex LeGrys
"Love Story" by Alex LeGrys
"Day 30" by Anton Getzlaf
"Day 30" by Anton Getzlaf
"Hard Comforting" by Jennifer Mills Kerr
"Hard Comforting" by Jennifer Mills Kerr
“A Peopled Field of Evenings” by L. Ward Abel
“A Peopled Field of Evenings” by L. Ward Abel
"Remember Yosemite" by Megan Trihey
"Remember Yosemite" by Megan Trihey
“Sonnet for Ocean Isle Beach Labor Day” by JC Alfier
“Sonnet for Ocean Isle Beach Labor Day” by JC Alfier
“Pearls” by Tracie Adams
“Pearls” by Tracie Adams
"A Daisy Bent" by Samantha Szumloz
"A Daisy Bent" by Samantha Szumloz
"marigold exposures" by Melissa Eleftherion
"marigold exposures" by Melissa Eleftherion
"Things That May" by S.D. Dillon
"Things That May" by S.D. Dillon
"Caprice" by Anton Getzlaf
"Caprice" by Anton Getzlaf