December 16, 2020 Caged by Marsheila Rockwell Caged I know what it’s like to be caged So I perform your rites of acceptable outrage Though your anger, so loud Accomplishes so…
December 16, 2020 Abigail Grows Brave by Julie L. Moore Abigail Grows Brave After I Samuel 25 Years later, after David made love to her and Chileab was born, after she was safe, did…
December 16, 2020 S I N-T H E T´-I K by Jerry Buchanan SIN-THET´-IK Before dinosaurs stirred, marine plants and animal bodies fell, decomposed on sea bottoms. Under pressure and intense heat two miles down, organic sludge…
December 16, 2020 Blanc Words by John C. Mannone Blanc Words When Fall decembers sky and steals the warmth from the wind, what’s left is the cool inspiration of snow falling on leaves…
November 14, 2020 The Tourney by Patricia Hope and Keaton Lake Hope The Tourney If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles. —Doug Larson He prepares his…
November 13, 2020 Coexistence by Alice Smith Coexistence A long, dark year filled with distance and disease, murder and marching, prejudice and protest. I toss and turn, but the stars outside…
November 13, 2020 Signs of Life by Deborah L. Davitt Signs of Life In a cave under the Cydonia Massif, (so known for a face that isn’t there), an unseen aquifer fills pools with…
October 19, 2020 Boardwalk by Michelle Young Boardwalk I had heard The Drifters’ song, played Monopoly—knew the expensive property was paired with Park Place, that rent for houses and hotels could…
October 19, 2020 Wind is My Medium by Cheryl Heineman _____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheryl Heineman graduated in 2017 with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from San Diego State University. She also has a…
October 19, 2020 Conversation with Cousins by Wesley Sims Conversation with Cousins Cousin Mack from upstate Maine snapped his syllables clean and crisp like green beans dropped in my grandmother’s lap. Jimmy Joe…