by Darren Demaree
for Kelly Morse
Every berry
has an accent
if you give it
a chance
to speak.
Sugar can Continue reading
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Huckleberry Pie
Filed under Poetry
Holding the Pose
by Tamara Moan
My neighbor calls it my “stripper job.” I drop my clothes to pose nude for figure drawing classes. It’s not as titillating as it sounds. I sit as still as possible on a hard stool in a drafty room, eyes focused on a grimy spot on the paint-spattered wall, trying my best to ignore the itch on my nose or the cramp in my right calf.
Filed under Nonfiction
I Am Building A Boat
by Chrys Tobey
Made of paper and popsicle sticks. Made of sadness.
This part carries my past loves. This part has my childhood,
my shame. This part holds my loss. I am sailing it down
a stream of rainwater. I have painted it orange because someone
I once loved wore this color. I don’t know if you’ll ever find it.
Maybe you will, but you won’t want it. Maybe you’ll be too afraid. Continue reading
Filed under Poetry
Thirty-Eight Minutes
by Kathleen Peppard
What do you do when you receive
the emergency alert warning
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
INBOUND TO HAWAII.
SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Continue reading
Filed under Poetry
White Ginger
by Joseph Stanton
Picked ginger, a glory of fragility, perfumes,
ever so briefly, a person or a room.
There are those who avoid the odor,
but for me it’s a sudden door—
discovered sometimes
on the edges of my lawn— Continue reading
Filed under Poetry
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