by Kalehua Kim
Today someone sings about a broken heart.
Tomorrow I could sing about a broken heart.
The song on the radio can’t tear me like tissue
the way your grunts and groans shred my heart. Continue reading
A Heart (In)Action
Filed under Poetry
That Week at the Beach
by Dana Gynther
That week at the beach, my family began to unravel. Well, not the kids, they were oblivious as children often are, and made of stronger stuff. The teenagers were preoccupied with sneaking out to smoke cigarettes and meet boys while the under-twelves were a typical gang of summertime cousins wrapped up in their own world. None of them noticed the adults. Continue reading
Filed under Nonfiction
Aubade with Shooting Star
by Shei Sanchez
Darkness on route 144. The hour before dawn still
folded in the failing moonlight. November air
hangs dewed, wanting. My only source of light
caged in the eyes of my car, searching
for the right of way. Brightened for whitetails,
possums, refuge. Groping for tread and mettle. Continue reading
Filed under Poetry
Rudy
by Tiffany Hsieh
The train draws to a halt in the tunnel. Next stop: who gives? Estimated time of arrival: how long does it take to clean up after a jumper? Shifting my weight from one foot to the other, I think about the cleaner who scrubs the tracks. Do they do that? Scrub the tracks. Continue reading
Filed under Poetry
The Old-Fashioned Way
by Lannie Stabile
Phil liked to do things the old-fashioned way. When his lawn needed water, he spent hours standing outside with the hose nozzle, waving it back and forth like a wand in the palm of a slow and steady wizard. It was more personal than the automatic sprinkler his ex-wife Dorene had wanted to install. More intimate. And he was certain his grass appreciated this special attention and therefore grew lusher. Continue reading
Filed under Fiction
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