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H. Findlay, Two Haiku
Hugh Findlay Two Haiku all these sick people bent over like crescent moons— look us in the eye Passenger Pigeon, where did you go…finally?Cincinnati Zoo Hugh Findlay’s writing and photography have been published worldwide. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2020 for poetry, the Best Microfiction Anthology in 2024 for prose, and the Best of…
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M. Harper, Memoir Map 17
Mary Catherine Harper Memoir Map 17 Mary Catherine Harper, Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award recipient and 2019 Poet in Residence at Cape Cod Fine Arts Work Center (see marycatherineharper.org), has two published collections and numerous poems in journals. As an artist, she has presented her hybrid art/poetry works at the Nelson Gallery in Lansing,…
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D. Zaccagnino, My Baby Fights Sleep
Danielle Zaccagnino My Baby Fights Sleep The Way My Father Fights Death He thrashes wildly against the mattress. He screams.He has two tattoos of the New York Yankees’ logos and one of Jesus Christ. He is brand new to the world. Empathy has yet to find him. He wants his formula and a pacifier. He…
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W. Wisner, Metaphors
Wendy Wisner Metaphors Mom, this morning on my walk, a tree I couldn’t identifyhad already shed its leaves, but a lone white flower lit its branches. So odd, I thought. In a different autumn, you would have said the flower represented hopeor determination. You always thought in metaphors and taught me to do the same.…
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B. McAfee, Poetry
Bob McAfee Poetry I screw words into a poem like forty-watt lightbulbs.Often, the poem smells like a dead fish by Tuesday.Other times, I bake it and leave it on the windowsillto cool like a freshly cooked apple and rhubarb pie.When I open the window to my soul, a burglar sneaks inand absconds with the best…
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E.A. Walker, How Lost Words Haunt Like Wings Behind Glass
Elinor Ann Walker How Lost Words Haunt Like Wings Behind Glass Elinor Ann Walker holds a Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill and is on the poetry staff at River Heron Review. Recent poems appear in AGNI, Nimrod, Plant-Human Quarterly, Plume, Poet Lore, The Southern Review, Terrain, and elsewhere. Her debut chapbook, Fugitive but Gorgeous (forthcoming), won…
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J.K. Hare, Torchlight
J. Kramer Hare Torchlight Paths are blurred and boundariessoft in this landscape of cobwebs,smoke suffused. A scentI savor cautiously: to catchthat spice in a forest signalseither other people’s presence orimmediate danger. Sometimes both.To set a fire here—(noteI don’t say light)—to seta fire here may showmomentarily the glintof onyx of the spider’s orbed back,eight pinpoints markingeight…
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E. Gentle, What was it
Eirene Gentle What Was It Another heatwave. Don’t go out, they warn. Bolt doors, lock windows. Slam cracked lips on all that smoke and wind. It’ll pass. They say. Maybe. Until then, cage dry teeth. Snap when pressed. Crawl in the spice rack. Boil until flesh is white and flakes easily. Before this ash-tongue, before…
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A. Marcusa, The Last Pair of High Heels
Andrea Marcusa The Last Pair of High Heels While cleaning our basement, I found a pair of three-inch patent-leather heels resting under papers in a file cabinet. Elegant. Expensive. Forbidden. My hands shook. I could be arrested. No questions asked. Ten years ago, heels were banned. Men and women in blue-jean uniforms with Golden Age…
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J. Roberts, The Shape of a Leaf
Jeannie E. Roberts The Shape of a Leaf Jeannie E. Roberts’ artwork is highly stylized and inspired by the organic forms, shapes, and design elements found outdoors. She is also an author and serves as a poetry editor for the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs. For artistic samples, please visit: https://jrcreative.biz/art.htm. Back to…