Kay ParkeMay 12Spring 2022ContentmentBy Kay Parke / Poetry / The sweetness of a summer peach on the tongue, daylily’s orange bloom lasts a single sun’s round, day’s crimson...
Adrienne OliverMay 12Spring 2022ArrangementBy Adrienne Oliver / Poetry / Silence isn’t quiet. Quiet is the sound of homes falling asleep or car traffic dying down and restaurants...
Joseph ByrdMay 12Spring 2022A short history of my personal eclipseBy Joseph Byrd / Poetry / Half seeing is whole seeing, if being clear is the ultimate opacity. Once I had the audacity to be found...
Jonathan ChanMay 12Spring 2022the spectacularBy Jonathan Chan / Poetry / “I needed unerased paper, transparent faith. That’s how that day went for me.” - Shin Hae Uk, trans....
S.J. PearceMay 12Spring 2022PenelopiadBy S.J. Pearce / Poetry / Cast on fifteen stitches in tiny yarn: gauge-one needles, a millimeter thick, and knit yourself an amulet: a...
Allisa CherryMay 12Spring 2022GriefBy Allisa Cherry / Poetry / Cut it all back I hear myself tell him. All the bright length I kept as my hair grew in silver. Eight or nine...
LaRita DixonMay 12Spring 2022Black WomanBy LaRita Dixon / Poetry / I remember the day I discovered that I was a black woman I had looked into mirrors all my life And I had seen...
JoAnn ZhangFeb 1Winter 2022Tahitian Sunsetby JoAnn Zhang / Poetry / A thick blue knit tucks over the edge, over and over some massless thing the fishermen cannot see. They go by...
Mark BelairFeb 1Winter 2022Yet Colderby Mark Belair / Poetry / A dark cloud cover broods by hauling a hole above which a darker, yet colder cloud cover holds. * Ice cubes,...
Meghan Kemp-GeeFeb 1Winter 2022Kingstonby Meghan Kemp-Gee / Poetry / It’s January 2006 and here’s how cold it is: Everyone’s wearing armor under their jeans. It’s a clear day...
Claire OlivaresFeb 1Winter 2022The Broken Vaseby Claire Olivares / Poetry / The broken Japanese vase offered with sorrow colors of a clear river not just a vessel for holding blooms...
Gail NielsenFeb 1Winter 2022Caution to the Windby Gail Nielsen / Poetry / I once threw caution to the wind but the direction changed, and it was snagged by the branch of an aspen at...
Brian YapkoOct 1, 2021Fall 2021Billy's Favorite Colorby Brian Yapko / Poetry / His favorite tree was the cherry, how he loved the riot of pink fluttering blossoms in April, the rich ruby...
Bella BrombergOct 1, 2021Fall 2021Grocery Storeby Bella Bromberg / Poetry / I wanna go to the grocery store with you. In your presence, the mundane is an adventure too. I wanna run...
Iris LittSep 1, 2021Fall 2021My Mother's Plantby Iris Litt / Poetry / It tried to die with my mother whether from neglect or empathy we’ll never know. My son the gardener and...
Eric Machan HowdJul 1, 2021Summer 2021Doeby Eric Machan Howd / Poetry / We creep slowly outside hands full of apples beyond crispness - a venture for good we see as salvation....
Kay ParkeJul 1, 2021Summer 2021Enoughby Kay Parke / Poetry / Stunned by the moment, by the sunrise light golden in my studio, shining through even the leaves of the plants on...
Frank William FinneyJul 1, 2021Summer 2021Cuelessby Frank William Finney / Poetry / I’m shivering on stage in a one-act play. The audience shuffles in their seats as I memorize the...
Azriel CervantesApr 1, 2021Spring 2021May I Never Forgetby Azriel Cervantes / Poetry / My grandmother once told me that an elephant never forgets. While I didn’t believe her at first, I’m...
Reginald ThomasApr 1, 2021Spring 2021The Black Manby Reginald Thomas / Poetry / Answering the call from eternity Formed from the dusk and born into humanity His origin most known of a...
Yash SeyedbagheriJan 1, 2021Winter 2021Scenes from Childhoodby Yash Seyedbagheri / Poetry / The world explodes. Sedition, insurrection, coup all float in consciousness. I sink into wine. Childhood...
Frederick PollackJan 1, 2021Winter 2021Rejected Mythby Frederick Pollack / Poetry / Even within the room, in shadow, you must turn from that effulgence, and the voice precludes doubt. “If...