HEATHER

by Marsha OwensArt from Naomi Kane. Image source: TheNibWords travel dark back roads of my brain, seep into aching fingersthat strike the keyboard then ricochet off the page like a human pummeledand tossed.            �a...

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE HORSES

by Tricia KnollHorse Statue by jellobuster at DeviantArtOne million dead in the Civil War,if you count the mules.Which I do.I say, blowtorch the rebel statuemen off their mounts and keepthe horses striding on their pedestals.They were not traitorsto...

GRAB-ORIENTED FLEXION

by Jennifer ClarkPhoto by Nathan Atkinson on UnsplashI do as Greg says, for five minutes, three times a day.I feel silly, sifting my fingers through a medley of driedlentils, black-eyed peas, and rice, trying to grab and release.Instead, my right hand...

POSTCARD FROM HOPEWELL CEMETERY

by Kathleen McClungA Michigan woman accused of stealing flowers from local cemeteries that authorities say she used to decorate her home has been sentenced to jail. [She] was arrested after someone saw a car full of flowers leaving a cemetery. �The...

ECLIPSE

by William Marrfrom The New York Times, August 14, 1932Young at heartthe old sunonce in a whilelikes to put onhis mischievous black maskjust to scarethe superstitious jitteryshadowsHe doesn�t knowwe now keep shadowssafely in a world of virtual realitywhere...

THE BIG EYE

by David Radavich What is the soundof an eclipseor a moon�s shadow?That is the lifewe want.Not without dissonancebut chords echoingsilk, weavingthe overhead skynight or day.A small tune maybebut momentous.Big as galaxies.A flower thatforesees its death.Tomorrow...

ONE FINAL LOOK

by J. D. MackenzieImage source: Blue Sky Vineyards via Belleville (IL) News-DemocratIt burns within us, a need to look skywardtoward this thing, so dangerous and rare.The heavens chose a routemeant to pierce our needful heartlandand gather together...

T***P'S MAGNIFICAT

by Jerry W. Ward, Jr. Saint Putin by aegragru at DeviantArtin praise of Putin the Red DragonMy heart does magnify your windAnd my head rejoices in you my savior.For you have annotated the low esteemof your apostle; for, it is great,from henceforth all...

SOLIDARITY�S QUESTION

by Sister Lou Ella Hickman solidarity�s question: who will embrace such present sorrow                    I am only one, but still I am one . . . but I can do something.         ...