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Ann Kathryn Kelly
“To sprout wings, to join them in their escape from here to anywhere, remains a daydream.“
when the train passes Sing-Sing
Samantha Jade Remigio
I pass the fence,
a tower with a guard,
the circular barbed wire,
the countless faces that must be inside
Autumn Evenings
Kelly Esparza
With everything slowed down to such a glacial rate, Kelly Esparza sits on her porch and grows at the pace of nature.
The Squash’s Empathy
Lynsey Giardina
A strike in the vulva. The scarred tissue
pulls on those strands.
We talked each other down ledges
Nicholas Morea
“Cages come in all shapes
Isolated from others, cut them off to cope.
Climb far away, away from here.”
To Hell with Doubt Forevermore
AM Kamaal
I believe I saw my private God:
Imageless like the wind, sabotaging the crude gait
Of slim doubt, slipping from one country
Of my indifferent body into another.
Our Art & Photo Galleries Are Live!
We’ve received some amazing art and photography, and have been meaning for some time to create a gallery that highlights all of this work in one place. Now, we’ve finally put it together, and it feels so fantastic to see it all in one place!
The Tall Green Vase
Stephen Jackson
“in blind-slanted sun other books wait on shelves,
perhaps for someone else to come and read them.”
Time Signatures
Elizabeth Pattee Eklund
Before Covid, she worked a classically trained singer and voice coach. Now, her newfound spare time has led her to devise a new way to share music: neighborhood DJ.
Sono Stanca
Charlotte Bunney
A gallery of art reflecting on nature, the classical world, and the exhausting melancholy of 2020.
Things That Weigh Less Than A Giraffe’s Heart
Kirsten Renau
The average giraffe heart weighs approximately twenty-five pounds.
She Wanted to Become a Nurse
Carla M. Cherry
An elegy to Breonna Taylor, on the chasm between the life she deserved and the life that society felt legally obligated to disregard.
Ode to My Fat Self
C. Adán Cabrera
“Lines written in Barcelona after a gay white man mocked me.”
