After His Long Day

4 years ago

--for Peter Sears (1937-2017), after Tom Sexton He does not fly over these hills or fields. Instead he crosses the quad…

Notes from the Editor

4 years ago

Dear Readers, The Spring Issue of 2021 is full of movement beginning with the extremely imaginative and thrilling ride-of-a-poem-prompt by…

Frank Babcock

4 years ago

Opera Buffa --Lake Fork, Idaho 2020 The show opens every morning. Little feet patter down the stairs finding their place…

Paul A. Bluestein

4 years ago

Pale and No Wings to Fly Lying in the grass beside the rose bush I was dead-heading, the world has…

Jeff Burt

4 years ago

Rusk County Rag A fourth-grader, I had run away, or maybe just run, and now had to come running back…

Natalie Callum

4 years ago

NEBRASKA The whole of Nebraska ‌            was sky. Reeds bending ‌         …

Dale Champlin

4 years ago

My Grandmother Comes Back as Springtime Her eyes open—bluebells and gentian her cheeks shine apple blossom pink. Her toes uncurl…

Joe Cottonwood

4 years ago

I have places to go but don’t I’m sitting in a soft green chair by the hissing fire with Mickey…