Pepper Trail

6 years ago

Dandy As girl, you hid behind a hood of hair Took up residence inside overalls Deflected eyes every way you…

Vivian Wagner

6 years ago

Field Guide to Your Life in Middle Age That high, clear wall you see in the distance is really the…

Laura Lee Washburn

6 years ago

Surveillance I am being followed by raccoons. The first one crossed slow through neighborhood traffic, stopping first the southbound and…

Lesley Williams

6 years ago

On Depression Each dark thought a block that builds higher walls. Damp, dirty and crumbling but nonetheless impenetrable. This thing…

Back Page with Lisa Ni Bhraonain

6 years ago

#3/3--"Fabergé Egg"--5"x 6" oil pastels, gold leaf ink, lacquer varnish, and Conté crayon on cardboard Artist Statement: The egg piece…

About Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna

6 years ago

Claudia Castro Luna is the Poet Laureate of Washington State (2018-2020) She served as Seattle’s first Civic Poet from 2015-2017 and is…

In Sommerlicht Schwebend–Claudia Castro Luna

6 years ago

Our marriage began the two of us on a carousel young and lost and spinning to the pretty music, sitting…

How Often Have I Walked Through My Front Door–Rachel Barton

6 years ago

felt the tension slip from my shoulders like the paisley piano scarf from the curve of a grand the pressure…

Notes from the Editor

6 years ago

Issue 7, Fall 2019, offers a cornucopia of beauty, diversity, insight, and depth of feeling--from all over the world, poets…