Sitting with Death

by Sarah Stecher   We think death comes in quick sharp blows, An inhalation of breath, And…


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Jezebel

by Jessica Hulsey   I look him directly in the eyes so he thinks I’m telling the truth. He is…


In-Patient

by Jessica Hulsey   All I remember from the first twelve hours is Crying and bright white…


Smoke and Lemonade

by AJ Tierney   My grandma and I planned to run away together. We were going to live in a…


The Destrier’s song

by Sara Whinnery   ‘Twas on a blue-skied cloudless morn My good master, his sword in hand…


Owl on the Side of the Road

by Pamela Chew   It is nearly noon and the sky is clear. Like a vampire, You are not to be out…


Snowflake Kisses

by Brooke Passmore   A year ago, Jay Lewis moved back to Oklahoma to be closer to his wife,…


Pursuit

by Mason Powell   Magic is the poetry I write in my sleep and cannot remember A thread of…


The Lost Art of Ironing

by Jane Gibson In 1951, Santa brought my first ironing board. Standing twenty-four inches tall on…


Compassionate Acres

by Sarah Wagner   How does time go missing? How does someone we love just vanish without a…