When We Were Kids

By Percy Totten   When we were kids, We had too much energy But all we wanted to do was……


What I Say When We Are Writing

By Linda Russo   In those words are windows of o’s Through which the heart flows   Tender…


The Socio-political Anarchistic Nihilistic Subterranean Homesick Blues . . . Rap

By Stephen Boyd Cates   Whatcha gon do when the grid goes down And ya can’t text your baby…


Our Small Universe

By Sarah Stecher   I watch my memoir students free-write, their heads bent over paper, words…


One Is All and All Is One

By David Nnaji   One is All and All is One   Everything we see and everyone we meet eddy…


On Tatjana, Veiled Head, Tight View, by Herb Ritz

By T. Allen Culpepper   In a portrait Ritts shot at Joshua Tree, her head wrapped in black…


New Words

By Rebekka Mallicoat   What a set of words we leave, Our legacy to share. Our children’s…


Mammogram

By Jane Gibson   I forgot my rings. They hang on the pointy glass thing Beside the sink,…


Lace and Ribbon

By Jessica Hulsey     I’ll pick my shortest dress with the lowest cut just so you don’t…


If I Had Gotten Out of School

By Myleena Sevin   I would have held your hand in mine, soft and clean, Heard the rain hitting…