Glenn Johnson is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. He is 61 and doesn’t really know where he is from. His father was an officer in the Air Force the family was stationed at bases all over the United States and Europe. He has lived in Tucson AZ since he was 7 years old. […]
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Azure Blue
Michael Thompson is a 16-year-old high school student. He lives with his mom and grandmother in Atlanta. He likes playing tennis, video games, old cars, ping pong, chess, and his mother’s blueberry muffins. He was born in Kazakhstan but was adopted 6 years ago. Azure Blue By Michael Thompson Part of me feels like a […]
The Poem
Jeanette Gallagher’s most recent poem to appear here was The Group (April 2013). The Poem By Jeanette Gallagher Passion paints the poemOn pristine primeval canvasHeart and spirit fuse to frameA portrait of the soul
The Shoebox
Andrew Badger’s poem Human Condition appeared here in July 2012. The Shoebox By Andrew Badger The lid’s muted letters proclaimed Thom McAnwhile the end stated boldly size triple E nine–below which was scrawled in my grandmother’s script“And never a soul can e’er return to now silent streets.” Old age had quite ravaged that flimsy shoeboxstuffed full of […]
The Wooden Man
Holly Day’s most recent poem to appear here was Where It Comes From (March 2013). The Wooden ManBy Holly Day a man made of wood would be a much more practical beingthan a man made of flesh, a man with knotted armscoarse flesh, rough bark, rooted to the groundunable to leave. I imagine the womenof those long […]
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