Elizabeth Akin Stelling’s most recent poem to appear was #32, which, like this, is part of a collection she is in search of a publisher for. #18By Elizabeth Akin Stelling My favorite house was surrounded by big lazy oaks and pecan trees when I was a toddler. Grass didn’t grow well with all that shade. Momma […]
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Asleep
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. […]
With an Air of Grace
Jnana Hodson’s chapbook, Harbor of Grace, was issued in August 2012 by Fowlpox Press. He is the author of 2 published novels. Visit his blog. With an Air of GraceBy Jnana Hodson that day I stood with her as my birth-given namesake claimedmy own Rachel in my eighteen yearsin this sojourn, to Jacob’s fourteen […]
Our Dog Dominic
Stephen Page’s poem Jonathan Goes to Search for It at Sunset appeared here in April 2013. Our Dog DominicBy Stephen Page You are named after the seventh day,or was it Diego? No matter,you are the middle name of Alejandro, Teresa’s father. That is enough. You arrived as a moon phase,mostly black, a crescent tie of white,and when you […]
Pink Elephant
Laura Behr’s poem Southern Gothic Landscapes appeared here in March 2013. Pink ElephantBy Laura Behr Witness it almost shrink from vision. Albinos exist in nature, however uncommonagainst the art of miracles. April 26, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, tornado stalks into the wild.Bricks and mortar strewn for miles, debris piles, and an elephant standing upright,unscathed on a grassy lawn. Reality […]
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