Big Stone Lake

Big Stone Lake by Denise Jarrott bare feet in the snow wandered off into a field he believed the field was heaven then he thought the snow was remnants of bodies of light. that heaven could be accidental, a wandering into a hallway, half in sleep half awake, and...

Rue du Cherche-Midi

Rue du Cherche-Midi by Mary Mussman Is it fair to choose a book like Nightwood over you, to wander?For each of us longs to be Robin Vote,to allure, to err away,   our days foreshortened:  the dance, the blush.  Never the second person singular, she eclipses into us,...

Taxol

Taxol by Autumn McClintock In 1994 under FDA approval, Taxol, a semisyntheticform of paclitaxel from the slow-growing Pacific yew treebecame one of the best plant-based treatments available. Lucky yew: they semi-saved it,knew its nature (knew they needed it) and...

summer, like a nosebleed

summer, like a nosebleed by Patrick Kindig there are children in the public pools& the public pools smell like urine. the sun touches them,colors the air thick & yellow. mornings beginwith a symphony of birdsong, sirens rolling. evenings humwith air...

Another Aftershock

Another Aftershock by Heikki Huotari      Another aftershock and there’s still gamblinggoing  on.   The  pilot   wearing   epaulets   is  asconsiderate as three men of the previously spinninglilies. Slather  me with silhouettes if you would haveme  be  the ...

Persephone Waits for Spring

Persephone Waits for Spring by Rita Feinstein Her heart was deeper than a thermosand couldn’t be filled, and there wasn’t enough stale coffeeto last the winter, even when watered down so muchit tasted only like heat. She had to crawl onto the counter,faux granite...