Medusa in Paradise by Cade Leebron Listen, because I’m telling you: snakes aboundaround here, kiss you in your sleep. We all eata thousand a year without knowing.We all make noises in our sleep. Snakes listen.Are you listening? You never look at me,hand me roses like...
Someday by Mia Ayumi Malhotra You’ll wake to the rattle of porcelainagainst rim, turn to unhappy linens:rumpled pillow, cast-off duvet. Mouthsteeped in bitters, you’ll rise to clear the bedroom of unhappy linens,breakfast things: butter pat, tea cozysteeped in...
Lunar Breaks by Sarah Aronson AstrologyZone: August is likely to be one of your very favorite months this year. Push the clutch in, cry. Get a ride to the orthopedic urgent care in a cab in a white dress. The woman who had the woman who had mecould have married a...
2017 Poetry Contest Honorable Mention “Snowbirds” by Lauren Paredes Mother, the snowbird from Upstate New York,has the stature of a stork carrying babiesacross state lines. She’s in the Sunshine State now—no, not Disney World for this bird who favors Snow...
Relaxing Sounds For Sleeping by Julianne Neely 20160130: finger biting 20160201: your bare feet on my wooden floor 20160203: the colors teal and purple 20160207: photocopying a picture of your eyes 20160221: chasing geese 20160229: taking the...
On Judging The Death of Another by Brian Cooney Montaigne calls it a children’s story, the death of Croesus, his final plea to Solon. Myself, I didn’t hear this one when I was a tyke, and mostly I think today’s youth don’t know it. I do remember the urban myth of the...
