"we're all haunted highways" by Michael Waterson
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Michael Waterson is a retired journalist originally from Pittsburgh PA. His varied career includes stints as a seasonal firefighter, San...
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from: "Amazon" Ann Pedone
Unavoidably the men with their humble crotches A house inside out. Or are they ten? Fucking against gravity, I’ve never had much of an...
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"The Importance of Blushing " by Philip Jason
Accordingly, love predates. It is the first of twelve unique glimpses of the open petal. The others, in no particular order: harmony,...
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"Picking Apples" by Marie-Andrée Auclair
Green orbs plumped up and mellowed to a red flush: Some apples nestling in the grass of the corral are ready. The worms knew, who tasted...
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"N(noon) in miNe, S(seen) in Sarvin" by Sarvin Parviz
Sarvin Parviz (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer and poet from Tehran. Her work has appeared in Roi Fainéant Literary Press...
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"My Father's Cabin" by Jan Wiezorek
The cabin of my dreams is a love poem to my father, who often stood still, w/ his right leg far forward, as if stepping on the site,...
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Two poems by nat raum
praise you — After the Fatboy Slim song of the same name i have to celebrate you, baby, body of mine i’ve never much cared for but lately...
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"Fair Linen" by Pat Lerin
I touch behind His ears; the wind howls, four thousand dragon flies take flight he comes in his jeans – moonlight staining the night –...
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Two poems by Lara Payne
The Solitary Light Fanny Mae Salter the last woman lighthouse keeper in the United States No one knows night as she does. Except, perhaps...
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"Even Heaven Aches to Hold the Earth" by Rue Huang
In October, I confess my love in the shape of bloodstains and fingerprints. As if I am a dead body who believes in reincarnation, holds a...
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Two poems by James Butler-Gruett
Moony Wednesday It’s the kind of day when I take a muscle relaxer and photoshop myself into Versailles. I’ve got two dry-erase markers...
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"Letters" by Elizabeth Porter
Elizabeth Porter writes and teaches in south-central PA. She is the author of a chapbook "Elemental Undress" (Bottlecap Press 2023). Her...
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"One Dead on Moravia Road" by Matt Hohner
The news got it wrong. It wasn't four cars involved, but one, shredded so completely it looked like four, spread like a junkyard on the...
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Three poems by Benjamin Goluboff
On an Unattributed Photograph of Lorado Taft’s Students at Work on Statuary for the Columbian Exposition. There are seven people in the...
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"A Wedding" by James Kangas
There were two grooms and no brides. The ceremony was long and too full of God the this, the that, and clergy drag. I thought one groom...
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"Loneliness Is as Bad for Your Health as 15 Cigarettes a Day" by William Weiss
15 cigarettes go fast when no one is on the other side of a 1-way mirror Even in drywall conversations Each corner joined, connected Held...
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"Ghost Hunter" by Torrey Malek
Torrey Francis Malek is an American poet hailing from Greenville, Delaware. He was the Poet Laureate for the Valley Forge Military...
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"Ashes" by Stuart Watson
TW/CW: some imagery may be disturbing to some readers First we have a body. Then we have ashes. It’s not like cremation nullifies the...
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"Meredith" by Zach Keali’i Murphy
Each night, Meredith places her husband’s blue terry cloth robe next to her in the bed. Before she turns off the dusty bedside lamp and...
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"The Healer's Table" by Stephen C. Middleton
TW: illness Stephen C. Middleton is a writer working in London, England. He has had five books published, including A Brave Light...
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