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Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
In bars over Zubrovka shots, old men / spoke of a second coming, an Armageddon, / a holy meeting in their town. / It was Wednesday after all, / so they’d…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
I remember how it hung / by its back legs from the tree / the blood that had escaped / from the black smile of its slit throat / in an explosion at first…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
This year, autumn feels too familiar; / the late afternoon breeze blows / one degree cooler as more leaves / turn gold on the pomegranate trees; / shadows…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
(Smith-Waite Tarot) / Here’s another dream / where you wear armor / that’s ornate and fussy. / You wonder how you / acquired it, or why you need it, / but…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
'I don't mind / being mistaken for one / Of the shadows' / – Kevin Young, 'Altarpiece' / Would you recommend that readers / obtain a copy of the book or…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
for Martin Stannard / Any chance of an apostrophe somewhere? / I’m always wary of rhetorical questions / when they sound like these.
Fiction , Volume 8, Issue 1
Men’s toes are a gross and ugly thing, and M’s were peeping through the cheap, flea market flip-flops.
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
Each morning, I pull back our top sheet / and slide into the bed’s buttery softness.
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
He’s neither worst nor best, useful / for community choirs, but he yearns / for a solo.
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
my brain forgot to think in words. / It was wonderful. / The sky, one huge cloud, released / the snow, rolling in silence / the way trees die, slowly, /…
Poetry , Volume 8, Issue 1
Out of bed with a hurting head, there was an unexpected sign-in attempt, / eyes open, it seems I’m eligible for a prize, but only if I keep rising / to…