by Sakariyahu Abdulwasi’h the season i started growing roses in my father’s garden, i knewI’d bedded a threat for other plants to sprout callouslylike a summer monsoon. for i knewthe grace of roses is a burden to the entire orchard.i would go to the garden, sip the throatof the roses & the cosmopolitan it’s turning…
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Volume 1, Issue #7
Poetry Bobolinko Walks Behind by Kenneth Pobo Hegelian Wounds by J. Peter Progar Fiction Ancestral Burden by John Abbott In Our Midst by Kim Farleigh Winter Gallery 2024
Bobolinko Walks Behind
by Kenneth Pobo a child holdinghis Uncle’s hand.The Uncle loudly says “You, my boy, will cometo a bad end. The Devilfluffs your pillow.” Bobolinko, who rarely makes a scene,tells this Uncle to stoptormenting the boy—who frees himself from his Uncle’shand and, right at the cornerof Titus and Tarn, becomes an owl perching ona balcony. The…
Ancestral Burden
by John Abbott The Gluskers were the only Jews in the neighborhood – at least that Scott Glusker knew of. All of his friends were Catholic, like his mom had been before converting to Judaism. This meant that on Sunday mornings Matt and Sam couldn’t ride bikes or climb trees or search for bottlecaps down…
Accidental Nocturne
by Bruce McRae The one in bed while the world dreamsitself into being. The onewho sleeps like a knocked-over urn,moonlight scouring forests,starlight blowing holes in winter’s airs,darkness issuing its evictions and writs. The one undressing after a long journey,a seven-decade gadabout in life’s jalopy.In one ear, the vox angelica.In the other, wind behind a haunted…
Volume 1, Issue #5
Poetry Begin with Rejoicing by Alicia Hoffman Accidental Nocturne by Bruce McRae Simple Gifts by R. Gerry Fabian Fiction 09:26 by Kate Lunn-Pigula Bedtime Story by Bill Stenson Winter Gallery 2024
Simple Gifts
by R. Gerry Fabian While there willalways be boundaries,there are no limits.The warmth of a smilehas no known measurementandthe deft touch of a handcarries endless communication. About the Author: R. Gerry Fabian is a published poet from Doylestown, PA. He has published five books of poetry: Parallels, Coming Out Of The Atlantic, Electronic Forecasts, Wildflower…
October 31, 1959
by Cliff Saunders All around the neighborhood,costumed children are hidingfrom the walking deadunder autumn’s dusky trees. On this sweet holiday,fingernails are touchy,and the sky is more sinisterthan blood on a ghost. The Halloween basketof fire that has gone darkon a hillside continuesto smolder. How sanguine it is! Nearby, owls devour a pumpkin,and Dracula’s castle triggersseismic…
Volume 1, Issue #4
Poetry Taxidermy by Alicia Hoffman October 31, 1959 by Cliff Saunders Shift/Change by Steve Brisendine Fiction Raise a Little Hell by Michael Chin Heart of a Poet by C.W. Bigelow Winter Gallery 2024
Heart of a Poet
by C.W. Bigelow The notification by registered mail was a shock to me. My grandfather died almost two years before at the age of ninety-six, and I had totally swept that memory clean. Because of the length of time, an inheritance was reason for the first surprise. The other was that we hardly knew each…