An Afternoon Is a Test of Faith and I am Gone Again (After The X-Files) E. Kristin Anderson __________ I confess this sin: I have accepted the beast in me. And I want it to rain.Hard. Like you, Dana Scully, I’m angry at God and in absence of Godthe universe. …
Read MoreA.M. Brant __________ Mermaid Glisten, water glow, on tailof scales of gold. Siren songrising over the mountaintoptown. Candle woman sun up.She is calling to you. Can you hearher song? She is dancing on the Ohio,her arms open, her breasts open,eyes open, mouth loud. She is callingto you, listen now. She…
Read MoreNicholas Molbert __________ On Highway 56, the Last Thread Dangling Cocodrie Over the Gulf of Mexico The truck wheezes and rattlesas potholes knock our knees to our chins. It’s been years sincewe’ve come back here. It looks ka-put, like Cindy pranked the town,a surprise 52 card pick-up then a snarky…
Read MoreHappiness in the Face of Bipolar Disorder Sean L Corbin __________ And you worry that this warmth you feel on your shouldersthis undeniable fullness in the crook of your arm this dusted-off upward bend at the corner of your mouth you worry that thisis merely an imaginary friend pushing your…
Read MoreLaton Carter __________ This Pleasing Sting Lady Mary Wroth was having a devil of a time with Auto-Correct. In this strang labourinth how shall I turne? she cried out. But her words were deleted and revised: In this strangled labor, without shallots I return. Shallots. Had someone ordered soup? And…
Read MoreDarker Truths: An Interview with Denise Duhamel Andrew Wittstadt __________ Last winter I was able to interview Denise Duhamel, who has three poems in our new print issue, to talk about all things poetry. It was a real treat to be able to ask these questions and hear the responses…
Read MoreHappy Anniversary, Darling Mary Hanrahan __________ In the beginning there was flight, A clear blue owning the horizon. And within, _____a V of geese, an arrow determined to head in the same direction. * 10,950 mornings later, in our rounded bodies, in the same sorry chairs, we settle. * You…
Read MoreDavid Kirby __________ The Demimonde I’m not so much walking as tilting a little to the left and fallingforward and then tilting to the right by way of compensation …
Read MoreMake Up Forever Anu Kandikuppa __________ I haven’t broken completely with my sister, but we don’t get along well with each other. Actually we can barely speak one civil word to each other. She has a way of looking me up and down when we meet that makes me want…
Read MoreHan’s Solo Mark Blickley __________ Acadia Forest by Keith Goldstein I’ve had this recurring Bridge Dream for nearly fifteen years. It first appeared one night after being exhausted by cram studying for my Bar Mitzvah. In this initial fantasy I was a swaddled infant left on the very beginning of…
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