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Two Poems by Eleanor Levine

Eleanor Levine’s writing has appeared in more than 80 publications, including Fiction, Evergreen Review, The Toronto Quarterly, Faultline Journal of Arts and Letters, Missing Link, Bull: Men’s Fiction, Heavy Feather Review, The Denver Quarterly, Maryland Literary Review, South Dakota Review, and The Citron Review. Her poetry collection, Waitress at the…

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The Fate of Bodies as Explained by JoAnne, Age 4 by Katie Kehoe

Katie Kehoe studies library science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Bayou Magazine, The Appalachian Journal, and The Indianapolis Review. She was a finalist in the NC State Poetry Contest (2019), and winner of the Truman Capote poetry prize…

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Two Poems by Nicholas Molbert

Two Poems by Nicholas Molbert On Highway 56, the Last Thread Dangling Cocodrie Over the Gulf of Mexico The truck wheezes and rattles as potholes knock our knees   to our chins. It’s been years since we’ve come back here. It looks ka-put,   like Cindy pranked the town, a…

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Happiness in the Face of Bipolar Disorder by Sean L Corbin

Happiness in the Face of Bipolar Disorder by Sean L Corbin   And you worry that this warmth you feel on your shoulders this undeniable fullness in the crook of your arm this      dusted-off   upward bend at the corner of your mouth      you worry that…

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Happy Anniversary, Darling by Mary Hanrahan

Happy Anniversary, Darling by 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…

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The Problem With Amy Winehouse by John Vieira

The Problem With Amy Winehouse by John Vieira Some days I find myself missing everyone I’ve ever known, I’m sorry. I offer them my mistakes as recompense. An indicator of how hard you were hit is not necessarily the colors of your bruise. like two spread legs pointing to the…

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This Morning by Jess Williard

This Morning by Jess Williard Muffled grind of snow plows, squirrels chirpingof discovered warmth in the walls of the house. White-packed lawns have already inflatedthe day. How open it is patterned to be filled in with cold light. How without repose. What thingsI could scare enough to crawl inside me.…

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An Exercise in Staring at the Ceiling and Contemplating Divorce by P.L. Sanchez

An Exercise in Staring at the Ceiling and Contemplating Divorce By P.L. Sanchez Focus on the fan. Watch the blades, spinning in circles. They want us to believe they’re an army. Smart. We know it’s a covert operation, a five-blade job. Those blades can spin, yes, they can. Focus on…

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Two Poems by Jen Karetnick

Two Poems by Jen Karetnick   Marching Band Perp Walk You never forget the way you’re taught to tread: Gaze straight ahead. Limbs on alert. Feet barely lifted, a watery shuffle. Toe to heel, toe to heel, a needle through the arch, threading the seams of the path in front…

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Call the Carmelites

Call the Carmelites Nonfiction by Jane V. Blunschi   I started calling the Carmelite monastery with prayer requests when I was twenty-four years old. I knew about the nuns because the woman I was involved with advised me to call them when I was fearful, and I was fearful most…

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