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From the Labor Café in Warsaw by Jeffrey Alfier

Jeffrey Alfier’s most recent book is Gone This Long: Southern Poems. The Shadow Field, another collection, is forthcoming from Louisiana Literature Press. His publication credits include The Carolina Quarterly, Copper Nickel, Midwest Quarterly, Permafrost, and Southern Poetry Review. He is co-editor of Blue Horse Press and San Pedro River Review.

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Van Gogh Hopes in Arles by V.C. McCabe

V.C. McCabe is an Appalachian poet, the author of Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019), a Contributing Editor of Barren Magazine, and Social Media Manager of Animal Heart Press. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and featured in exhibits and journals worldwide, including…

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Touching the Truth by Claire Scott

Claire Scott is an award winning poet who has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. Her work has been accepted by the Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review, New Ohio Review, Enizagam and Healing Muse among others. Claire is the author of Waiting to be Called and Until I Couldn’t. She is…

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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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