by Erin Bryant Petty | Dec 13, 2021 | Issue #3, Issues
shame keeps me warm at nightburns bright in my bonesburnished to a glow bywincing ruminations about yougutted with the loss ofwhat could have beengrateful the door neveropened widerto let in more welted regretlivid on my skinhurricaned with wounds thatlast foreverwhat...
by Erin Bryant Petty | Dec 13, 2021 | Issue #3, Issues
regretbecomes a guest that never leaveswaking side by sideeach day we trudge in unisonentwined among my veinsand chiralityit tugs me this way and thatkeeping me carefuland safeand wishingI could unwind its bittered pithfrom my skin, peelit away from each limband...
by Camille Lewis | Sep 7, 2021 | Issue #2, Issues
Heartstring (Merriam Webster)noun nheart· string | \ ˈhärt-ˌstriŋ \ Definition of heartstring1: obsolete: a nerve once believed to sustain the heart2: the deepest emotions or affections —usually used in plural That movie really pulls at your heartstrings. If your...
by Megan Nichols | Sep 7, 2021 | Issue #2, Issues
Praying at the altar of mowed lawnsand bursting hydrangeas, worshippingthe rumble of engines turning over, alongthe narrow row of our dead end street,I drink coffee in the matriarch neighbor’s driveway,her dogs let out like dandelion seeds.My son will be late to learn...
by Colin James | Sep 7, 2021 | Issue #2, Issues
Amid parallel running tracksin the north of England,we workers saw their endingas appurtenances in railway yards.I asked the most forthright,was this a truth then?His answer “I don’t know, Mate.”And I loved him for it. Colin James has a couple of...
by Megan Riggle | Sep 7, 2021 | Issue #2, Issues
with her wry grin—a smile that curled the lips even as the rest...
