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March 2021

Why are you always defending him?Poetry

Why are you always defending him?

Jennifer WilderMarch 26, 2021

family stories of Allen generally include the phrase what was he thinking? and a trip to the ER roller skating on the front porch—…

daylight savingsPoetry

daylight savings

Rob BreedingMarch 19, 2021

i tasted myself on him the way a cat’s tongue rakes through fur or a pinched reflection in the corner of my eye resembles…

GaslightPoetry

Gaslight

Miya KoMarch 17, 2021

You convinced me that migraine was the throbbing ache of the mind, so I believed you, telling myself nausea was a dead butterfly in…

Trailer ArtArt

Trailer Art

Ann KammererMarch 16, 2021

Artist Statement: Years ago when I was 17, my parents hit rock bottom. I went out on my own and ended up living in…

Other People’s BathrobesPoetry

Other People’s Bathrobes

Trish SaundersMarch 13, 2021

I follow, as she careens her cart through Mauna Kea Mall, tossing in cracked cups, mismatched sheets, biographies of people no one remembers. "Why…

a murder of wordsPoetry

a murder of words

Michael AckerMarch 11, 2021

like a murder of crows sitting upon the branches of a barren tree, ---squawking so my words rest upon the black lines of a…

Clippings of bad poetryPoetry

Clippings of bad poetry

Daniel J. Flore IIIMarch 10, 2021

there's clippings of bad poetry all over the deck where I thought up and discarded many lines I have to stack them up and…

The Flowers Who Wanted To Be a WomanPoetry

The Flowers Who Wanted To Be a Woman

Paul BrookesMarch 9, 2021

primrose says I will be her lips bean says I will be her thighs broom says I will be be her clitoris meadowsweet says…

Carpe DiemPoetry

Carpe Diem

Marc WoodwardMarch 8, 2021

Where can we live but days? Ah, solving that question brings the priest and the doctor in their long coats running over the fields.…

Road to Big SurPoetry, Readings, Video

Road to Big Sur

Lance JencksMarch 7, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCW3T3xZZwc For Lawrence Ferlinghetti When I ate a croissant in bed, flakes of brown crust fell upon my pillow, fell atop the sheets, and…