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Mike Casetta -

Broke

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Townies

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Poetry

The Chimney Hawk

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

New Dishes

Ann Kammerer -
Cartoon

The DOGZ of War

Lance Watson -
Fiction

Nightmares with Howie — Our Purple Years

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Not Unlike…

Michael Acker -
Poetry

Hope

Bethany Lim -
Poetry

I Woke Up and Johnny Cash Was Singing Personal Jesus

John Gurney -
Poetry

TIMES I FELT LIKE A LOSER

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

.neutered.

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
Poetry

Catching up with the Dead

Jennifer Wilder -
Poetry

What If We Did Everything Right?

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

First World Problem

Lance Jencks -
Poetry

Artemis

Tom Riordan -
Creative Non-Fiction

Feb. 1, 2025

heidi selig -
American flag in building
Poetry

Elegy for American Democracy

Mark Grinyer -
Fiction

Opening Sentences 101

Sherry Cassells -
Silhouette of an elderly man standing with cane, gazing out of curtain-covered window.
Poetry

From the Retirement Home, Emailing Love Letters to My Dead Wife

Bob Bradshaw -
assorted bobblehead figurines inside the store
Poetry

New Orleans Airport Chapel

Tom Riordan -
Fiction

Racoon Hunting

Elizabeth Dunn -
selective focus photography of man's reflection on a broken mirror
Poetry

Visions

Alexander Limarev -
Poetry

THE NAMES KEEP BEING THE SAME

Douglas Goodwin -
brown dried leaves on persons hand
Poetry

How Do You Know When You’re Dead

John Gurney -
Poetry

Cancer is a window into death

heidi selig -
australian shepherd, dog, snow, snowing, pet, animal, domestic dog, canine, mammal, cute, snowfall, winter, forest, nature, outdoors, portrait, australian shepherd, dog, dog, dog, dog, dog
Poetry

Dog Pees on Moonlit Snow

heidi selig -
Fiction

Benny the Bard: A Modern Epic

Grady VanWright -
person holding white printer paper
Poetry

FACING THE FANTASY

Douglas Goodwin -
a cloud of smoke
Poetry

Gray is the Only Color Containing All Colors (and it’s also...

Robert Stastny -
open turntable
Fiction

Forty-Fives

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

IT’S CHRISTMAS AND I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE BALLS...

Daniel J. Flore III -
red cinema chair
Poetry

Candy Box Kazoos

Barry Burgess -
Poetry

Clock Radio #2: The Bukowski Issue

Jay Dougherty -
Showcase

along the stream that fell from clouds & other poems

Milner Place -
Poetry

The Final Love Poem

Cheryl Leverette -
Quotations

I just get tired

Charles Bukowski -
Poetry

There Should Be an Animal

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Now

james stephen -
Poetry

EARLY CHRISTMAS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

The Purpose of Floors

Matt Dennison -
A detailed image showcasing a cracked egg with yolk spilling out on a blue surface.
Poetry

The Price of Eggs

Andy Posner -
Poetry

The Poem I Didn’t Want To Write

Grady VanWright -
Fiction

Mother

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Close up of Barman Hands Preparing Drink
Humor

this poem is for every drunk who is sober today

Mike Casetta -
Fiction

Note taped on door: To the occupants of 107 Borbleblartt Street

heidi selig -
Poetry

Pantoum: American Recessional

Wim Coleman -
wash, hands, soap
Poetry

ASSHOLE

Daniel J. Flore III -
a man sitting in front of a laptop computer
Poetry

DON’T HIRE ME

Douglas Goodwin -
Poetry

googling for hope

Rob Breeding -
Fiction

Night Walk

Pat Perrin -
Poetry

When I got free

Anisa Mosaiebiniya -
Fiction

The Hitman

Michael Acker -
a pile of small white objects on a white surface
Poetry

Anaphora

Wim Coleman -
Fiction

HomeGirl

Dale M. Tushman -
Poetry

Potter’s Island

Wim Coleman -
Poetry

Johnny the Cat

Lawrence George -
Poetry

Prelude in E Minor or Milner Place Hoists Sail

Mark A. Murphy -
Poetry

Hunger

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Three Thin Shadows

Matt Dennison -
Fiction

David’s Wife

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Fiction

Androcles & Mars

Sherry Cassells -
Fiction

The Man Speaks

Matt Dennison -
Fiction

The Cure

Jordan Trethewey -
aerial view of village on mountain cliff during orange sunset
Poetry

Suicidal in Tuscany

Jenn Zed -
office, man, cubicle
Poetry

IDIOT VICTORY

Douglas Goodwin -
Fiction

The Interview

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Liminal

David Belcher -
blue orange green and yellow plastic toy
Fiction

Magnets of Faith and Knowing

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

The Wind

Matt Dennison -
Woman Sitting on Brown Textile Beside White Cup of Coffee
Poetry

One of the Many Reasons I Miss You

Mike Casetta -
Creative Non-Fiction

Martyr Musical

Davey Do -
Poetry

EARTH LAG

Daniel J. Flore III -
green cactus during daytime
Poetry

Mom Called

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

JAWIN’ WITH THE WIND

Daniel J. Flore III -
Fiction

Very Best Mother

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Fiction

Bereaved

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Fiction

Last Word Dressed in a Gray Suit

Akeith Walters -
Poetry

Sparks

Elina Ghanbari -
seashore during daytime
Poetry

Remembering Sand

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

Birds of Florida

Bob Bradshaw -
man in gray sweater leaning on van window
Fiction

BULLSHIT INSURANCE

Daniel J. Flore III -
Women's Black and Red Lace Bra
Poetry

Apprehension

Ray Miller -
Poetry

Beginning with “needless”

james stephen -
Poetry

Cereal for Dinner

Jordan Trethewey -
Poetry

Trains are Shorter, Now

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

The Bears in my Life

John Gurney -
Poetry

Guangdon

Andy Posner -
Poetry

On A Wednesday Morning

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

The Moon On The Moor

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Mid-January

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

Reasons to Send Advice-Givers On Their Way

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

THE SPIRIT ANIMAL SOCIETY

Jefferson Carter -
Poetry

Light the Candle

Bob Bradshaw -
Poetry

When we finally met

Elizabeth Dunn -
a black and white photo of a woman with long hair
Poetry

The Voodoo of Doll Shoes

John Gurney -
man sitting on table typing on typewriter
Poetry

WHY YOU SHOULDN’T BE A POET

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Cheeseburgers and Tattoos

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Holding the Center

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

Endless Rain and Wine

Trish Saunders -
Fiction

We Drove to LA from Phoenix in 1965 to Buy French...

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

It’s Okay to Sleep

Jay Gandhi -
Poetry

January thinking

Jan Harper -
Poetry

In Three Parts

Michael Acker -
Poetry

A Big Pit

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

Thank you

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

I’m Going to Let Myself Go

Sara Clancy -
a woman raising her arms in the air in front of tents
Poetry

Writing Group

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

Saṃsāra

Matt Dennison -
brown and black food on blue ceramic plate
Poetry

Sweet Treat

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

In Love with a Woman in Her Later Years (for Harmina)

Ieuan ap hywel -
Poetry

Stung by news of poaching

David Belcher -
Poetry

an offering of peanuts

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

New Years Day

John Gurney -
Poetry

Where Is Peace On Earth? (After Linda Pastan)

Hugh Lemma -
an airplane window with a view of the sky and clouds
Poetry

Mediums

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

An Idyllic Sickness

Jordan Trethewey -
Poetry

THE MOST RECENT CONVERSATION

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

Looking through you

Ken Tomaro -
Poetry

Enlightenment

Andy Posner -
Poetry

Leak at the Gym

Rich Glinnen -
Poetry

Pigeon

Skyler Kimock -
Poetry

A long time

Oliver Stansfield -
Poetry

Because time is an artist

Sara Clancy -
Poetry

The Man I Fell in Love With

Soodabeh Saeidnia -
Poetry

Adept

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Why I Am Moving to Ireland

D. E. Kern -
Fiction

Watercolour Lake

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Zacchaeus

Dale Patterson -
1 U.S.A dollar banknotes
Poetry

Why America’s Democracy Is Going Bankrupt

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

The Daughter

Peter Cashorali -
Poetry

My Chaste Eye

Paul Brookes -
Poetry

The Tree Ring Record

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Zealots

Mike Casetta -
Poetry

And holy holy, the life it held

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

The Dead Out Here

james stephen -
Poetry

Little Infinities

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Charlie Goes to New Castle

Robert Stastny -
Poetry

Baba Yaga, a Twisted Ghazal

Susan Peters -
Poetry

Two Poets

Miya Ko -
Poetry

The Love Death Cannot Touch

Tom Strong -
Poetry

Tribute from a Wooden Hut

Ieuan ap hywel -
Poetry

Strand #1: Abstractions

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

Pay rate sucks, but

Obed Ladiny -
Poetry

Afterlife

Sara Clancy -
Photography

Coastal Epiphanies

Morgan Driscoll -
group of women facing backward
Fiction

Sisters

Sherry Cassells -
two white doves flying
Poetry

Mourning In Five Parts

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

The Nature of Your Emergency

Morgan Driscoll -
Poetry

The Ancients

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Day Trip with Dog

Mike Casetta -
black and gray stones during daytime
Poetry

7:55a.m.

james stephen -
Poetry

A thread in Crete

Nathalie Spaans -
man walking at blacktop road with turned on streetlights
Poetry

Afterlight

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

it wasn’t pornographic

silent lotus -
Poetry

September’s End

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

terlingua

Rob Breeding -
Poetry

..as a child..

Sonja Benskin Mesher -
a plate of food
Poetry

BREAKFAST ALFRESCO

Daniel J. Flore III -
forest against sunlight at daytime
Poetry

Abscission

Tom Strong -
orange Persian cat sleeping
Poetry

Cats

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Metazure

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

In a Forest

Sherry Cassells -
Fiction

If I Should Die

Kaci Skiles Laws -
Poetry

Salsa with Doubt

Jay Gandhi -
Poetry

Morning Visit

Peter Cashorali -
grey and blue train on train station during daytime
Fiction

I Got Bats

Sherry Cassells -
seven assorted-color clothes pegs hanging on rope
Fiction

Jack Struggles with an Equation

Cameron McClure -
Poetry

THE RUSTY WHITE PICK UP

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Dappled Daisies and Curious Butterflies

Matt Dennison -
Fiction

Snowfire

Cameron McClure -
Fiction

A face of regal splendor

Nathalie Spaans -
Poetry

Four Interlaced Horses -Ekphrasis

Susan Peters -
neon sign reading bar cocktails dreams disco party
Poetry

WITH THE NEON LIGHTS OF THE STRIP CLUB FLASHING

Daniel J. Flore III -
a black and white photo of a classroom
Fiction

Two Requests

Walter Rimler -
brown brick wall on green grass field during daytime
Poetry

Imaginary telephone

David Belcher -
black staircase in dark room
Poetry

A Dream of the Basement

Vincent Casaregola -
Poetry

Abruptly

silent lotus -
ocean under sunlight
Poetry

Absolution

Tom Strong -
Poetry

We will now inventory obsolete lonely sounds in the world

Trish Saunders -
a close up of a person laying on a bed
Poetry

Tied Down

Ann Kammerer -
Fiction

My Father’s Minutes

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Blackbird

Cameron McClure -
woman in black long sleeve shirt sitting on red chair
Fiction

Why I Believe Everything

Sherry Cassells -
The stars and galaxy as seen from Rocky Mountain National Park.
Poetry

A Yellow Bus Passes

Dale Patterson -
a statue of jesus on a cross in a church
Poetry

An Admission

Jordan Trethewey -
yellow and red lily in bloom during daytime
Poetry

Of the Moment

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

your father will betray you, your mother, sister, brother, best friend

Kaci Skiles Laws -
a close up of a broken glass window
Poetry

LINES MADE OF SHATTERED GLASS

Daniel J. Flore III -
Fiction

Close to Christmas, after all

Jay Dougherty -
Poetry

Fitgirl Repack

Jenn Zed -
Poetry

the wings of her Cognition

silent lotus -
world map sketch
Poetry

Cowboy Coffee

Julie A. Dickson -
a pile of white toilet paper sitting next to each other
Poetry

Last Call

Morgan Driscoll -
white sail boat
Poetry

Drawn to the Wilderness

Dale Patterson -
Poetry

A Private Moment of Random Noise

Morgan Driscoll -
orange and black mural wall
Poetry

I stepped in vomit today

Daniel J. Flore III -
black rotary dial phone on white surface
Poetry

A dram for you, a dram for me

Michael Ashley -
person opening palms close up photo
Poetry

Head thick with things

Michael Ashley -
man holding concrete ceiling
Poetry

where do we start…

Jan Harper -
Poetry

Requiem for a Wrecked Weekend

Trish Saunders -
Poetry

The Various

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Lahaina

Andy Posner -
Poetry

¿

silent lotus -
a lit up box sitting on top of a table
Poetry

The Poem

Marc Woodward -
Poetry

Bird With Yellow Breast

Barbara F. Schutz -
Poetry

Let everything in

David Belcher -
gold steel door knob on black wooden door
Poetry

blood on a wedding dress

Jan Harper -
man swimming on body of water
Fiction

Fuck Yeah Dude

Sherry Cassells -
multicolored textile
Poetry

a poem masquerades as a persian carpet

Michael Acker -
blue and black standard motorcycle
Poetry

He recognized me by my walk

Sherry Cassells -
mountain covered with fogs
Poetry

Mist

Hugh Lemma -
Poetry

knick knack

Sara Clancy -
photography of yellow lights
Poetry

fluid encryptions

Jan Harper -
a wet window with a traffic light on it
Poetry

Memoriam in light rain

Daniel J. Flore III -
two white birds
Poetry

Seeing the light

Sherry Cassells -
Poetry

Golden Silence

D. E. Kern -
Poetry

free-range poets

Jan Harper -
green grass field during daytime
Poetry

How Exciting!

Matt Dennison -
fountain outdoor during daytime
Poetry

HOW TO TELL A COMPLETE STRANGER YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF

Daniel J. Flore III -
pink petaled flower
Poetry

Recess

Matt Dennison -
Poetry

Eulogy To A Mom From A Son

Tom Strong -
Poetry

now I am become Death – sapphic trauma # 25185

David E. Matthews -
gold ring on white textile
Poetry

After her best friend’s hubby’s funeral

Paul Brookes -
man in black jacket sitting on bed
Poetry

I might not be here long

Daniel J. Flore III -
Poetry

Stump

Ann Kammerer -
Poetry

After A Death

Hugh Lemma -
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