Poetry

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“The Tide Comes In,” “Sorrow,” and “Tough”

Molly Seale

We saunter along the shore,
boys trailing behind.
Tender dusk, the wind
a sigh as we skip stones,
stride briskly between
the bulky boulders, climb and leap.
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“Dear Reader,” “My Sorrow Sang To Me,” and “When Nothing Happens”

Greg Nelson

By way of the stars,
on the tightrope between the worlds,
the grace of the human form, risen from the sea
into the seer in the seen, kin to all life
across the pale blue dot, to live
in accord with our vision…
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“Chartreuse”, “Nature Boy,” and “Dandelion Heads”

Stephanie Vannello

I can’t wipe chartreuse
from my brain, ever since
you used it in a game of Uno
twenty years or so ago
and it’s such a bold shade
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“Reclaim the Abandoned Room,” “Going On,” and “The Poem”

Marie Chen

Dark mummified roses standing in the vase,
gray spider webs hanging over every corner.
A broom wipes out the traces of ignorance,
reclaiming the territory once more.
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“One More Time,” “Hurly Burly California-Fall, 2020,” and “Coming to Terms”

Joanne Jagoda

Hold me in your arms just one more time.
Let me feel you surround me.
Let me feel your embrace.
Your solidness, your security, ever my touchstone.
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“Heady,” “Pretty,” and “Gun Show”

Lumina Miller

Rumbling rain makes stable
rhythms that soothe
rinse clean thoughts that pry—scratch
between
the hemispheres at duel.
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“author’s note,” “growing through,” and “The End (of the Spool)”

rinin conner

life is not a test you pass or fail.
there is no A+ to earn
no standard to surpass
no reward for finishing first.
life is a book.
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“Twelve Moons” and “PBR”

Kristen Allen

January is alight in possibilities.
It’s feeling the cold air as you breathe it in, seeing it exhale out.
It’s the smoke the fire sends up the chimney to greet you from the outside.
It’s your back tingling as you warm near its flames.
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“Sometimes” and “Stuck”

Christine Bevilacqua

Sometime things
don’t go as we planned
No forever marriages
loving children at hand

Sometimes we watch
the news with dread

Poetry

Featured image for ““The Tide Comes In,” “Sorrow,” and “Tough””

“The Tide Comes In,” “Sorrow,” and “Tough”

Molly Seale

We saunter along the shore,
boys trailing behind.
Tender dusk, the wind
a sigh as we skip stones,
stride briskly between
the bulky boulders, climb and leap.
Featured image for ““Dear Reader,” “My Sorrow Sang To Me,” and “When Nothing Happens””

“Dear Reader,” “My Sorrow Sang To Me,” and “When Nothing Happens”

Greg Nelson

By way of the stars,
on the tightrope between the worlds,
the grace of the human form, risen from the sea
into the seer in the seen, kin to all life
across the pale blue dot, to live
in accord with our vision…
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“Chartreuse”, “Nature Boy,” and “Dandelion Heads”

Stephanie Vannello

I can’t wipe chartreuse
from my brain, ever since
you used it in a game of Uno
twenty years or so ago
and it’s such a bold shade
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“Reclaim the Abandoned Room,” “Going On,” and “The Poem”

Marie Chen

Dark mummified roses standing in the vase,
gray spider webs hanging over every corner.
A broom wipes out the traces of ignorance,
reclaiming the territory once more.
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“One More Time,” “Hurly Burly California-Fall, 2020,” and “Coming to Terms”

Joanne Jagoda

Hold me in your arms just one more time.
Let me feel you surround me.
Let me feel your embrace.
Your solidness, your security, ever my touchstone.
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“Heady,” “Pretty,” and “Gun Show”

Lumina Miller

Rumbling rain makes stable
rhythms that soothe
rinse clean thoughts that pry—scratch
between
the hemispheres at duel.
Featured image for ““author’s note,” “growing through,” and “The End (of the Spool)””

“author’s note,” “growing through,” and “The End (of the Spool)”

rinin conner

life is not a test you pass or fail.
there is no A+ to earn
no standard to surpass
no reward for finishing first.
life is a book.
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“Twelve Moons” and “PBR”

Kristen Allen

January is alight in possibilities.
It’s feeling the cold air as you breathe it in, seeing it exhale out.
It’s the smoke the fire sends up the chimney to greet you from the outside.
It’s your back tingling as you warm near its flames.
Featured image for ““Sometimes” and “Stuck””

“Sometimes” and “Stuck”

Christine Bevilacqua

Sometime things
don’t go as we planned
No forever marriages
loving children at hand

Sometimes we watch
the news with dread