Shadows
—Poetry by Eileen Patterson, Cudahy, WI—Public Domain Photos THE DREAM Voices spill out from the crack of the door. Father and Mother are laughing. She stands over him, her arm around his shoulder, he...
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—Poetry by Sue Daly, Claire J. Baker, Nolcha Fox, Anissa Sboui, Steven Kingsnorth, Caschwa, Joe Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe NolanWhy am I surprised?I’ll pay the charge for flyingtoo...
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To Steal A Wish Or Two—Poetry, Photos and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA COINS IN BRIGHT DISTORTIONTime after time I pass the Pond of Wishes and throw no coin, though I draw a Curious...
View ArticleListening to the Wind
—Photo by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal—Poetry by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal West Covina, CA—Other Photos Courtesy of Public Domain LOCK HANDSI will send you a postcardof the brown mountains.The...
View ArticleDo Not Play Poker With Death
—Poetry by Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainGOLFING IN SPACEThe wealthy show off their wealth by golfing in space.Buying up their...
View ArticleMustang Spirit
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!! POETRY OPEN MIC + ONE GUITARHe wrote a songfor guitar after hearingone of our poets read—whosepoem...
View ArticleThat Killer Instinct
—Poetry by John Yamrus, Pennsylvania—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainEmily wasa horror show, but her legs were the real deal, and Lenny knew enough about noir to know that the only thing Emily needed...
View ArticleMissing
Star Dancer (On Stage)—Painting by Edgar Degas—Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Buffalo, WY—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainBALLERINA, MISSING A LEGYou hung in my bedroomuntil I left home.You danced on the...
View ArticleSanctuary
—Poetry by Michael H. Brownstein, Stephen Kingsnorth, Caschwa, Joe Nolan, Sayani Mukherjee, Daun M. Wright—Public Domain Visuals Courtesy of Joe NolanJUST BECAUSE A LEADER IS MAD DOES NOT MEAN YOU...
View ArticleThe Light You Need
Sanctuary—Poetry, Photos and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA SIXTH SENSESomething waits to be found. I feel it, slow myself to be ready.I sense the presence. Whatever lurks out-waits...
View ArticleHoopla Bird
Fay L. Loomis—Poetry by Fay L. Loomis, Kerhonkson, New York—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainWELCOME SPRINGcold pale sunlight 
warms tentacled branches

 greening baby leaves 
burgeon thicket and tree...
View ArticleMowing the Lawn
—Poetry by Matthew McGuirk, Langdon, NH—Public Domain PhotosMISSED CLIPSI wonder aboutthe sort of movie scenes that slip through, just missing the cut or ones too rough for stardom.I imagine a sort...
View ArticleLeaving Room For Wonder
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down for Form Fiddler’s Friday!!BIRDS’ DAWNSONGGolden Shovel on a line by BryherBlackbird, finch, then one note of white fluting...
View ArticleSleeping Through It
—Poetry by Ken Tomaro, Cleveland, OH—Public Domain Photos THE SEQUEL TO ELECTRIC SEXthe Terminal Tower was lit upin electric redthe color of a newly discovered planetin some old sci-fi flickI woke up...
View ArticleThat Spider Dancing
Cats in the Cradle—Poetry by Allison Grayhurst, Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CALOSSThere, the cementis broken by a heavy fall,ants make their way in,dig tunnels, weeds sprout...
View ArticleAmerican Pie and Alphabet Soup
—Poetry by Mary Lynn McGrath, Craig Steiger, Stephen Kingsnorth, Nolcha Fox, Joe Nolan, Caschwa—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain(thanks to our contributors) DIM HALLWAYS June 28,...
View ArticleDancing Without Music
Think of Nothing —Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATEA LADY, 1907After Old Woman Drinking Tea, c. 1907 by Antonio ManciniPrim as ever,tea-cup held in dainty hold,fingers curled just...
View ArticleHomestead
—Poetry by Kimberly Bolton, Jefferson City, MO—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CACOUNTRY LIVINGSmall country houses nestle in the shelter of the Ozark foothills.Shadows move...
View ArticlePoetry Man
—Poetry by Michael Lee Johnson, Itasca, IL—Public Domain Visuals Courtesy of Michael Lee JohnsonFROGS "Grow grass,stone frogs,"written on bathroom walls.Hippie beads, oodlescolorful acid pillsin...
View ArticleWrinkles in the Earth
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down toForm Fiddlers’ Friday!!DON’T TRY THIS WHILE DRIVING What’s that straight ahead? big, dark blue—a bus?No, it’s a garbage...
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