Patina - Sarah Little
“The city around me is darkening into evening, streets glowing in dusk. In this moment, surrounded by strangers and history, I feel timeless”
Stealing Kisses - Shiksha Dedha
“Carried powerlessly by my momentum, my prowess, my might, my beauty.”
Ahimsamsara - Voima Oy
“In the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows there is the word "Sonder." It is defined as "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own”
What if we were just two horses in a river - SAm Moe
“I’ll take the hands and backs of the young gods, we’ll level out my heart, we’ll uncarve this wood”
The Size Allowance of One’s Grief - Jasmine Sawers
“Neighbor, I’ve got a Solo cup. I press it to the wall behind the toilet; the pipes can be our string.”
On The Train Through Switzerland - Richard Fox
“On the Train Through Switzerland
a girl with raven black hair handed me a perfect orange.”
Scroll/Dive - F.E. Clark
“Sitting on the wide sill of a second floor window of the old farmhouse, alone, there’s no-one else at all.”
The Sunset Ones - Leslie Cairns
These are the sunset ones, she said. Demurring. They stain–
Our lips, she clarified.
The Short Life of Bessie Taylor - Amy Barnes
“I said goodbye to Bessie the summer I turned twelve.”
Mall Massage - John Timm
“Yes. Twenty . . . twenty minutes. Neck and upper back.” I point over my shoulder to the areas I need massaged.
Free of Christmas - Mike Hickman
“This was the Friday Malcolm got to put Christmas away for another year.”
Sepulcher - Kristin Garth
“My sockets slick with sympathy. Your rage
a specter, sentient without pity.”
Spin Cycle - Jen McConnell
“When the heat subsided, the frogs rained down like a bill come due.”
Oiled - Mona Mehas
“I could barely see through the grimy film
So tired…I closed my eyes
And lay on my side to rest for a while.”
Fifteen - Robin Kinzer
“I turn away, back towards the forest. I don’t let go
of the knife in my pocket, not even for a single second. “
No Corners - A. Joseph Black
"What is it......like?" they'd ask. "On the lighthouse?"
"No corners," he'd reply.
Hailflake - Hibah Shabkhez
“In the wind, in the sleet, in the drizzletty rain
Flutters the soul that the sun spurs to pain”