Trust Fall by Heikki Huotari

Trust Fall by Heikki Huotari

Art: Marie Dashkova, @melodyphoto TRUST FALL About the author: Heikki Huotari is a retired professor of mathematics. In a past century, he attended a one-room country school and spent summers on a forest-fire lookout tower. His poems appear in numerous journals,...
Frequency Modulation by Heikki Huotari

Frequency Modulation by Heikki Huotari

Art: Water World III by Linda Chapman FREQUENCY MODULATION     About the author: Heikki Huotari is a retired professor of mathematics. In a past century, he attended a one-room country school and spent summers on a forest-fire lookout tower. His poems appear...
Mestastianity by Robert Beveridge

Mestastianity by Robert Beveridge

Art: The Refuge of Hades by Joe Papagoda, @papagoda MESTASTIANITY Cancer has its own rituals. The way smoke rises, ordered, three inches the diverges, spreads through airstream. Waking up to consider the options—getting out of bed, suicide. Oversensitivity. A lump,...
The Little Yellow House by Ashley Hewitt

The Little Yellow House by Ashley Hewitt

Art: IKEA Painting 6 by Alan Neider, @aneider52 THE LITTLE YELLOW HOUSE she calls it. A yellow as yellow as any Dutch daffodil. She steers her tan Audi Fox up the driveway and pauses in her car until her favorite Cat Stevens song ends. Yellow has been her favorite...
The Illustrated Queenfisher by Matt Poll

The Illustrated Queenfisher by Matt Poll

Art: Beyond the Plains of Eternity by Jolanda Richter, @jolandarichter THE ILLUSTRATED QUEENFISHER Headmistress Nielsen ripped the offending page from the book, then held it close to the girl’s face. Rather than flinching, the intended reaction, Pia grabbed the page...