Catherine by James Mulhern

Catherine by James Mulhern

Art: Blue Sea by Britnie Walston       Catherine   When Mom and I arrived, you hid the donut behind the picture.You sat in the sunny kitchen, embarrassed that you’d been caught with a sweet.My mother tsk-tsked as you deflected our attention to the...
Tapping Out by Dan Shiffman

Tapping Out by Dan Shiffman

Art: Johnstown Flood by Paul Luikart       Tapping Out   Technically, practice ended five minutes earlier, but every Thursday Coach Ian offered to take on any student, setting aside the Emirates Athletic Conference wrestling rules (and its code of...
What We’ve Left by Holly Day

What We’ve Left by Holly Day

Art: Skrik wakker by Gary Freir     What We’ve Left   In this future we’ve createdall of the butterfly eggs are sterileand the flowers have no scent. This will bethe last season of butterflies in this part of the world. In the overgrown weeds and...
Poems by Gale Acuff

Poems by Gale Acuff

Art: Not Just a Mannequin by Jimmy Mc Hugh       Verily Today in Sunday School I learned I’ve gotto die one day, I guess I always knewit but Miss Hooker really brought it homewhen she said that if I don’t get saved Igo to Hell to burn...