Overheard by Carolyn Martin

Overheard by Carolyn Martin

Art: Through the Looking Glasses by Rebecca Oet OVERHEARD As evening sneaks around the house, the ironing board and kitchen sink gossip about your first kiss. Inexplicable – how they understand the intimacy of wind-brushed clouds; how, in this chartreuse spring,...
What I Know of “Good” by Carolyn Martin

What I Know of “Good” by Carolyn Martin

Art: Alison Prine WHAT I KNOW OF “GOOD”   Bad things are going to happen. – Ellen Bass, “Relax”   Perennials return without a thought and so do volunteers from maples and japonica. Nature recruits another nursery at no extra cost.   Lab tests...
Idols by Blackbella

Idols by Blackbella

Art: World of the Day by Raka Panda IDOLS About the author: Robert Ciesla is a freelance writer and multi-instrumentalist from Helsinki, Finland. He performs music under his nom du guerre of Blackbella. His personal website is at robertciesla.com Art: World of the Day...
Zep by Jacqueline Henry

Zep by Jacqueline Henry

Art: Auto-Rotation by W. Jack Savage ZEP Michael is playing air guitar, bebopping by himself miles behind me in the baking sun that refuses to shine on him because he sees only the shadows and not the blooming Colza on the yellow hills or the blue peaks stretched out...
A Matter of Life and Death by Alex Ewing

A Matter of Life and Death by Alex Ewing

Art: Alexander Wagentristl, @elekrocher  A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH A cry into the world One out Sliding in sliding out Faces behind the glass A naming An identification given The answer yes The statement no   A blue blanket Yellow tape Liquid flowing down Pain...