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...
Juggling Poetry by Sharon E. Svendsen

Juggling Poetry by Sharon E. Svendsen

Art: Bold and Free by Britnie Walston Juggling Poetry   At first                              you’re just playing catch                back and forth easy, you don’t even                             need special gloves soon, though,                            ...
Two Poems by Yun Wang

Two Poems by Yun Wang

Art: Earth in Distress by Britnie Walston     Two Poems by Yun Wang, from “The Book of Mirrors” (White Pine Press, 2021)   Sam’s Plan   The little planet is green With lemonade ocean Boys are blue Girls are pink They are ant-size   Forests are purple...
Strawberry by Gale Acuff

Strawberry by Gale Acuff

Strawberry I wish I was dead so I could go to Heaven because at Sunday School they say that Jesus died for my sins, and I sin, but when I die I’ll live forever and I can’t do that here, on Earth I mean, so my only choice for life is death so if I can live...