Shuffling to Fortune in Bombay
By Tim Campbell — Pilgrims shuffle in quiet grace, like a sentence of hope a thousand syllables long. They trek on a causeway over the
May 26, 2024
Alien in My Backyard
By Johanna Haas — It was not long ago when lawns were covered with clover instead of grass. It’s not that long ago when towns were covered.
May 5, 2024
Breaking The Hard Way
By Christina M. Rau — When the hammer misses the nail it hits the wood and all bodies become golddust drifting. The automatic garage door
Apr 15, 2024
No one noticed the kids
By Galen Cunningham — No one noticed the kids because they had work, church, social spheres, interloping thoughts, pressing concerns,
Apr 9, 2024
Pen to Paper
By Cea Jae — I think people just see me as a strong person, and it must be abnormal for me to have feelings. Or that I'm so nonchalant that
Mar 25, 2024
The Door Never Closes
By Ruth Bacharach — When I say I’m tired and need to rest, the caseworker keeps talking. When I say I need pain medication before physical
Feb 4, 2024
She's a Wildflower
By Nitika Balaram — The thing about wildflowers is that they will grow in almost any condition. Whatever life throws at them, even when
Jan 25, 2024
Should I Stay or Should I go?
Giovanni Gallo — She looked over the cliff as the clock ticked. Thinking about her life, was it really worth continuing? Her time struck
Dec 29, 2023
I’m here
By William Odell — Vanquished to the elements again. The glass aperture alludes your aggressive deportment, hidden, your valiance. You pose
Dec 21, 2023
"Parental Guidance"
By Ty'ona Crocker — You praised me for good grades because that’s all you knew. Never once did you realize what I was going through.
Oct 21, 2023
Kalawati
By Bharti Bansal — Women change the world by changing other women, motivating them, creating a path for them through their own struggles.
Sep 22, 2023
Freedman Village of the Dead
By Mark Blickley — A dozen years ago, I visited Arlington National Cemetery for the first (and only) time. As a reluctant participant in the
Jul 30, 2023
An Outburst from a Desperate Soul
By Caroline Reddy — I looked like a boy. I was thirteen years old when father’s words—suffocated my embryo. In your absence the summer
Jul 13, 2023
Approaching the Stairs
By Patricia McTiernan — At the time, I didn’t think of it as an assault. But I did wonder if it would have happened if I took the bus. I was
Jun 15, 2023
Solo Performance
By Susan Vilardo — One more day of renewed vigor. The aging woman embraces her bird morning songs, her bird morning songs. No hearing aid
Jun 11, 2023
Runaway
By David J. Bookbinder — I still remember that day, many years ago. That was the day I realized I couldn’t go on like a ghost in my own
Jun 1, 2023
In the Bathtub
By Madge Kaplan — Props of soap and shampoo bottles fly, then bob among rubber ducks and little toes. Accusations, repercussions, slamming
May 28, 2023
We had Yaks
By Bhuwan Thapaliya — A priest’s son had an eye on my sister. He enticed her with his oratorical skills. They got married. My mother
May 24, 2023
Spilling over the garden gate
By Linda M. Crate — When I was young, I used to laugh loudly, speak loudly, and I remember spilling over the garden gate like a wild rose.
May 10, 2023
VAN GOGH'S ROAD
By Syka Wryts — The dancing howling wind swings through. Through the naked crooked branches. A tree standing on one's jack in the midnight
Apr 20, 2023