Joy: The Way it Reminds Us to Keep Breathing
By Jacey Blue Renner — It’s putting on yellow heels and your newest blouse to meet your deployed husband after he’s returned from deployment from Afghanistan.
Jan 10
Blissful High
By Michael Colon — Innocence is coddled by the naivety of what has happened. Precious moments from what seemed like eons ago float around me
Jan 7
Joy is Disguised
By Laura E. Garrard — Joy is disguised as a terminal diagnosis, when medicines work better than expected on a stage-three high-risk mutation. When relief
Jan 4
The Worst Apology
By Chloe Evans — I was the writer who wanted to help people escape. You did, too. But instead of helping you, I broke you down. I did it so many times, I lost
Jan 1
Before
By N.T. Chambers — My love, unlike a rose grew through shortened seasons in question mark seas with hopes beyond my shores and joy behind my years.
Dec 29, 2025
The long summer days
By Abha Das Sarma — Never will I forget the candle that burned on your chest amid uneaten pills, spilled over the dark shadows. Those travel shows that we
Dec 26, 2025
Widow as Refuge
By Kathleen O'Brien — In writing, a widow is considered "undesirable." The extra word hanging out on a line. But there is refuge in being a widow. The
Dec 23, 2025
At 71 and a Month
By D.R. James — Early morning; awakened from a dream of hugging my young youngest son so tightly, it remained until I could defog to "He's a man,"
Dec 20, 2025
This Darling World
By Hiram Larew — The cream of my existence, the peach of my dreams, the very plush of my being and love-filled soap suds. My found at last, my been
Dec 17, 2025
Love has no beginning or end
By Linda M. Crate — Maybe one day I will find my people, the ones who love with a love beyond love. Because my love has always been unconditional and
Dec 14, 2025
Old apple tree
By Colin Ian Jeffery — There is an apple tree at the bottom of the garden where my brother and I once played, swinging on branches, climbing high and low.
Dec 10, 2025
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO BE YOUNG AGAIN
By Audrey B Levitin — I discovered pickleball as a senior citizen. For years, I left home at 8:00 a.m. to catch the train to Manhattan, and returned at 7:00 p.m
Dec 6, 2025
A weird superpower
By Elizabeth Walker — To this day, so many years after Trish left, Beth can feel as close to a random motherless stranger as she does to her own brother.
Dec 3, 2025
My Morning Bird Song
By Áine Greaney — Naming and loving. They’re not the same thing. Over the years, I’ve had a gazillion identifiers. I’ve been Alien Resident Number 123 or
Nov 30, 2025
Journaling became my lifeline
By Mahin Kapur — An accident left me in a coma for weeks, and when I finally woke up, the world no longer felt like the one I had left behind. My body was weak
Nov 24, 2025
A Little Bit of Heartache
By Linda C. Wisniewski — Despite long years of heartache, my boy and I are good. He left his shampoo on the rim of my bathtub. It means he's coming back,
Nov 21, 2025
Pancakes
By Craig Kirchner — I’m 75 today, having a little trouble waking up, getting up, walking. Finally make it to the Keurig and decide to breakfast. The word goes back
Nov 18, 2025
The Way I See It
By Denise Michaels — Today, I’m inspired to transplant the spider-wort, a misnamed flowering bush I enjoy for its profuse purple flowers, velvet-like, the
Nov 14, 2025
See Me Smile
By Duane Anderson — What makes me smile? Going on an outing with my wife to visit a few friends over dinner, getting a smile from our dog as I rub its belly in
Nov 11, 2025