“I Hear Say” by Carol Phillips
God is angry, I hear say Frogs sit on lilies and cry wah Winds blowing, seas rising, waters flooding Trees rip, sands shift, homes crumble Mantle breaking, ground heaving, splitting Walls fall, buildings tumble, dogs sniff death Mountains rumbling, fiery rock spewing People scramble, sacred cows saved Eagles fighting, lambs […]
“Memories of You” by Tom Davis
Memories, Like ancient ghosts, Haunt the attic of my mind Burning kindling’s pungent smell Hovering In crisp fall air Lovers skating Arm in arm Across frozen pond White cotton sheets Beneath thick quilts Your body next to mine Gardenia’s scent Floating On soft spring breeze Lazy hum of bumble bee […]
“BLUEBERRIES” by Leela Ellis
A pail full Of dark blue sun Sparkling With dew drops BLUEBERRIES In the breakfast bowl Tasting Like sunlight In a field of flowers BLUEBERRIES The darkness of midnight Cherished by Summer sun BLUEBERRIES Like high school lovers Pridefully declaring their love With purple and crimson […]
“Compost” by Janet Ford
Black gold, my mother called it, lifting a fistful, letting it crumble from a gloved hand; apple skins, parings lapsed cabbage turned like rags to the riches of land. Everything living will live again. Water was standing in the garden after rain and she slogged across in her loose galoshes to rake another […]
“Nirvana on a Family Road Trip” by Emily Buchanan
Get a Guaranteed Offer On Your light, Progressive Family, And Yield To Oncoming Traffic. Don’t play chicken with it. At First Horizon, Proceed With Caution and Handle With Care. “It is what it is,” says the commentator on the public radio broadcast. Truer words have never been heard. Or maybe they have. Stop […]
“Reasons” by DeLois Goode
I write to laugh, I write to cry I write to make sense of all that has happened and to quiet the “whys” I write to deal with the future, I write to deal with the past I write to deal with the present and deal with the feelings I had last I write to […]
“Peanut Grace” by Tom Dow
In the shouts and shrieks of the high school hallway outside the cafeteria the bigger guy turns me into the wall and traps me with a hand on either side of my neck his face in mine speaks tense and low, breath full of peanut butter. I heard you’re asking questions about me. […]
“Sugaring” by Linda Blotzer
From the tradition of Indigenous peoples in early spring when the temperatures are right my great grandfather on his farm in New Hampshire collects sap from sugar maple trees filled with nutrients from the dark rich soil pours it into a metal vat on the sledge pulled by yoked oxen “Haw” he commands his […]
“In Early March” by Jane Rockwell
There are seven white daffodils below my kitchen window, a squirrel in the crook of the dogwood tree, the branches of the cypress wave like floaty fans, and there’s a war on TV. Children in bright coats hold their parents’ hands, cross a broken bridge to a crowd and a train. They […]
“The Curated Life” by A. Kissel
Everything everywhere uniquely them Carefully expensively sought and caught Pinterest perfect HGTV inspired Trending on something somewhere surely Furniture for looks over function crafted from exotic woods sustainably grown Busy bold and big art filling vast spans on their ultra-white walls Sleek spotless shiny kitchen toys and appliances specific […]