FIRST FLIGHT ………………………She— aroused by crispening air— takes off, a sudden blossoming of white wings, long feathers. The egret flies slow. Ungainly, lopsided. Flaps above the yellow grass-tips. I remember running on the school roof, arms out, awkwardly pumping, thinking, any second, the wind might take me and I would erupt into a graceful shape…
TABLE OF CONTENT
POETRY
- Matthias Mann — TO SLEEP
- Nick Visconti — YOU, FLOWER
- James McKee — AUTUMN EXIT
- Ken Norris — MOMENT
- Sneha Subramanian Kanta — [PURGATORY IN PARIS]
- Nora Hikari — ODE TO THE SWORD LOGIC
- Shane Neilson — SACRED TECHNICIAN
- John Kinsella — RADIESTHESIA
- Courtney Bates-Hardy — PAIN WOMEN
- Mark Neely — ANOTHER IDIOT
- Peter Grandbois — CROW FINDS A GRAIN OF SAND LODGED IN THE BACK OF HIS EYE
- Zak Jones — NO PHOTOS OF RALPH
- Constance Hansen — OR THE ORB
- George Looney — REMEMBERING THE SCENT OF FRESH-MOWN HAY
- Leanne Charette — VEHOPHOBIA
- Jan Jorgensen — DESDEMONA REBUKES OTHELLO
- Caitlyn Alario — STRAY
- Chris Johnson — YOU’RE LIVING NOW
- Caitie L. Young — SOME CALIFORNIA POLICE ARE BIASED. A REPORT SAYS THEY HAVE NO CLEAR PLANS TO FIX THAT
- Bruce Meyer — FRIENDSHIP IS A SUMMER THAT NEVER SHEDS ITS LEAVES
- Ken Victor — ANTHROPOLOGY
- Kat Cameron — OPEN FOURTH
- Terry Watada— VISIONS OF CHISATO
- Ami J. Sanghvi — SOFT-SKIN DARLINGS OF THE TUNDRA (1)
- Ayesha Chatterjee — SEPTEMBER
- Rachel Aviva Burns — FIRST FLIGHT
- Kit Roffey — VESSEL
- Evan J — ON A HILL NEAR STAIG
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Interview
- Rosie Long Decter – A Conversation with Frankie Barnet on Kim: A Novel Idea
REVIEWS
- rob mclennan – REVIEW OF JUDITH: WOMEN MAKING VISUAL POETRY, ed. AMANDA EARL+++
- Bill Neumire – REVIEW OF I WISH I COULD BE PETER FALK by PAUL ZITS; and REVIEW OF GARDEN PHYSIC by SYLVIA LEGRIS;
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