christina murphy

Coffee Stains by Christina Murphy

Carrying a Starbucks Venti with double cream down the steps, he trips, hits his head, and the coffee spills out into a small brown river. Tiny figures—maybe faeries—skate [...]

December 1, 2013

La Petite Mort by Quinn White

February 3, 2017

Cover your ears. I took your father’s virginity. On top, he should’ve faced me, but he stared out his window at [...]
Stomped Full of the Great Because and other poems by Claire Kelly

October 23, 2017

Reasons followed her pretty-girl looks like the bows on a kite tail. Her dad taught her to shoot, showed her pictures of [...]
Witness by Leigh Fisher

January 19, 2017

There’s a small, quiet person Hanging in the doorway just a little too afraid to sleep Lingering at the top of the stairs [...]
Two Poems by Cara Lorello

September 2, 2016

VIEW FROM A ROOM, OCEANSIDE Through a single window with vertical paneled curtains drawn back, I watched clouds cast off in [...]
Innocent and Smirky by Paul Beckham

October 23, 2017

My mother always stressed good deeds but my other relatives seemed oblivious to the concept. I was required to do at least [...]
First Time In Paradise? by Gary Berg

December 1, 2014

It was still dark when he pulled out of the truck stop and headed up Highway 99 to Chico, a toothpick out the side of his [...]
Two Poems by Lynne Potts

November 1, 2015

FACTS, CHICKENS, AND TRAIN TRACKS Acquisition in the lobby of the El Rancho Hotel, Gallup New Mexico where the waitress [...]
two poems by liz minette

August 1, 2015

After After you died, your house was still a mess; like always, always when we’d come over, you’d say [...]
Family Reunion In Three Parts by Jessica Adams

March 19, 2016

1. It had been my aunt’s room when she lived at home. And after that, when she moved back to teach at the elementary [...]
Milk Crates by Melanie Tague

April 1, 2014

I watched you once sitting on the bench by the courthouse, staring at the ground and I whispered that you were missing the [...]
The Origin of Trees by Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

December 31, 2016

Palm trees belong to two states: California and Florida. But more to California than Florida – Florida is where oranges [...]
John and the Rainbow Whatever by Christopher DiCicco

January 4, 2016

John understood the rainbow, which is why he kept his hands on the red. He waited until it hurt, until he felt the colors [...]