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Farmington, Maine : The Warmth of Winter by Julia Guarch

Every winter jacket I ever owned paired with layers made me feel like the walking Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, my hands always icicles even under the thickest gloves, [...]

November 1, 2015

Carnival Surprise by Tasha Coryell

August 1, 2015

People often mistook him for a Walmart greeter because of the smiley face pin he wore on his chest each day. He had never [...]
the day i stopped being a black hole and other poems by Linda M. Crate

March 7, 2017

“i bet you don’t remember me,” he said, flashing me a devil may cry smirk and eyes full of talons; i was a [...]
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 [...]
With Feathers by Sheldon Lee Compton

April 10, 2017

What place is safe now, so we can say what our good logic leads us to understand? Saying we will create our own sunlight, [...]
San Juans by Dede Cummings

April 1, 2015

From here she can see no islands, only a mountain beyond water mostly purple-black and defying the orange-spreading sky. [...]
Groceries and other poems by WK Lawrence

July 20, 2017

Your passing wind captures me Gently mistakes me for another cold heart Like the ones you find in the frozen foods section [...]
Untitled #3 by Mike Lafontaine

June 1, 2014

My father appeared to me in a dream last night. I was walking down the street in my old neighbourhood. I was looking at my [...]
Richie by Amy Scharmann

April 1, 2014

Richie usually checked to see if I was awake before he practiced. He liked that I had no knowledge or interest in piano. [...]
Two Poems by Benjamin Blake

March 19, 2016

Capilano and Marine Cheap car stereo sings an overplayed radio rock song As little rivers run down the dirty windshield [...]
Everywhere by Lisa Harris

September 2, 2016

Everywhere: under rocks, edging out beneath rotten logs, on tendrils of Creeping Jenny on fingertips on your kiss already a [...]
Dying to Leave by Ashlie Allen

February 1, 2015

I made sure everyone was asleep before I tried again. I had nothing to carry just the weight of uncertainty. No one knew how [...]
A Brief History Of Cola by Glen Armstrong

September 2, 2016

Though cola is undeniably a cultural construct and any modern, identifiable culture should be able to construct a Rube [...]