Spring 2025 Issue
Cover Artwork: Xiaorou Fan
Carisse, Russell. blustered spring, (verse), 24- 25
Cortese, Erin. The Rocket Scientists, Oil on Canvas, (verse), 52 – 53
Culver, Ralph. He Goes on to Say, (verse), 26 – 27
Davies, Naomi. The Wind, 136 – 143
Dawson, Alex. Ecdysis, (verse), 68 – 69
Demchinsky, Bryan. Fishpole Lake, 56 – 67
Dutt, Puneet. Americanus, (verse), 8 – 9
Feraru, Elena-Christina. Spoiled Milk, (verse), 120 – 121
Focht, Jonathan. Think of the Radio, (verse), 134 – 135
Garvey, Bill. Leaning in the same direction, (verse), back cover
Harding Russell, Gillian. How the wars all start, (verse), 156 – 157
Howell, Bill. Letter Back from Mladen, (verse), 90 – 91
Jenkins, Anthony. A Camel Ride, 28 – 35
Krakofsky, Shel. Roger's Cows, (verse), 124 – 125
Kromm Sadie. sled dog, (verse), 158 – 159
Lam, Lucia, Tomatoes, (verse), 88 – 89
Li Chen, Jenny. Sway Ghazel, 36 – 37
Malone, David. Jordan, 92 – 97
Massam, Diane. Fruiting Bodies, (verse), 110 – 111
McMillan, Amber. I Want to Go to Bed with a River, (verse), 10 – 11
Miller, D.D. Blood Valentine, 112 – 119
Moulton, donalee. Mannequin, 12 – 21
Nash, Roger. Hummingbird, (verse), 22 – 23
Owen, Catherine. To Be Read in an Old Testament Voice, (verse), 54 – 55
Purdy, Anthony. Six Degrees of Separation, 100 – 109
Raeburn-Power, Sydney. Best Regards, 146 – 155
Riddell, Olivia. The Hive, 48 – 51
Salih, Sara. Glove, 70 – 79
Sorestad, Glen. Walker's Dilema, (verse), 144 – 145
Sweazey, Glenn Arthur. Trudeau in Two Times, (verse), 38 – 47
Unwin, Peter. Standoff at Little Pic River, (verse), 98 – 99
van Wijgerden, Ann. Recently While Bird Watching, (verse), 122 – 123
Zarevich, Emily R. One Selfish Afternoon, 126 – 133
Zsohar, Zsuzsanna. The Missing Dog from No. 102, 80 – 87
Summer 2025 Issue
Cover Artwork: Brian Houtman
Bloom, Ronna. Airborne (verse), 168 - 169
Fredericks, Veronica. The Cookie Tin, (verse), 170 - 177
Lam, Lucia. TV, (verse), 178-179
Swystun, Rob. Youicide, (verse), 180 - 187
Ai-Linm Yen and Yin, Anna. Super Vending Machine, (verse), 188 - 189
Ilg, Michael. The Law of Indulgence, 190 - 197
Tomasch, Tanya. Whatever is Noble, Whatever is Right, (verse), 298 - 201
Davies, Joe. Mzungu, Part 1, Mutare to the Zomba Plateau, (verse) 202 - 217
Zarevich, Emily R. Summer Country, 218 - 219
Curtis, Jim. "Send in the Clowns" Stephen Sondheim's Atypical Masterpiece, (verse), 220 - 227
Chen, Jenny Li. Elegy for My Sadness, (verse) 228-229
Meggeson, Sean G. shoelace, (verse), 230 - 231
Jenkins, Anthony. Writing, A Personal "How It Came About", (verse), 232 - 237
Dutt, Puneet. Before the Dying, 238 - 239
Soderstrom, Mary. Ketamine, (verse), 240 - 247
Culver, Ralph. A Learning, (verse), 249 - 249
Malone, David. Maura, (verse), 250 - 257
Wei, Clarisse. Ode to My Downstairs Neighbors Who Can't Barbeque Correctly, 258 - 259
Zsohar, Zsuzanna. No One Reads These, 260 - 265
Wilson, Sara. Drought, Evening, (verse), 266 - 267
Sweazey, Glenn Arthur. The Spark That Set an Abolition Fire, (verse), 288 - 291
Kordan, Bohdan. Flowers and Death, A travel Note, 272 - 279
Howell, Bill. The Churn, 280 - 281
Letts, Marilyn. Bon Courage!, (verse), 282 - 283
Hussainm Salma. The Roosting, (verse), 284 - 285
Foley, Loretta. Death of a Dead Granddad, (verse), 286 - 291
Dawson, Alexandra. Refraction, (verse), 292 - 293
Haan, Cali. Giants, 294 - 299
Luftgi, Richard. Weather Report, 300 - 301
Berkel, Lisa Van. Entangled with a Geologist, (verse), 302 - 313
Yujing, Hua Qing Liang. A Nightingale of the Last Age, (verse), 314 - 315
McMillan, Amber. The Other Day, (verse), 316 - 317
Shaw, Beverley. Carpe Diem at the Duck Pond, (verse), 318 - 319
Fall 2025 Issue
Cover Artwork: Alison Gow
Abdallah, Fatima. Frankenstein in Jabaliya, 328 - 335
Hubbard, Danielle. From Bromley Rock, (verse), 336 - 337
Halliday, David. It Was Dark, 338 - 343
Sweazey, Glenn Arthur. The loneliness of the long-distance racewalker … “there is no finish line” Part 1, 344 - 349
Jenkins, Anthony. My Proud Return to Mediocrity, A Hockey Tale, 350 - 355
Chen, Jenny Li. Is It a Crime to Rhyme, (verse), 356 - 357
Mangtay, Cecile Popp. Detours, The Long Way Home, 358 - 365
Hoque, Rehanul. A Day in the Life of Ruskin, 366 - 375
Dutt, Puneet. World Turtles, (verse), 376 - 376
Cochran, Ashleigh. The Holy Church Peacock Misses Its Lover , (verse), 377
Lovell, W. George. A Bar That Lets Me Think, 378 - 383
Jermyn, Denver. Doing Dishes During the War, (verse), 384 - 385
Tomasch, Tanya. Mood Swings, (verse), 386
Davies, Joe. Mzungu, Part 2, Zomba to Dar es Salaam, 388 - 401
Sweazey, Glenn Arthur. The loneliness of the long-distance racewalker … “there is no finish line” Part 2, 402 - 405
Meggeson, Sean. 2 jokes, (verse), 406 - 407
Wison, Sara. Mad Again, (verse), 408
Wilson, Sara. Old Fashioned, (verse), 409
Warner, James. On the Black Sea, 410 - 411
Levert-Suite, Connie. Leading an Escape, 412 - 417
Davis, William Virgil. A Season’s Turn, (verse), 418 - 419
Dickinson, Zoe. context, (verse), 420 - 421
Lam, Lucia. Commerce, (verse), 422 - 423
Elston, Guy. The Whale, (verse), 423
Edgar, Patti. Luminaries Eat Kale, 424 - 433
Hussain, Salma. Autumn Light, (verse), 434 - 435
Hubbard, Danielle. The Rock climber’s haibun, 436 - 437
Zsohar, Zsuzsanna. Waking at Night, 438 - 445
Jermyn, Denver. Writing My Will During the War, (verse), 446 - 447
Zarevich, Emily R. A Creature Comfort, 448 - 453
Twa, Eric. Catatonia, 454 – 455
Olay, Jeric Tindoy. Provisions, (verse), 456
Cartagena, Manny. Yellow Noise, (verse), 457
Watt, Ian. Theme Park, 458 - 463
Neilson, Shane. Anti-Hospital, Poetic Love Letter, 464 - 473
Sweazey, Glenn Arthur. The loneliness of the long-distance racewalker … “there is no finish line” Part 3, 474 - 479
Winter 2025 Issue
Cover Artwork: James Carson
Guthrie, Hamish. Fire, (verse), 488 - 489
Kalinowski, Lauren. The One-Eyed Witch, 490 - 493
Leone, Jim. Homecoming, (verse), 494 - 495
Davies, Joe. Journeyman’s Guide to Navigating Brushes with Fame, 496 - 507
Hoefle, Harold. By Like Odysseus, (verse), 508 - 509
Davis, William Virgil. On the Balcony, 510 - 515
Olay, Jeric Tindoy. Planting Season, (verse), 516
Olay, Jeric Tindoy. Drought, (verse), 517 - 518
Pironesi, S. Madeh. Only Mines Are Mine!, 519 - 521
Moore, Gerald Arthur. On Losing a War, (verse), 522 - 523
Birch, Ian My Private Battle Against Dog-Strangling Vine, 524 - 533
Jarungpiterah, P W. Child, (verse), 534 - 536
Zarevich, Emily R. The Emilys, 537 - 539
Harvey, Katherine Alexandra. A Partial List of Things That Still Make Me Cry, (verse), 540 - 541
Jenkins, Anthony. Fishin’, Huntin’, Sleddin’, ’n’ Fixin’, 542 - 545
Olay, Jeric Tindoy. Birdsong and the Bugnay Tree, (verse), 546 - 547
Altrows, Rona. Walks with Lulu, 548 - 551
Sengmueller, Fred. 14 Propositions to Oblivion, 553 - 561
Cochran, Ashleigh. Nosedive, (verse), 562 - 563
Elgie, Anna. How to Restore a Family Quilt, 564 - 569
You/Zhe, Zuo/Yi. Quirk, (verse), 570 - 571
Chernoff, Egan J. How to Solve a Campus Parking Problem, 572 - 575
Brait, Richard. Battles with Monsters: Beowulf in Labrador, (verse), 576 - 594
Forman, Gideon. Junior High School, 595
Sweazey, Glenn Arthur. the loneliness of the long-distance racewalker … “there is no finish line,” Parts 4–6, 423 - 611
Maschmann, Sean. Kyle, the Human Torpedo, 612 - 617
Sarah, Robyn Street Hockey on Hutchison and Villeneuve, 1981, (verse), 618 - 619
English, Alexis. June, 620 - 629
Baena, Simon Anton Niño Diego. The Great War, (verse), 630 - 631
Tomasch, Tanya. What he left for us, 632 - 633
Panofsky, Ruth. The Screen between Us, 634 - 637
Focht, Jonathan. Hockey Poem, (verse), 638 - 639