Francine thirteen and bemused by what her body’s done, by how its bloomed and ached and made the men she likes the best stand wary...

the balloons inside float in swarms of blackbirds straight toward a helium moon. oh to sink my living teeth into that tethered object and...

a Wednesday morning when nothing much happens only the ordinary so expected it is nothing exhaled like a breath filling the air that...

After a painting by Hiro Yamagata, “Poet” Somewhere in this landscape the poet watches. It’s fall, but an early snow flurry blankets the...

Michael Waterson is a retired journalist originally from Pittsburgh PA. His varied career includes stints as a seasonal firefighter, San...

Unavoidably the men with their humble crotches A house inside out. Or are they ten? Fucking against gravity, I’ve never had much of an...

Accordingly, love predates. It is the first of twelve unique glimpses of the open petal. The others, in no particular order: harmony,...

Green orbs plumped up and mellowed to a red flush: Some apples nestling in the grass of the corral are ready. The worms knew, who tasted...

Sarvin Parviz (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer and poet from Tehran. Her work has appeared in Roi Fainéant Literary Press...

The cabin of my dreams is a love poem to my father, who often stood still, w/ his right leg far forward, as if stepping on the site,...

praise you — After the Fatboy Slim song of the same name i have to celebrate you, baby, body of mine i’ve never much cared for but lately...

I touch behind His ears; the wind howls, four thousand dragon flies take flight he comes in his jeans – moonlight staining the night –...

The Solitary Light Fanny Mae Salter the last woman lighthouse keeper in the United States No one knows night as she does. Except, perhaps...

In October, I confess my love in the shape of bloodstains and fingerprints. As if I am a dead body who believes in reincarnation, holds a...

Moony Wednesday It’s the kind of day when I take a muscle relaxer and photoshop myself into Versailles. I’ve got two dry-erase markers...

Elizabeth Porter writes and teaches in south-central PA. She is the author of a chapbook "Elemental Undress" (Bottlecap Press 2023). Her...

The news got it wrong. It wasn't four cars involved, but one, shredded so completely it looked like four, spread like a junkyard on the...

On an Unattributed Photograph of Lorado Taft’s Students at Work on Statuary for the Columbian Exposition. There are seven people in the...

There were two grooms and no brides. The ceremony was long and too full of God the this, the that, and clergy drag. I thought one groom...

15 cigarettes go fast when no one is on the other side of a 1-way mirror Even in drywall conversations Each corner joined, connected Held...