An Early Edition | George Bishop
The paper girl’s late again so I have to wait,
the news and I getting older together, apart,
the way it was when everything happened. Already
.
Battling the Wind and Everything Else | Paul Hostovsky
My neighbor—the one with the flagpole
and the flag, and the pickup truck
and the patriotic bumper sticker and the perfect
.
The Boy In The Bubble | Sheryl L. Nelms
He said
the only thing
he wanted
.
Résumé | Lee Anne Sittler
Black lights curdle the edges: blue milk mewing around a catwalk
where spider-silk beads of sweat cling to a dancer’s leg. Her body
plays one string on a sad violin. The dancer’s arms multiply
.
The Ten-Minute Vase | Paul Sohar
It was the glossy glaze that radiated
through my mind when I passed that vase
displayed at a yard sale on a country road,
.
The Mighty Bookdart | Edward A. Dougherty
Recently, I was pulled aside during a security screening at the
airport so they could go through my carry on, which had my
books, journal, and fountain pens. “While we search your bag, sir,”