The Mermaid
by Kelly K. Ferguson
Gwen might be a pathological liar, but she’s a fantastic tipper.
after Kevin Canty’s “The Birthday Girl”
Even when Gwen has ... Read More...
Four Poems
by Cameron McGill
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46.7324° N, 117.0002° W
&... Read More...
Teach Me How to Fight
by Richard Prins
Sometimes I don’t know whether I am constructing bridges for Sepo, or digging the gulches she will have to cross. That’s why I take her to dem... Read More...
Eleven Paths to Animal Music
by David Rothenberg
We cannot ask other species to explain themselves, since it is not language we share with the birds. It is music.
Every time I come ... Read More...
Three Poems
by Sandra Meek
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Still Life with Cupped Ear
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Four Poems
by Cody Todd
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The Symp... Read More...
Songs of the Humpback Whale
by Mary Quade
When I was a kid in Wisconsin in the 1970s, we didn’t have global warming. We had litter, and we had pollution. Well, and nuclear annihilation... Read More...
Letter to America
by Susan Petrie
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to 5W
Sunday Septembers... Read More...
One Poem
by John Davis
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Harmony
Beyond the cluttered ... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Traveling Through Time
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
Driving West-Northwest on the Interstate
There’s a road sign along I-70 near the Utah/Colorado border that says, “Travel... Read More...
Old Roads, New Stories:
Down Here on the Cold, Cold Ground
by Rob Carney
A Literary Series
With the New Year not so long ago, and in the spirit of resolutions, I plan to spend a minute each mor... Read More...
Detroitism
by John G. Rodwan, Jr.
Photos by J. Gordon Rodwan
Both Detroiters and Detroitists populate Detroit. Perhaps every city has residents as well as people who not only live there but are also its ... Read More...
