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Month: May 2023
Brian Clements A poem about mothers might contain a list of battles, homes, and film worlds where mothers appear,…
Margo Griffin How to Signal a Ceasefire During War I slipped my feet into the warm, pink, fuzzy slippers…
Melanie Faranello Becoming Early Days I stick your tiny fist inside my mouth and cry. It’s the size of a…
Annie Marhefka You can’t belong to the sky Her lips pressed against each other in a glistening pout when…
Alexandria Faulkenbury In My Toddler’s Room In my toddler’s room, the internet stalls and sputters and gives up halfway…
Ashley Knowlton Sprouting Specks Freckles sprinkle the top of my son’s nose– distinct like the rings of a tree,…
Marin Smith Just One Last Question Before We Say Goodnight By the way, Mom, she says, where did life…
Jennifer Hernandez Chrysalis Stretched in his twin bed, my youngest son, eleven, lies wrapped in pale green. The rest…
Cassie Mannes Murray Round Peg, Square Hole If I was counting it would be thirteen. Feels like a small…