Issue 12.1
Contents
To read the magazine in the mixed genre, sequential print order, start here.Shorts
it's not a planeDaniel Lehan. Following a bubble.
Ambivalence
Beate Sigriddaughter. Taking life personally.
Fireflies
Beate Sigriddaughter. Being seen.
A Love Story
Katie Baughman. Being watched.
No Tolerance for Tardiness
Robin Kathaas. Behavior and a literary allusion.
The Phone Call
Rebecca Buller. Grandma and the bathtub.
Soup
Huina Zheng. Old and new ways.
Everything Not Forbidden Is Compulsory
Patricia Canright Smith. And family ocean memoir with image.
Pink Ponies
Eli Daniel Ehrenpreis. A knowing exchange.
What They Don't Know
Jessica Klimesh. Penguins.
Hiberta St.
Kylie Westerlind. Snow and neighbors.
Art
OwlKay Bradner. Painting.
Elk
Kay Bradner. Painting.
Pigeons
Kay Bradner. Painting.
Rats
Kay Bradner. Painting.
Alignment
Avery Timmons. Color photo.
Hidden Gems
Across Chicago, the Oaks Are Having a Mast YearFritz Eifrig. Acorns and hope.
A Backpacker's Noise Solution
Michael G. Smith. July 4 at Yellowstone National Park.
Easter Fries
Jianqing Zheng. Celebration.
Applesauce
Marc Isaac Potter. Sublime.
Rat Off My Back
Kae Chatman. Understanding.
Why I Never Had Children
Kae Chatman. Patience.
Yellow Watch
Marc Isaac Potter. Childhood.
Boy's First Photograph
Bryce Johle. A little magic.
were held
Daniel Lehan. Aspirations.
a girl with four fingers
Mykyta Ryzhykh. A hard question.
Included
Nancy Jo Allen. Family, at last.
Aunt Ada
Marc Isaac Potter. Recounting a life.
Emily Sister
Johanna Haas. A brief wonder about Emily Dickinson.
more texan
Daniel Lehan. What is a name?
A Gong
Tim Wood. Listen.
Erasure/Found/Collage Poems
Swept AwayLeslie Haynes Little. Cutout text collage poem.
Meeting Nick Drake on the Pink Moon
Caroline Reid. Cutout text on collage image.
Ancient Dream of Good Fortune
Caroline Reid. Cutout text on collage image.
Word + Image
FascinationSara King. In the forest.
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