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  • First Light4 June 2025
    Poetry by Sam Barbee Snow surrounds the wide pond. Squirrels bound edges. Silence begotten by still water. Catalyst for green… Read more: First Light
  • Lessons from Fire and Water1 June 2025
    Poetry by Diane Melby Fish jump in the canal behind the trailer park where I restmy feet on a plastic… Read more: Lessons from Fire and Water
  • Kingfisher1 June 2025
    Poetry by John Grey A dazzle of blueskirts the green-water pond,merges with a fishin its squat beak. He is a… Read more: Kingfisher
  • Chocolate Skies1 June 2025
    Poetry by Peter A. Witt In the twilight, the sky drips chocolate,a velvety hue, soft as a lover’s caress,filling the… Read more: Chocolate Skies
  • Found a poem1 June 2025
    Poetry by Burt Rashbaum I walk alone in pre-dawn lantern lightsometimes two goldeneyes stare backother times a hundredtiny golden orbs… Read more: Found a poem
  • No Small Thing1 June 2025
    Poetry by Lana Hechtman Ayers from the size and shapeI can surmise that it’s a lady bug ploddingacross my window… Read more: No Small Thing
  • Neah Bay1 June 2025
    Poetry by Ursula McCabe Gull noise was always abundantfor the Makah Peopleeven when they labored overred cedar basketsin their plank… Read more: Neah Bay
  • The Hydrangea1 June 2025
    Poetry by Celine Bach The hydrangea hangs heavy,a secret soft as shadow,its petals pulse in quiet hues—blue to violet, like… Read more: The Hydrangea
  • Sword Play1 June 2025
    Fiction by William P Adams When Jimmy started first grade, his mother paid a sixth-grade boy a nickel a day… Read more: Sword Play
  • Julia1 June 2025
    Nonfiction by Pama Lee Bennett I’m standing beside a gurney in the emergency room, a gurney on which my great-aunt,… Read more: Julia

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