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  • What the Dog Knows
    Nonfiction by Pippa Storey It’s a sunny midsummer’s day in New Rochelle, on the edge of Long Island Sound. A… Read more: What the Dog Knows
  • More than pretty wings
    Poetry by Mackenzie Kelley Often,when the wheel beneath me spinsfaster than I can run,I think of the butterflies, the monarchs.… Read more: More than pretty wings
  • In the Same Foggy Outline
    Poetry by Eugene O’Connor Dawn broke not earlybut as usual, though the sunwill not shine today. Some things merelyare unwilling… Read more: In the Same Foggy Outline
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    Ladder-Day Saint
    Poetry by Brian C. Billings He climbs the rungs with confidence—the left hand clutching a paint-can handle,the right one reaching… Read more: Ladder-Day Saint
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    What remains after the walls are stripped bare before the whole house is painted after thirty years
    Poetry by Susan Hodara The nails that held the artworkThe holes left by nails that once held different artworkThe chipped… Read more: What remains after the walls are stripped bare before the whole house is painted after thirty years
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    Madari/Maternidad
    Poetry by Alexandra Newton Rios and Artwork by Narges Anvar The language of a young birdis flightthe preparationthe take offthe… Read more: Madari/Maternidad
  • Burying the Watchman
    Poetry by Allan Scherlen My foot sinksand snow crunches softlybefore Charlie’s tombstone. Beneath snow far below,the deceased night-watchmanlies buried. My… Read more: Burying the Watchman
  • Next Time
    Poetry by Brian Christopher Giddens If I were to be granted reincarnation,and the powers that be asked my opinion,I’d choose… Read more: Next Time
  • I Want to Be Kinder to Myself
    Poetry by Arvilla Fee less like frozen snow that crunches underfootmore like tender purple blooms of crocus,their heady scent perfuming… Read more: I Want to Be Kinder to Myself
  • Wonder Makes Me More Alive
    Poetry by Carolyn Chilton Casas How is it possible two juvenilecottontails know how to play leapfrog?Through the window, spellboundI watch… Read more: Wonder Makes Me More Alive

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