A Literary Journal for New & Established Voices

Sandcastles

Building sandcastles that might last a morning or a day, even if we wished they could last longer, even if we wished they could last forever.

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Snow Falls Ephemeral

Snow Falls Ephemeral

Our poetry week closes with a prelude to winter.
Once, Before a Blue Moon

Once, Before a Blue Moon

Our fourth day of poetry continues with a poem you don't want to miss.
Our Community Garden

Our Community Garden

For once, Joe has found goodness in a hole as he beds the rhubarb tenderly beneath soil.
Poetry by David Anson Lee

Poetry by David Anson Lee

Grief was not loud. It was the long corridor between rooms I stopped entering.
Because There Are Two Kinds of Dandelions

Because There Are Two Kinds of Dandelions

Maybe they disagreed— each bloomed her own way.
Birding

Birding

But what if fame arises just from large size and reluctance to fly...
Domestic Nocturne

Domestic Nocturne

The leaves applaud the gentle breeze And wait the coming day
whatever constellation

whatever constellation

that night we laid close and said to the sky you could unravel so many futures before us
The Magician

The Magician

Tricks and tools Are not the secrets To success.
Stoop

Stoop

Whatever he learned the day of his death, it sure wasn't honor.
Poetry by Alessandra Raed

Poetry by Alessandra Raed

she learned the grammar of thresholds how maybe can bruise into yes
Finding Tempo

Finding Tempo

Witnessing this world makes me think of my future child —