May 28, 2023

Red

by Nicholas Johnson The red of repeated questions and their red answers. The stacked red of chips on green cloth. Fat chance. The red shift of stars, love retreating, color

Stepping into the Sea

by Maria Lisella  You let me, your stepmother, Take your hand to walk  into the surf, let slippery seaweed wrap  around your ankles  like emerald ribbons.  We step on the edge  of lacey waves that feel like

Magritte’s Aerial Imagination

by Kimmo Rosenthal Everything comes alive when contradictions accumulate.   —Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space …no such combination of scenery exists as the painter of genius may produce.  —Edgar Allan

Cora’s Kayak

by Cari Oleskewicz Cora’s kayak is balanced on top of Andy’s compact car. From my seat on the passenger side, I watch its pointy yellow tip, imagining it flying off

You Turn Me On!

by Alan Swyer Some of our greatest music was created in strange ways. A Ray Charles classic came to life when the manager of a theater feared that the audience

Semicolon

by Karen DeGroot Carter If I was a punctuation mark, I’d be a semicolon; I can never leave well enough alone. Like if a stranger sits next to me and