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Hansel & Gretal - Emma Wells
Pear drops of happiness hang: are sugared lanterns of night dripping nectar sweetness - a honeybee’s glowing warmth awaits each...
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Chameleon - Lily Walker
1 We drove from Harlem to Vermont in silence. My sister Jodie sat next to me in the backseat, reading when the sun was out and sleeping...
Jun 16, 202211 min read
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The House on Southampton Drive - Oanh Nguyen
Just like our house in Saigon there is a table and a mirror by the front door. For a mirror facing the door would reflect all the good...
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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The Morning After - Olivia Klein
I wake with frosted breath under an unfamiliar armpit. A foot I think is mine pretzels with Mystery Mans replaying last night’s memories...
Jun 12, 20221 min read
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hands dosed in melatonin - Ellie Wardman
the transcendence commences as the hands of my heart pull me closer within, a mother clutching her newborn baby. her fingers fighting...
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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I am an Avid Gardener - Alexandra Francese
I’m an avid gardener, and now, I have a new section to fill. A new section to fertilize, plant, water, feed, and love. This love comes...
Jun 8, 20224 min read
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Debridement - Christin Karr
It was the middle of a cold winter. My big bay horse, Atlas, blew out a breath when he saw me, fogging the air around his nose. My gloved...
Jun 6, 20222 min read
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Grill Smoke - Mary Rose Beeken
We were sitting on the front porch, Wednesday or Thursday or someday when the heat made the sidewalk flicker little oases of light or...
Jun 4, 20221 min read
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Small But Heavy - Simone Liggins
Icon that clashes with current image for the masses, a mass of love and flesh and wisdom and power clasped between fingers of true...
Jun 2, 20222 min read
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Narrow Path No Longer - Christopher Girardi
The path stretches on and on, never seeming to end. All in sight are trees and remnants of ruin in a present I no longer recognize. Piles...
May 31, 20222 min read
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Cardinal - Kristin Howe
wander to the high chasm to where you hear it floating to where the great river border moves where winter is washing the old forest’s...
May 29, 20221 min read
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DRIVER’S ED - Madeleine Belden
It happened on the same day that I got my driver’s license. It was after dinner (Claire, my mom, made her usual vile eggplant and kale...
May 27, 202215 min read
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