TENDER WORDS by Dayna Lellis
TENDER WORDSby Dayna Lellis Shroud of StubbornnessThe quicksand is devouring her.She’s struggling, sobbing for help.I rush to pull her to safety.She refuses to take my rope.I scramble to find other options.I offer her rope after...
THE PARTY by Laura Solomon
THE PARTYby Laura Solomon The PartyYou have to be dead to be invited to this party.As is to be expected, all the stars are here.Janis, Marilyn, Jesus.There are ordinary people too though.Kevin Watson who died...
POND FROG by Dr. Nathanael O’Reilly
POND FROGby Nathanael O'Reilly
Pond Frog
a young frog makes her homein the backyard pond
beneath the stone water featureunaware that every summer
for the past five years anotherfrog has lived in the same pond
until consecutive hundred-degreedays heat...