Happiness in the Face of Bipolar Disorder Sean L Corbin __________ And you worry that this warmth you feel on your shouldersthis undeniable fullness in the crook of your arm this dusted-off upward bend at the corner of your mouth you worry that thisis merely an imaginary friend pushing your…
Read MoreLaton Carter __________ This Pleasing Sting Lady Mary Wroth was having a devil of a time with Auto-Correct. In this strang labourinth how shall I turne? she cried out. But her words were deleted and revised: In this strangled labor, without shallots I return. Shallots. Had someone ordered soup? And…
Read MoreDarker Truths: An Interview with Denise Duhamel Andrew Wittstadt __________ Last winter I was able to interview Denise Duhamel, who has three poems in our new print issue, to talk about all things poetry. It was a real treat to be able to ask these questions and hear the responses…
Read MoreHappy Anniversary, Darling Mary Hanrahan __________ In the beginning there was flight, A clear blue owning the horizon. And within, _____a V of geese, an arrow determined to head in the same direction. * 10,950 mornings later, in our rounded bodies, in the same sorry chairs, we settle. * You…
Read MoreDavid Kirby __________ The Demimonde I’m not so much walking as tilting a little to the left and fallingforward and then tilting to the right by way of compensation …
Read MoreMake Up Forever Anu Kandikuppa __________ I haven’t broken completely with my sister, but we don’t get along well with each other. Actually we can barely speak one civil word to each other. She has a way of looking me up and down when we meet that makes me want…
Read MoreHan’s Solo Mark Blickley __________ Acadia Forest by Keith Goldstein I’ve had this recurring Bridge Dream for nearly fifteen years. It first appeared one night after being exhausted by cram studying for my Bar Mitzvah. In this initial fantasy I was a swaddled infant left on the very beginning of…
Read MoreMary Ardery __________ For A Moment The day you detoxed on the trail was alsothe day we found a monarch. It struggledat our feet as we sat eating lunch, tunayou couldn’t keep down. With your bile-chapped lips, you named the creatureAthena, and gently, you took her bodytwitching in your hand.…
Read MoreNo Sweeter Fat Jess E. Jelsma __________ I first discover I am pregnant in the grimy employee bathroom at Archibald’s Steakhouse. The room is so small that, sitting on the seat with my knees spread, I can reach out and lay my palms against all four cinder block walls. The…
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