Ruth Foley Steps Down as Managing Editor
It is with great sadness that I must announce Ruth Foley will be stepping
Timely Ghazal
by Alison Stone
Things you can’t control—love, weather, grace, time.
My favorite cliché is race against time.
Like an undertow, her phone sucks my teen
daughter into YouTube, Snapchat, FaceTime.
Our elm’s branches brought the power lines down.
In darkness, distortion of sound, space, time.
Time may change me—Bowie’s cranked-up voice
drifts from a passing car—but you can’t trace time.
She let her hair go silver, … Continue Reading ››
Lignin
by Alice Pettway
In Madagascar, the vanilla smells of old books
traded across the street from the bar that drank
my college rent. Volatile compounds hide
in so many things that mean home—a spoon
of extract sinking into eggs and sugar, almonds,
an old letter steamed open that says I am waiting for you;
come back. And another that says, I am gone.
Published … Continue Reading ››
Mr. Mayor Offers to Splurge on Whatever You Desire: Sale Items Only
by Andrew Wittstadt
Two heartbreaks ago you said,
“no trash heaps, no more”
but the shopping mall’s much better
in the afternoons when everyone else
is working, shoveling organs
from the left pile to the right.
“All’s fair sale,” said Mr. Mayor.
The dogs followed behind
close enough to trip on his trousers.
“Sale today,” he said. “Buying today,” said the dogs.
“I’m here to buy a new … Continue Reading ››