June, 2025
T A B L E of C O N T E N T S
POEMS
Susan Grimm,
By God, James Russell Lowell
Erika Seshadri,
This Chorus of Iris Blooms Along My Garden Wall
Kelly Terwilliger,
Nest-Building
Marianne Brems,
Broken Yolk
Barbara Daniels,
The Hellebore
Robbi Nester,
Ode to the Smells of Summer
Melody Wilson,
I don’t use flowers in my poems 
Claudine R. Moreau,
A Daughter’s Exuviae
Alyse Bensel,
Dear Self
Shuly Cawood,
Ode to Two Standard Poodles
Wendy Taylor Carlisle,
Bluets
Rose Mary Boehm,
The Magic of Telephone Poles (1944)
Brett Warren,
Forgotten Remembered Song
Melanie Figg,
Piano Recital No. 1
Julia Wendell,
Negative Space
Kathryn Jordan,
Salmonberry
Nancy Takacs
Thimbleberries
P Sutton,
To the Pebbled Shore
Melanie McCabe,
Threshold
Lee Potts,
It’s Still There
REVIEWS
Merryn Rutledge’s,
Review of In a Field of Hallowed Be, by Timothy Geiger
COMING IN JULY
Mary Beth Hines,
Review of Persephone Heads for the Gate, by Merrill Oliver Douglas