August, 2026
T A B L E of C O N T E N T S
POEMS
R.L. Farr,
Aubade with Mockingbird
Kimberly Ann Priest,
Summer Day
Dana Holley Maloney,
Stall 
Taylor Hagood,
Abbey Burials
John Schellhase,
Synesthesia
L.N. Valenzuela,
Wingspan
George Franklin,
The Apothecary
Linda Hillman Chayes,
Legacy
Liz Ahl,
Occupation
Peter Filkins,
In Good Time
Pablo Otavalo,
Before We Were The Land’s
Leonard Tuchilatu,
Translated by Romana Iorga
[It’s not here, the golden arrow of the sun]
Clayton Spencer,
Love Struck Me Down
Cindy Milwe,
After The Party
Melody Wilson,
Backseat Driver
Valy Steverlynck,
Self portrait four decades from now
Harriet Brown,
You Can’t Fool the Body
David Mohan,
Sea Glass
J.D. McGee,
Trespassing to Look at Wildflowers
Linda Laino,
Leaving The Sea
Patricia Nelson
Armadillo
REVIEWS
Marianne Cotugno,
Review of Midsummer Count:
New and Selected Poems by Robin Becker
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
Caron Andregg,
Beauty within Despair: The Poetry of Chūya Nakahara