They were in band together, she a reedless woodwind and he a percussionist, her family teased […]
Sarah Russell
In and out of morphine dreams, he flies through the unfinished roof of Illinois sky. Below, matchbox-sized […]
My Uncle’s Last Day in Hospice by Jodi Barnes
In the unit called Memory Care he grows wild and young as a colt restless to […]
Who Does Not Love a Wall by Kelly Dumar
“If you bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth will save you. If you […]
A THOUSAND YEARS OF UNSPOKEN LIFE by John Richards
TQ2 Prose Open Winner The water park was his idea and, if Lisa knew one thing […]
Laps by JoAnna Novak
First the heat. Then the clouds. Then the rain falling like teeth from the sky’s mouth. […]
Elegy for Dennis, More Soldier Orchid than Blood Brother by ...
TQ2 Prose Open Runner-Up 1. And the waitress said, girls, grits is like grace. You don’t order […]
The Longevity of Bone by Laurel Blossom
I live in an intertidal zone. During low tide, herons peck in channels running through the […]
Intertidal Zone by Maria Finn
The train rattled through the dusk, the interior filled with black smoke that clung to Arthur’s lungs. […]
The Orphan Train by Leah Angstman
Sometimes you are the more elegant of the two cigarettes in the cut glass ashtray. Sometimes […]
Love Poem by Rebecca Hazelton
Prologue My grandfather was a butcher. In death, my mother took on the color and […]
Six Studies of Francis Bacon by Jeremy Bass
It’s tempting to pine for the past, dream-life and everything pinned with flowers, like a homecoming lapel […]