STORY OF THE WEEK

STORY OF THE WEEK

Seek Higher Ground By Marcy Kelly

Seek Higher Ground

By Marcy Kelly
The road is covered with lake water that, in places, reaches Gloria’s calves. She sloshes along, watching for her children ahead. The rain comes down hard, then slow, the wind swirls.

POEM OF THE WEEK

POEM OF THE WEEK

To Hold a Kingdom By Brian Gyamfi

To Hold a Kingdom

By Brian Gyamfi
Let father be a man walking to the river. A man ready to bargain with water, ready to float. But God, if father must fall in his mind, let it be soft.

17th ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST

17th ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST

Poetry is “the eldest sister of all arts, and parent of most,” wrote William Congreve. We agree and are seeking poets and poems to celebrate with prizes and publication.

Please see the Guidelines.

PUSHCART PRIZE WINNER

PUSHCART PRIZE WINNER

That

By Chris Dombrowski
That we have tea to drink. That late-winter sunlight streams through the living room windows. That the dog has a bed to sleep on or a couch if he prefers.

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

Life with Mme. Colette, Famous Writer, Anti-Semite, Beloved Friend

By Amy Bloom
Madame shakes off a couple of shawls like an old warhorse hearing the bells of battle.

FICTION

FICTION

So Far Gone

By Jess Walter
Books covered every available surface and much of the floor. Leah loved books more than she loved anything in the world, but this . . . this seemed like a sickness, like an infestation of words.

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

Cameo

By Katie Beswick
And Mum, driving, notices nothing; she’s parsing familiar streets sketched weird in moonlight. Carrie’s white eyelashes blink.

POETRY

POETRY

Skylight

By Jaswinder Bolina
Now I’m no longer the buzzards glooming over the mango tree. Now I’m the fuzzy orange sunbeam glazing the buzzards’ shoulders.

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

Failure to Appear

By Rosalie Moffett
To be the grass someone’s memory spins its wheels in, the globe brimming with gumballs, or the palm—but I’m not, maybe never.

POETRY

POETRY

Derelict

By Nina Peláez
The sun starts its strain, rupturing through clouds, melting dusts of snow. My shadow appears and disappears in front of me

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

Reasons to Go On

By Craig van Rooyen
Because grass sprouts from the stump’s rings like tiny soldiers, lost in a labyrinth. Because this mess I’ve made I haven’t made alone.

POETRY

POETRY

Willamette Shipyard Blues

By Alex Tretbar
Lost when they let me out
Just my welding gun
So I went down to the
    shipyard
Where it all began

CARTOONS

GRAPHIC STORIES

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2025-05

By Various Artists
Great new toons by Dan Misdea, Theora Kvitka, Peter Vey, Kyle Bravo, and Chris Weyant.

GRAPHIC STORIES

GRAPHIC STORIES

Let’s Learn English!

By Tracey K. Berglund
A visual exploration of some amusing homophones and homonyms in the English language.