Read more August 2017 Jul 31, 2017 by pstokstad The theme of this issue is “reflection” which, in... Read more
Read more Plato by the Fire – by Glenn Watt Jul 30, 2017 by pstokstad Motion is everything, isn’t it? This morning, high up on... Read more
Read more Two Sunsets – by Diane Frank Jul 29, 2017 by pstokstad This is what you remember . . . A campfire by the river, flames... Read more
Read more 4:44 – By Rustin Larson Jul 28, 2017 by pstokstad My guitar and I share DNA. Behind its strings sometimes, some... Read more
Read more Mission Walk – by Scott Caputo Jul 27, 2017 by pstokstad From the golden hours of spring heating into summer, we seek... Read more
Read more Hymn – by KB Ballentine Jul 25, 2017 by pstokstad Take off your shoes — midnight’s thirst slaked by cup, by storm... Read more
Read more Dog Day Siesta – by Paul Fisher Jul 24, 2017 by pstokstad Tepid dawn could not foretell this air as thick as water, this... Read more
Read more Bags – By Ken Pobo Jul 23, 2017 by pstokstad Our moms took us to Pay Less opening week, Mrs. O’Regan pulling... Read more
Read more The Visit – by Paula Camacho Jul 21, 2017 by pstokstad And now you leave again. Your visits like seasons that come and... Read more
Read more Panama Dream – by Scott Caputo Jul 20, 2017 by pstokstad Anoche cuando dormía soñé ¡bendita ilusión! Antonio Machado The... Read more
Read more Yet to Come – by Will Walker Jul 19, 2017 by pstokstad I lay down in the desert and sprouted an oasis. It was a... Read more
Read more Two Giving Uncles Laughing to the Beat – A short story – by Rustin Larson Jul 17, 2017 by pstokstad During a concert in San Francisco in 1951, a baby is born and... Read more
Read more Hike of a thousand steps – by Scott Caputo Jul 16, 2017 by pstokstad Water plunges down the orange crags toward tops of pines... Read more
Read more Reflection – an essay – by Paul Stokstad Jul 15, 2017 by pstokstad The odd thing about seeing your reflection, of course, is that... Read more
Read more Make Your Leaving Slow – by KB Ballentine Jul 13, 2017 by pstokstad Make Your Leaving Slow I memorized the bee–loud glade, I... Read more
Read more Marbles – by Edmund Miller Jul 12, 2017 by pstokstad For Brig from high school I no longer remember the Gregorian... Read more
Read more Absolution – By Paul Fisher Jul 11, 2017 by pstokstad Forgive me if I bristle as shadows climb the walls, and voices... Read more
Read more Spiritual Ends – by Scott Caputo Jul 9, 2017 by pstokstad Down the dim halls of the seminary, I followed my friend.... Read more
Read more Hasta Siempre/Until Forever – by Lisha Adela García Jul 8, 2017 by pstokstad I let go of my son the way an ocean gives up a whole sand... Read more
Read more No nonsense – By Ken Pobo Jul 7, 2017 by pstokstad Wandawoowoo’s mom often told her: I’ll have no nonsense from... Read more
Read more The July Issue Jul 5, 2017 by pstokstad This month’s theme is: Object Lesson The best object-inspired... Read more
Read more What the Hibiscus Shouts – by Laurie Kuntz Jul 5, 2017 by pstokstad Every bloom is a shout, red against grey cloud cover bellows an... Read more
Read more Morocco in a Moment – by Laurie Kuntz Jul 5, 2017 by pstokstad Wet cobblestones and tight alleyways lead to a calico cat... Read more
Read more Snow – by Paula Camacho Jul 5, 2017 by pstokstad I call her Snow. He brings her over to me in bed. She is the... Read more
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