STORY OF THE WEEK

STORY OF THE WEEK

You Don’t Know What’s Good By Donette Plaisance

You Don’t Know What’s Good

By Donette Plaisance
His heart ached remembering her as a teenager. How much she had adored him. Nostalgia carried heat, like a picnic bench sitting in the sun.

POEM OF THE WEEK

POEM OF THE WEEK

The Trade By Cristen Aery

The Trade

By Cristen Aery
Before you were promised into being, I was a child at the spinning wheel searching for something to believe in. I learned to lose myself in the whir and whisper of the machine.

17th ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST

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.

POETRY

POETRY

Egress By Saddiq Dzukogi

Egress

By Saddiq Dzukogi
It’s been eons since they were taken. I want to observe good faith. I find, sometimes, tiresome my own quest for joy. We are a country that forgets too easy.

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

Rain By Dan Gerber

Rain

By Dan Gerber
One way or another, it always comes around, as surely as space curves and the earth keeps on circling and being circled.

POETRY

POETRY

Nefertiti By Elizabeth Metzger

Nefertiti

By Elizabeth Metzger
Your name is a sentence, the beautiful one has come. If my name were a sentence it would be I make my own misery.

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

Failure to Appear By Rosalie Moffett

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

Reasons to Go On By Craig van Rooyen

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.

FICTION

NONFICTION

FICTION

FICTION

The Pink Door By Guadalupe Nettel

The Pink Door

By Guadalupe Nettel
A little door appeared in my mind’s eye, allowing a glimpse of a female student, with soft brown skin, who was sitting in her underwear touching up the nail varnish on her toes.

NONFICTION

NONFICTION

John Irving at Iowa By Ron Hansen

John Irving at Iowa

By Ron Hansen
Suddenly John was there, in slim blue jeans and a rough white shirt that could have belonged to a Spanish troubadour or a sixteenth-century pirate.

CARTOONS

GRAPHIC STORIES

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2025-04 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2025-04

By Various Artists
New laughs over fiscal chaos, heavenly discernment, and delayed late-night deliveries.

GRAPHIC STORIES

GRAPHIC STORIES

Let’s Learn English! By Tracey K. Berglund

Let’s Learn English!

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