July Contributors
L. Ward Abel, Eva Alter, Sara Atwater, Mark Belair, Stephen Bett, Sophia Carroll, Sreelekha Chatterjee, Simon Collinson, Dario Cvencek, Matthew DeLuca, Brandon Diehl, R. Gerry Fabian, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Howie Good, Jan Hassmann, David Hay, Jesse Hilson, Mattie-Bretton Hughes, John Jeffire, Strider Marcus Jones, Jessie Lifton, Hannah Maloney, Joshua Martin, Anna B. Maydew, Tempest Miller, Maceo Nightingale, Steve Passey, Sarah Rosenthal, Sasha, Lizzie Scheader, Jacob Schepers, Tom Stuckey, Carleen Tibbetts, Jordan Trethewey, Chloe Wheeler, and Ron Whitehead
Poetry
Synonyms for Love and WAr
A Disappearing Virtual Poetry (Micro)Chap by Hannah Flynn
the disappearance of the ginger tabby and the unraveling of mrs. macdonald
by Jordan Trethewey
“Sometime after her hard military man died, / the old widow next door began to lure / neighbourhood pets to her unused red barn.”
ressurection (upon an incident of dying birds, midwest usa, spring 2023)
by Keith Hoerner
“No lift / Force / No air - / Foil.”
six poems
by David L O’Nan
“I have tonight, the stars wounded in saltwater tongues / Can’t hear the whispering with the static of waves in constant battle.”
your brainstem at 4 a.m.
by Mark Belair
“uspecting
you’re an extra in your life / others play the leading roles / your credit at the end
will read / waiter #4”
four poems
by Chuck Kramer
“Entrepreneurs and businessmen / whose humanity was silenced / by ambition and empty wallets, / they took solace in devil whiskey…”
crow’s breakfast
by L. Ward Abel
“blood-red crows / gorge / on a shining / mid-air / breakfast.”
working two
by Thomas M. McDade
“Pregnant and tattooed / Apron full of bucks…”
now don't you feel base, or for coarser beauty
by Mark Parsons
“Beauty that makes you want to vomit like the smell of vomit makes you want to vomit…”
full circle
by Sanjeev Sethi
“serenity is my surround sound. / I have opted to go earless.”
dread hallelujah zombie love
by R.M. Engelhardt
“After the smoke / The clouds evaporate / The radiation descends / Upon the one & all / The rich & poor”
three poems
by Edward Lee
“I gave an opinion / to the gods of nothing, / their anger a bitter wind / that makes my eyes water…”
two poems
by Wayne Mason
“…and without / that flower of / hope / I am coils, cogs, and gears.”
two poems
by Bruce Greenhalgh
“Rain fell / It had no choice, / what with gravity and all that.”
in air and ear
by David P. Miller
“Alive most between rain and drop, the stays between one strike, the next, each with its ear-beat.”
boom-boom-boom
by Dario Cvencek
“the buzzing of the city – paused!
the chirping of the birds – paused!
the laughter of the children – paused!”
three poems
by M. Kelley Peach
“The chorus of Mr. Ford’s / Children sing a song of sorrow. / A dirge voiced in screeching rubber tones.”
three poems
by Brandon Shane
“I touch his cheek, / and he emerges after a decade / consuming the roots of his daydreams…”
five poems
by Cody Cook
“Some take the blood as ink, / To write what they cannot know- / A grief they hold no claim to.”
grimso tale to outlast fear
by Zev Levinson
“Children bestride pulsation evernigh Slickening eyebeams betray such wonderfolk Tender this expedition innocent and scarred Outlasting fear as Echidius Stumple did”
three poems
by Stephen C. Middleton
“So, tonight we dance / In the town under the mountain / & tomorrow / …all fall down.”
