Category: Winter 2015 Issue

What Happened to Mrs. McNair?
by Kevin Sweeney I blame myself. My overwrought wise–guy persona can’t resist a good joke, so when a new family buys the big house on

Pedagogical Metaphysical Poetical Blues on Wednesday
by Kevin Sweeney Pedagogical Metaphysical Poetical Blues on Wednesday After the Latest Snowstorm The girl who says she has written two books is

I Need a New Belt
by Kevin Sweeney I need a new belt. The old one is fraying at the edges though it doesn’t matter since I’m too fat and usually don’t tuck in my

Tanka
by Mimi White when I saw the boat tipped on its side a ghost entered our story it did not matter that the tide would right it Tanka

Wish Lantern Over Muscongus Sound
by Rachel F. Seidman We know nothing about currents of wind or water. We have only hope and intuition. And a slightly risky faith that our

You are dead, Lewis Carroll
by Adam Scheffler You are dead, Lewis Carroll, the young man said And yet your hands are so strong You are juggling two chairs, a saw, and your

Un-Relatable Poem
by Adam Scheffler A man cobbles together his life together as best he can, skimming these shark–abandoned waves but must so many pastimes

I Have Lots of Hearts
by Adam Scheffler I have lots of hearts, it’s grisly. I leave them bloody, soaking the pillow. I keep them in a drawer where they turn gray. It’s

How is it?
by Tom Saya How is it all those worlds out there don’t collide, obliterating each other? or given the great distances, how is it without

Fayetteville Drum Room, 1995
by Kevin Rabas That night, I snuck into the practice room, the drums crumpled up. I had sticks. I played the low tom first, called on my heart