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Love Songs for End Times

By | 2022-09-11T13:35:19-07:00 September 29th, 2022|Categories: Issue 137: 29 September 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

By Zoë Fay-Stindt   I sing to the green anole in a made-up lizard language— fiddling tongue, whirlwinds and whistle- clucks. He curves his neck, ear hole craned to my porch perch. He pinks his bubble-throat. For years, I saw devil horns peeking from each human head. Yes, the chemical, the highway framed with fields and [...]

Ghosts in the Eucalyptus Grove

By | 2020-07-06T13:38:30-07:00 July 9th, 2020|Categories: Issue 114: 09 July 2020|Tags: , , , |

By Julie Martin Ending with a line from Brooke Jarvis   Footsteps churn sassafras, mud, and fern leaves into confetti in a continual cycle– germinate, thrive, die, decay, give way to new life. The hollowed log of a King Billy pine garlanded with moss and mist serves as a lair for the transverse stripes that radiate [...]