Indian Boarding School: The Runaways by Louise Erdrich Home’s the place we head for in our sleep. Boxcars stumbling north in dreams don’t...

To a Small, Sweet Calimyrna Fig by Paulann Petersen published in Weber Half dried, half not. Skin puckered. Your stem-end curves...

Protocol for Wings by Rachel Landrum Crumble published in Typishly on February 20, 2019 Don’t let their newfound weight sink your...

"The Burly Fading One" by Robert Hayden The burly fading one beside the engine, holding a lantern in his hand, is Uncle Jed--bullyboy of...

Newly Discovered Portrait of My Mother with Ocotillo and Grapefruit by Donna Prinzmetal published in The Midnight Oil, Volume 1 In the...

Learning the City by Murders by Nancy Breen I once knew the lay of the city by murders. My childhood was full of them, heavy aghast...

Chihuahua by Mary Winters She of the overlong kisses and fat arms is gone—though I loved her. I’ll miss her orange blossom scent. The...

Getting Engaged in the Gun Room of the Lafayette Hotel by Kate Fox Behind him, long rifles line the wall, and the smaller weapons—the...

In a City You will Never Visit by Young Smith Tonight, in a city you will never visit, no one finds your absence strange. In that...