Category: Fall 2016

Two Poems by Anne Champion

SALLY RIDE WATCHES THE CHALLENGER EXPLODE I know what it is to be boxed in hot light, ushered into more darkness, pinpricked by the

Anne Champion September 16, 2016

The Healing

When the half-moon, past a half night bent its light on the red-brown building,the misery, it quickened, the despair, it doubled, grim thoughts like fiends

Nidhi Singh September 16, 2016

Traveling Alone

When Patrice Hughes turned forty, her gift to herself was a week in Paris, alone. It was the Eighties, when the married women she knew

Kate Blackwell September 16, 2016

House Guest

I saunter slowly through the aisles of annuals and poppies, past flowering cacti and tiny Christmas trees following Michaelene in the Lowe’s Garden Center on

Annalise Mabe September 16, 2016

For Coq au Vin

Chef’s Knife The knife shriek shriek shrieks against the rod. Fluorescent light, bouncing, highlights the grain, smearing brightness on the white subway tiles. We are

Judy T. Oldfield September 16, 2016

Mar y Sol

Marisol’s daughter, Jaquelin, turned 19 yesterday. She and her 15-year-old brother have been pacing the pea-green fluorescent-lit hallways of the intensive care unit for days.

Raluca Ioanid September 16, 2016

Searching for Her

I knew you were drunk last night. Not by the smell as much as the three times you called me beautiful. By the talk of

M.A. Jay September 16, 2016

Essays on Production

I. That winter, I took up writing in an attempt to forget the countryside. My first play, carefully parsed out into eight acts, took place

Kristina Marie Darling September 15, 2016

The Disappearing Woman

We scrub March sludge, soak up
marsh chorus in our shared porcelain

tub under cloud-clad sky. We dive in
to the rain-clad quarry with naked acrobats.
I notice my body does not match.

Ellie Rogers September 14, 2016

Category: Fall 2016

Two Poems by Anne Champion

The Healing

Traveling Alone

House Guest

For Coq au Vin

Mar y Sol

Searching for Her

Essays on Production

The Disappearing Woman

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