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Fall 2012: Poetry


You must give up your dead

not just the kernel of a child
you left behind
passing through picketers
at the James Street clinic,
not only the year you
wore your sleeves long
to hide bruises that bloomed
like pansies.

You must leave behind
what haunts you
to make a promise,
touch a man, have a son.
There is something
else that calls love out from you;
it is what Grace is, or what
the Holy Ghost means, or
why the stars sometimes fall
but still trail glorious tails.

Find a marker for every lost hope
with bones, ashes, and stones;
even a feather set lightly on water
can lay the dead.
When the current takes hold of it,
open your hands,

and let each painful
thing go by.



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Poetry

Fourteen poets fill this section with mothers, daughters, sons; with dreams, promises, hauntings; with joy, pain and what lies in between.

 
Prose

I am a world creator ... . I am a voice finder. (S. H. Aeschliman, “On Voice”) Meet five prose writers who will guide you into unique worlds and invite you to hear their creative voices.

 
Artwork

Three photographers and two painters make the pages of this journal sparkle with color, light, variety.

 
Young Voices

We are proud to introduce five emerging writers whose work shows a depth of talent and creativity that will delight you.

 
Contributors

Here are the 27 authors and artists whose work make our first online issue so extraordinary.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

POETRY

        To the Friend Who Talked Me Down by Amy Schutzer

        Memorial Day on South Greeley Avenue by Penelope Scambly Schott

        Lost Rubies by Deborah Brink Wöhrmann

        Everything between your palms by Jaime R. Wood

        315C by Kristen Roedell

        In 4th Grade, Sally Teaches Me the Bases by Betsy Fogelman Tighe

        Swan Song by Jaime R. Wood

        We by Carrie Padian

        The Supplicant by Emily Pittman Newberry

        Jailhouse Call by Kelly Running

        spoon by Brandi Katherine Herrera

        my in mind ungrammared kiss by Melanie Green

        Beyond Reach by Leah Stensen

        You must give up your dead by Kristin Roedell

        Tree Ghosts by Tricia Knoll

        Personal Interview by Penelope Scambly Schott

        Fairy Tale I Haven't Read Yet by Donna Prinzmetal

PROSE

        One Small Thing Right by Nicole Rosevear

        How Mom Played Sad by Sally K. Lehman

        Running with Dragons by Trista Cornelius

        High Priest by Robin Schauffler

        On Voice by S.H. Aeschliman

ART

        Lush iii by Tina Tran

        The Commuter by Denise Hrouda

        Which Witch by Denise Hrouda

        The Center of Two by Jolyn Fry

        A Knot Unties by Jolyn Fry

YOUNG VOICES

        weight bags by Calli Storrs

        No Parking by Frances Bringloe

        Falling in Love by Chaquita McClendon

        Go On Then, Gunslinger by Allison Stein

        Fishing Float by Sage Freeburg

CONTRIBUTORS