Issue #8 • April 2025
Note from the Editor: This issue ranges from parable to elegy to essay to love poem. Read pieces about mothers and distance, sad music and grief, and love poems on Greek islands.
In This Issue
To Do
Leave laundry stacked in piles, my loveKeep off the plane, ignore the milesLet broken bulbs stay dark abovePlease stay with us for just a…
The Rain Song
Someone I love is in a lot of pain. Because of this, I find myself driving aimlessly and for far too long. It’s not…
Lost Puzzle
Noto Hakarsa Yours, but the world is not mine.Mine, and it’s yours the most high.Informal modifier of private binding.You provided this lost puzzle.With hope.
Star Dog
This broken little thingHow could it be the answer?Despite the trouble it bringsThis desperate little thingCould be a star dancer? Something which transcends yet…
Gold-Jade
Once upon a time, a young woman desired the best for her children. Well, not just for them. For herself as well, as whatever…