Issue 6.4

Contents

Shorts

Togetherness
Mazduda Hassan. A look at time and expectations.

Trashman
Mazduda Hassan. Respect.

Hair & Other Drugs
Ciara Alfaro. Conflict and acceptance in a store.

High School
Miguel Gardel. Longing.

Collective Gasp
Reg Darling. A revealed truth.

Grandpa is singing again
Jessie Kramer. Adapting.

Piano-Moving
Ray Scanlon. An essay on life's changes.

Illumination
Mindy James. Becoming.

My Niece Asks Me: A Medical Exam
Jill M. Talbot. Questions from another generation.

Light My Fire
Marne Wilson. The music is not what it seems.

Butterfly in My Pocket
Midi. Life, warmth, and changes.

Art

France sketchbook—Viviers rooftop view
Joanne Beaule Ruggles. Watercolor on paper.

Schoolyard
Jessica Dunne. Painting.

Egg Carton with Brown Eggs
David Johnson. Watercolor painting.

44th and Quintara
Jessica Dunne. Painting.

Enoki
David Johnson. Watercolor.

Retired—American White Pelicans
Dianne Ayres. Photograph.

Escape from the Zoo
Jessica Dunne. Painting.

Erasures

Absence
Paula Boon. Cut-out poem.

Mask
Paula Boon. Cut-out poem.

The Excellent
J.I. Kleinberg. Torn poem.

Hidden Gems

Baiku
David M. Harris. Navigating a ride in multiple haiku.

A House Divided Against Itself Is a Duplex
Gale Acuff. A revealing moment in Sunday school.

Pantoum of Experienced Problems
Karen Greenbaum-Maya. A shaped found poem.

Customers Tonight
Rebecca Irene. A waitress listens in.

Once I Dreamt of Speaking French
Sophia Zhang. Wistfulness in a musical dream.

Stanley
Gale Acuff. Thinking back on a male friendship.

The Last Laugh
Brad Rose. Symbols and signs.

Saved by the Queen
Linda Laino. A view out the window.

Golf Number 3
Roger Gilroy. Golf and teaching.

Word + Image

Indigo Blues
Rachel Hoffman. An encounter with people and cloth in Mali.


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