Looking for God in My Enemy’s Breath, an Essay by Jessica Natasha Lawrence
—it’s the pain of those unmet needs that exposes your claws and bares your teeth. Every fallen feather is a prayer—God, save this world.
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Nov 151 min read
Becoming Me, a Poem by Nana Amma Adomaa Abrefa
I have danced to the crashing wave’s defiant beat
With each step, I roar against the storm's wild retreat
This is what it means to be me
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Nov 12 min read
Concealment and Confession, a Poem by Mark James Trisko
we are children of a God who has given us
everything we know and want, but don’t understand
and so, I am a muddled and confused human
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Oct 255 min read
Baggage, a Short Story by Elizabeth Rose
Without waiting for an answer, he retrieved my turquoise suitcase and handed it over to me.
“Thank you,” I said.
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Oct 182 min read
A Letter to the Past, a Poem by Nana Amma Adomaa Abrefa
Mama,
do not weep for the flower
that withered in the cold,
for I have bloomed anew
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Oct 111 min read
Faith Alone, a Poem by Robert Funderburk
Words are not an action
Nor downcast looks the heart of grief
Whether in soul or transgressed body
A warm embrace and prayer sincere
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Oct 46 min read
A Happy Seat, a Short Story by Kenneth M. Kapp
You got your Happy Seat; I’m going to have my Grouch Chair. Figured if I get down I may as well sit down...I tried it already. It works.
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Sep 274 min read
Slaughtering Lies, a Short Story by Awara Fernández
There has been harm in my story, and as in all good stories, an enemy lurking. Sometimes we say, “I would not wish this on my worst enemy,”
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Sep 201 min read
Political Harvest, a Poem by Robert Funderburk
A crow’s distant cawing
Gives voice to solitude
Worn like a thorny cloak
And mocks that final promise
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Sep 132 min read
We Don’t Know Their Story, a Poem by Mark James Trisko
We all struggle through life just trying to get by.
We are all human, we are all sinful, and we are all innocent.
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Sep 61 min read
This is a Country, a Poem by Annah Atane
Midnight, screeching vehicles — School girls, screaming — to a truck
abduction here, cyber fraud there—no jail time.
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Aug 301 min read
Inner Direction, a Poem by Stephanie Ross
sitting in this soft world to listen
my senses draw inward bringing
a blanket of quiet under a night sky...
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Aug 234 min read
Mother's Day, a Short Story by Kenneth M. Kapp
Old age does have its perks. I don’t have to take off my shoes going through security when I fly.
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Aug 163 min read
The Art of Dying, a Poem by Mark James Trisko
Let me be remembered,
not because of what I did or didn’t do,
not for what I said or didn’t say,
not for how much money I earned,
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Aug 92 min read
A Hill of Beans, a Poem by Robert Nersesian
“Private!” I yelled.
Midland: “What did you call me?”
“Private Foster. I’m your sergeant. You’re not near Midland. You’re in Iraq.”
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Aug 22 min read
Deep in Dolpo, a Poem by Bhuwan Thapaliya
“As a child, I never imagined that one day I would see the Mountain devoid of snow and I don’t know when will I see the musk deer and the...
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Jul 262 min read
Masquerading as Crows, a Short Story by Awara Fernandez
Until then, I long for my father to find rest, to fly away on the wings of a dove,* which is perhaps masquerading as a crow...
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Jul 191 min read
Last Words, a Poem by John C. Mannone
They
killed a man whose words still echo
forgiveness in the spaces under
the Walnut Street Bridge, even
the unspoken ones they know
not...
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Jul 121 min read
Prayer 6, a Poem by Robert Nersesian
I wanted to leave this earth,
join you and your son.
You wanted nothing of it.
Sent angels to rip up my passport,
keep me in the country.
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Jul 51 min read
ADHD & Me, a Poem by Haylee Silvia
An adjective people throw around
when feeling energetic or unfocused.
A joke for most is a reality for me.
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