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Nov 226 min read

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.

A Letter to the Past, a Poem by Nana Amma Adomaa Abrefa

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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

Slaughtering Lies, a Short Story by Awara Fernández

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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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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.

Above Rio de Janeiro, a Poem by John C. Mannone

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May 241 min read

Above Rio de Janeiro, a Poem by John C. Mannone

The forest never sleeps and also cries for redemption, the soul of the Amazon, the trees of life-giving air.

Ventriloquist, a Short Story by R. Craig Sautter

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May 38 min read

Ventriloquist, a Short Story by R. Craig Sautter

“If there is no God, what is left?” he interrogated himself. He stood motionless in a warm, dry wind, felt himself falling into an eternity

Another Military Coup, a Poem by Michael Shoemaker

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Apr 262 min read

Another Military Coup, a Poem by Michael Shoemaker

shallow breathing - high piercing sirens screech in the streets - crouching shoulders - whispers - fences keeping enemies of the state in -

The Vision Returns, a Poem by David Dephy

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Apr 121 min read

The Vision Returns, a Poem by David Dephy

The clouds above you form as the moon rises, you try to give them a sense of purpose, you know that the messenger with the bad news won’t...

Moria, a Short Story by Caroline Siebbeles

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Apr 55 min read

Moria, a Short Story by Caroline Siebbeles

My home in Syria, loud bangs I hear, my hands on my ears, mama say bombs fall from the sky, she grab me down the stairs like she is the wind

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Mar 151 min read

Refugees, a Poem by Craig Kirchner

And in the undisturbed brick and limestone, everything quietly waiting for the nocturnal, the gutters to run clear,

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Jan 261 min read

Hallowed Ground, a Poem by Pat Anthony

Today a smoky haze hangs over the trees drapes the fields Wildfires from Canada dropping down on the wind and I think again of Maui...

ReciproCity, Non-fiction by Angela Townsend

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Jan 124 min read

ReciproCity, Non-fiction by Angela Townsend

I tell myself that compassion is my calling, and God will gather my fallen stories. He has given me a mother and friends who care about...

Whys and Wherefores, a Short Story by William Cass

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Jan 58 min read

Whys and Wherefores, a Short Story by William Cass

Luis had been a patient of mine for less than a year. He’d been referred to me by his primary care physician on the south side of San...

Your Own Heart, a Poem by Peter Kaczmarczyk

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Oct 13, 20231 min read

Your Own Heart, a Poem by Peter Kaczmarczyk

I grew up thinking My suburban life Filled with liberal minds And high-minded rhetoric Had taught me all I needed to know But you cannot...

After Coming Out of the Cocoon, a Poem by Sofiul Azam

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Oct 6, 20232 min read

After Coming Out of the Cocoon, a Poem by Sofiul Azam

if I started, “Once upon a time, not so long ago, lived a man with a habit of regretting his mistakes and making more in the process,”...

Since I Saw the Ocean, a Poem by Sarah-Kate Simons*

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Oct 4, 20231 min read

Since I Saw the Ocean, a Poem by Sarah-Kate Simons*

they ask me if i still think of death, i say i always have a shadow, like shafts of rain falling in sunlight. i don’t need monsters and...

At the Professor’s Table, a Poem by Sarah-Kate Simons*

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Oct 4, 20231 min read

At the Professor’s Table, a Poem by Sarah-Kate Simons*

we are asleep inside ourselves. we know you when the dawn sneaks in on a sleeping forest and catches her unawares; we struggle to find...

In Pursuit of the Things that Don’t Demand my Demise, a Poem by Chisom Charles Nnanna*

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Oct 4, 20231 min read

In Pursuit of the Things that Don’t Demand my Demise, a Poem by Chisom Charles Nnanna*

I’m not ungrateful to the days the sun was darker than the gathering of a thousand nights, and the nights the moon was as timid as a...

As Fate Uncuffs Another Dawn, a Poem by Chisom Charles Nnanna*

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Oct 4, 20232 min read

As Fate Uncuffs Another Dawn, a Poem by Chisom Charles Nnanna*

"Listen to me. There will be a day when the world will need you most — be alive on that day." - Michael Wasson. I don’t disagree that...

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Oct 4, 20231 min read

Scars, a Poem by Chris White*

cut from events and ensuing wounds, body helpless, intently attuned. fragile afflictions, tender and bruised, crouch and hide, any...