after Joshua Marie-Wilkinson One girl runs out of the classroom when the health teacher pops a tape into the VCR about anorexia. One girl tells …
The Struggle by Elizabeth Nichols
Broken bird on a chain. Unfree Unclean Stretching Reaching Straining veins he can’t keep you Don’t let him beat you You can be free broken …
Company by Megan Falley
I don’t tell them about the time you were supposed to pick me up from school or the payphone or the answering machine or how …
My Soles by Elizabeth Suzanne
My soles have walked the earth a hundred times over, and over time have walked. Miles of moonlight, Scores of sunshine, Running after rain, Wading …
My Daughter Continues To Be Annoyed By George Washington by Joseph Mills
A plaque on the Salem Tavern says, “George Washington slept here.” It’s true, it’s well documented, and my daughter doesn’t care. She’s not a fan. …
Emma Fox Doesn’t Walk, She Floats by Megan Falley
Birds hang Emma Fox’s laundry. She is the State Flower of Long Island. Emma Fox sits next to me in chorus class and I hope …
Questions by Joseph Mills
On the Interstate, my daughter tells me she only has two questions. I’m relieved because she usually has two hundred. I say, Okay, let’s have …
Autobiography as Muscle Memory by Sandy Longhorn
Traveling to the house of born and raised, I dredge a map from muscle memory. If I said the bones called me home, I’d …