Surrounded by darkness, the girl with hopeful eyes pressed ahead toward wavy lines shimmering in the narrow distance. Whirling and dancing, the lights reminded her …
Butterflies, Saskia by Corey Mesler
Butterflies, Saskia are hard to catch, your small legs leaping, your will are not sufficient. They fly, their silvery …
Traffic Jam, Butterfly by Joy Beshears
You flutter past my passenger-side window, bouncing through turbulence, wings luminous: a velvet Elvis under black light, collar glowing, satin lamb chops rising and falling …
Untitled by Curtis Dunlap
I sometimes think we are like a knotted pumpkin, or a twisted and misshapen bed of autumn squash, beautiful in our imperfections. …
Enter the Queen with her hair about her ears by Joseph Mills
In second grade, she cut her hair, taking the blunt art class scissors and squeezing off a thick lock in the middle of her forehead. …
Victoria Woodhull Learns to Speak by Malaika King Albrecht
How odd that you prefer Spirits talking over a woman alone on a stage. So be it. I will tell you …
Snow White with Portion by Melanie Faith
after a photo triptych by Agafia Polynchuk Panel I. It is a slice, but not sauce and cheese and toppings. Rather, it is …