Featured Poetry

Coffee and Oranges
by Suzanne O’Connell
“There’s a green chair on the deck I never sit in.
The chair once had dreams of accommodation,
but they were never realized.”

Four Poems
by Grant Shimmin
“The moon is the white curve of a fingernail
as I ponder why it’s pinned to space blue…”

Three Poems
by Abby Caplin
“…everyone sharing names and breeds
over plates of labneh and baba ghanoush and milk
pudding scented with orange blossom…”

Three Poems
by Jordan Trethewey
“Maybe I knew about Bobby's entrapment
all along, stood frozen between respect-
your-elders and youthful courage.”

Two Poems
by E. Kraft
“One bite for fermented bliss
The only legacy my mom left
Worth savoring.”

Four Poems
by Laura Lippman
“The forest roof peaks
with fractals of dripping ferns,
studded with lichen and
orchid gaudies.”