by Rae Greenwood
The ocean sparkles under the blazing sun
Inviting every soul to enjoy the refreshing sight
People lounge on their beds of soft sand and fabric
Laughing and drinking with great cheer
To the naked eye, it is a day of happiness
Nothing but joy and good company
A response to the April 18, 2024 statement from PEN America president Jennifer Finney Boylan
by Audrey T. Carroll
Ravens are intelligent, can use
tools, so I understand the hesitance
to trust them. After all, they might
not need you, and if they don’t need you,
there’s no telling what such a group might do
if they put their minds to it
by Ben Nardolilli
Enough of freedom, which comes from parchments
written by men who kept men and women in chains,
an empty word ringing through the years
from that cracked bell swinging in Philadelphia
by Ann E. Michael
Read More »… You graceful and salacious
ruminant! Carry summer’s sugar into the coming autumn
by Michael Shoemaker
Directly overhead
never ending white blueness.
Next, a puff of cloud,
the one you watch
while laying on your back
— it holds your dreams
aloft and afar.
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