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Savior
"In the stooped squat of age, I grab a plastic cup and lid..."
Marjorie Gowdy
Poetry
Female Brain Running
"Recently I fell for clickbait because the tagline sounded so binary and sexist / that I wanted to see just…
Lindsay-Rose Dykema
Poetry
Acer Macrophyllum
FJ Poetry: “The moment of detachment, petiole from stem, goes unnoticed...”
Linda Phillips
Poetry
The Cyclist
FJ Poetry: “For twenty years I’d see her on her bike...”
Karen Kilcup
Poetry
In the City of the Dead
FJ Poetry: “On the way to the airport, I left the pair of Keens you bought me...”
Holly Iglesias
Poetry
The Day After
"The morning after the storm / small clusters of maple leaves / scatter over the yard. It must / have…
Mary Jean Port
Poetry
Black and White
"every morning I slip robes onto outstretched arms..."
Cai Quirk
Poetry
Fall Made
"I smear my skin / with schisms of the songs I heard at night, / tales of a God who…
Matt Rosen
Poetry
Breathing
"God and I play a game. / She blows air into me. / I blow it back at her..."
Christine Hall Stinson
Poetry
Birthing Still
"Having not given birth to a child, / I have not held the echo of my husband’s smile..."
Sandra K. Olson
Poetry
Labyrinth
"Take these rocks you’ve carried from forever / The ones that make your shoulders ache and tense..."
Melissa Foster
Poetry
Finding God
“God is everywhere but He is losing.”—Margaret Atwood
Ed Higgins
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