Issue of May 6, 2019

One Mother's Day Party and Two Dads by Terry Petersen — Cover story fiction family Mother's Day

Mimi only has a father because her mother died when Mimi was a toddler. Her friend, Casey, has two fathers. The kindergarten class is having a special evening celebration for Mother's Day...

Every Day Is Mother's Day by Alexis Rhone Fancher — Poem unrhymed

Alexis Rhone Fancher is published in Best American Poetry 2016, Rattle, Hobart, and elsewhere. Her photographs are published worldwide. She is poetry editor of Cultural Weekly.

Miss Emma's Hairy Smallish Cat by Ken Allan Dronsfield — Poem unrhymed

"Has anyone seen a little cat?"

Moments lost by Devika Mathur — Poem unrhymed

Devika Mathur is a published poetess residing in India. Her work has published in magazines like Visual Verse, Indian Periodicals, Blue ink poetry, Sudden Denouement among various others. She is a contributor writer for Whisper and the roar and blood into ink.

My Mother's Apartment by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem unrhymed

"...exactly..."

On One Hand Low, On The Other, Not One Glow by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...now the same souls have landed hard on the ground..."

Page by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...Crushproof heart: all you need..."

Too Muchness by Charlie Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...she could have shot a Czar in 1917..."