Issue of May 4, 2020

Confession by Bernie Pilarski — Cover story fiction spirituality

Are rules instruction, guidance, or limitations...?

Happy Mothers Day! by Kelly Jackson — Essay humor

Just as it should be...

Rendering Chicken Skin by Harvey Silverman — Essay memoir

You might ask, "Why on earth would anyone do that? Here's the answer...

All Together Now by Connie S. Tettenborn — Limerick

"...We stay home alone/ And work via phone..."

A Toast to Death by Ann Christine Tabaka — Poem unrhymed

"...Songs echo through shadows of once bright lives..."

Chasing Rainbows in the Moonlight by Norberto Franco Cisneros — Poem unrhymed

"...I'm just glad you see me in any color..."

Legacy by Lynn White — Poem unrhymed

"...My mother liked things to be right..."

Mommy by Charles Cicirella — Poem unrhymed

"...In one split second everything changed..."

Sat by the River by Wayne F. Burke — Poem unrhymed

"...purling and deep from snow-melt..."

This is my Fate by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal — Poem unrhymed

"...This path was carved for me..."