Issue of May 23, 2022

Mrs. Garrett's Front Porch by Darrell T. Smith — Cover story essay memoir

Darrell T. Smith grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and relocated to Oklahoma City in 1982 where he is a real estate broker and investor and a wannabe artist.

Air by Michael H. Brownstein — Poem unrhymed

"...we are on lockdown to fight the storm that has come..."

Confession by Alex Z. Salinas — Poem unrhymed

"...Why spoil the surprise For youth in their prime?..."

Don't Race by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"my poem is an opposite, reverse, backward one..."

Footprints by Rp Verlaine — Poem unrhymed

"...while men whistle their sad desperation in wounded catcalls..."

Happy Little Tricks by Scott Thomas Outlar — Poem unrhymed

"...we sold this whole world out to blue light specials..."

He says by Ryan Quinn Flanagan — Poem unrhymed

"...I ask him about the last time he's been anywhere..."

Métier by Sanjeev Sethi — Poem unrhymed

"...why do we thrive in thought?"

Night Life Jungle Beat, Bar Next Door by Michael Lee Johnson — Poem unrhymed

"...The singers of songs love bars..."

Thank by Ann Privateer — Poem unrhymed

"...A rope, a dragon..."

The Crush by Jay Passer — Poem unrhymed

Jay Passer's poetry and prose has appeared in print and online magazines, periodicals and anthologies since 1988. He is the author of 12 collections, most recently "The Cineaste," from Alien Buddha Press, 2021.

When I Meet the Devil by Eric Robert Nolan — Poem unrhymed

"...Not for the false compliments that slide off his baroque tongue..."

Geistmann 3: To the Ends of the Earth, Chapter Six by Ron Singer — Serial fiction thriller

Robinson has been searching for Geistmann by trying to find his tracks in the underworld of assassinations. The question is: were they tracks or red herrings?