Issue of February 12, 2024

CeeCee by James W. Morris — Cover story fiction life

James W. Morris is a graduate of LaSalle University in Philadelphia, where he was awarded a scholarship for creative writing. He has published dozens of short stories, humor pieces, essays, and poems in various literary magazines, and worked for a time as a joke writer for Jay Leno.

The Economics of the Egg Cream by Harvey Silverman — Essay memoir

Just Google it -- Harvey isn't the only one who misses them...

Lent and the Pharaoh by Bernie Pilarski — Essay spirituality Lent

Mardi Gras this week, and yes, it's Lent already...

Aluminum Birds by Mykyta Ryzhykh — Poem

"...even they come back..."

Her Hair Was As Black by John Tustin — Poem

"...Not contained by ribbons..."

I am Disappointed, I Want to Leave by Hossein Hakim — Poem unrhymed

"...love starting from emptiness remains in the dark shadow of emptiness..."

Mighty Falls Is The Ultimate Choice by Ndaba Sibanda — Poem unrhymed

"...Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park , a UNESCO World Heritage Site..."

Politics. Midnight. by DS Maolalaí — Poem unrhymed

"...I'd long been insecure about how I’d come off..."

Straining by Susan Shea — Poem unrhymed

"...please love your spaghetti..."

Valentine's Day - Never Letting Go by Judith Alexander Brice — Poem unrhymed

"...we knew that we felt that love..."

We Are the World by Kimutai Kemboi Allan — Poem unrhymed

"...Pleasing an audience is a slippery sport..."

Winter Valentines by Petrouchka Alexieva — Poem unrhymed

"...kiss after kiss..."