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April 22, 2024
Pacific Tranquility
Andrea Damic PG-13 -- "There's something soothing about the ocean when it's calm, an infinite sparkling mirror." Fiji, July 2022.

art * ...to article.

ZiG, How Did You SwiG Your Way Into Existence?
Ndaba Sibanda PG-13 -- Zimbabwe has launched a new currency backed by gold...

essay opinion * ...to article.

Where Have You Gone, Confucius?
John Tustin PG-13 -- "... Why were you born, my child?..."

poem * ...to article.

She Dies
Amrita Valan PG-13 -- "... So fold up Aladdin’s carpet..."

poem * ...to article.

Jasmine
Stephen Kingsnorth PG-13 -- "...How dare these petals risk the sharps..."

poem * ...to article.

Starman
John Grey PG-13 -- "...smothered his fire, turned his lights gray..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

After Reading a Young Poet
Sanjeev Sethi PG-13 -- "...When I read you, I read myself..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Cheap Ways to Feel Young Again
Richard LeDue PG-13 -- "...death for me is a cartoon mouse hole in the wall..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Relentless Love
Dharmpal Mahendra Jain PG-13 -- "...love every mother wishes for her offspring..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

I got a rejection letter
DS Maolalaí PG-13 -- "...stock letter nonsense with the name penciled in..."

poem unrhymed * ...to article.

Mildred
Ralph Bland PG-13 -- The end creeps up on us, and when it arrives, all we have left is the past...

cover story fiction life * ...to article.