Flee the plantation and sprint for the shadows
Into the woods and wet gloom where creation still seethes
Live free in the nearby land that pale men fear
Past Issues
Sarah Ferguson
Examine all the straight lines, the sharp corners,
the simple geometry
And then explain what just happened to you
It's cool, we'll wait
Adrian Landon Brooks
If you’re gonna cut down a tree Make sure it don’t die in vain Use it to tell a damn good story
Dan Barry
When death comes to visit Keep it up all night Tell your stories and make it jealous of life
CLAUDIA G APARICIO GAMUNDI
Wet paint and raw sentiment Visions glimpsed through heat off a tarmac They rattle your brain like a swift left hook
This bomb that is dropped right onto your head
Vivid as a petrochemical sunset
Fools take cover, the wise open wide
Abi Daniel
Everything the dirt spits out
Feral and frail and past its prime and one of a kind
Every bit of it is divine
Adrian Whipp
An ode to the analog Where glass and light and bygone chemicals work their magic And trap souls in tin
Moonstone Tombstone
Lucky are those who trade a little pain For the pleasure Of becoming a walking, talking canvas
Cody Haltom
The flat skillet land Swept clean all the way to forever Yet the crosses still stand