By Grover Wehman-Brown when asked to bring my ancestors into the room alongside those they would want to harm the answer is surely no. and i must. over the years my attempts to bring an orb of collectivity glowing into the rubble, or a lantern to the wounded cave has been met with dank […]
By Christopher Woods The house stands at the end of the road, near a river. He stands in the night street appraising the house, the ghost glow, the promise, a hopeful omen. He gathers his bags with the tools of his trade and begins to climb the stairs when he hears the cry from […]
By Laura Grace Weldon Our daily walk is a simple necessary practice, especially now when each day’s news spirals us into tighter circles. Beyond birdsong and breezes we hear jeering laughter, see teens jumping on an elderly neighbor’s hay bales, hooting as their weight breaks his farm’s winter food into uselessness. They grew up […]
By Yuan Changming I would paint my skin Into a colorless color, & I would dye my hair Wear two blue contacts, & I would even Go for plastic surgery, but if I really do I assure you, I will not remove my native village Accent while speaking this foreign tongue (I began To […]
