Vox Populi

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Barbara Crooker: Who Do You Carry?

On city streets, the homeless unfurl
their sleeping bags like hungry tongues.

August 26, 2024 · 23 Comments

Tony Gloeggler: Honestly

I’ll place a bowl of Cheez-Its 
in her lap, drop a Milk Dud 
or Jordan Almond, spoon melon 
into her mouth.

March 20, 2024 · 16 Comments

Doug Anderson: Charon

The boat came by my bed, Charon poling through the murk. Get in, He said, and so we drifted through a night of broken trees and burning cars.

October 1, 2023 · 5 Comments

Laura McCullough: Another Winter Sunday (with passive aggression) 

alone inside  
the diminishing body, wanting 
any attention he can get

February 27, 2023 · 8 Comments

Elizabeth Gargano: Why We Should Try Talking to the Dead

After my father’s death, my mother kept talking to him.

November 18, 2022 · 8 Comments

Robert Walicki: The Ride

I thought my grandmother was a badass
after arm wrestling me for a pack of Swedish fish.

June 9, 2022 · 3 Comments

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