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Table of Contents

Summer 2026
Poetry
 

Stephanie Ross

Crocodylia in Rising Fog​

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Christianna Soumakis

the reeds II

 

Emma Goldman-Sherman

Forest

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Richard Dinges, Jr.

Home

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John Grey 

The Father Sale

At Twelve, the Train

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E. Laura Golberg

My Father's Portrait

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Stephen C. Middleton

Journey

 

Mark Belair

The Line

Palms

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Stephen Mead

Warriors?

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Victor McConnell

One-Eyed Man

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Scott Taylor

christmas eve

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Paul Ilechko

Problematic Dial Tone

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Trevor Conway

Flock Above Glencar

 

Barry Green

Luna de la Calle

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Terry Trowbridge

Paper Dreams

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Martina Reisz Newberry

Basiphobia

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Arya F. Jenkins

Wake

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Alexander Payne Morgan  

Surprised by Grace​

A Summer Affair

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Bob Meszaros

"West Rock"

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Jason Ryberg

The Shade of Blue That the Sky Wishes it Could Be

 

John deSouza

Songs of Orpheus - Curse

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N.B.  If you are reading the journal on a cell phone, line breaks for some of the poems will  be distorted.  

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Art & Photography
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Tammy Higgins

Our Beloved Ole Glory​

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Tiffany Jolowicz

"This is how we leave the world: riding on the horses of sunset or sunrise." 

Music in the Mist

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Stephania Muro

Fascination

First Petals

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Essays
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Ben D'Andrea

Star-Spangled Revenge

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Fiction
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Rebecca Pyle

The Emptiness​

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Mark Wagstaff

The Man on DeKalb​

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Noam Mor

In Paradise​

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Craig Inanen​

How Sweet the Sound​

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Gregory McGillivary

Reading Irish

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Mike Ford

Start on the Red Flag

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Mark Jacobs

The Quiet Discovery of Delight

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Soidenet Gue

Boredom Syndrome

 

Jon Fain

Pater Unfamilias
 

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Contributors

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Stephania Muro, First Petals (detail)
Stephania Muro, First Petals (detail)
colored pencils, 11x15, 2022

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© 2015 by William Ray

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